Olivia Rodrigo’s “The Cure” debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated June 6. The song doubles as a prescription for Billboard to do further testing and see how often a top 10 Hot 100 song title has been the same as an act that has also hit the top 10. With “The Cure” in the chart’s title field, it joins Rock & Roll Hall of Fame British band The Cure, which reached the region in 1989 with one of its many alt classics, “Love Song.”
(Rodrigo and The Cure frontman Robert Smith have become close, and they duetted during her 2025 Glastonbury headlining set. Smith later told British Vogue, “She calls me up quite a bit to talk about clothes and fashion, and we have enjoyed a couple of memorable nights in the studio together. I can’t wait to hear what she does next!”)
While uncommon, songs and artists have occasionally shared names in the Hot 100’s top 10. Below, Billboard runs down those double-ups. Notably, we’re using exact matches, so cases of, say, “Cars” by Gary Numan, a Hot 100 top 10 in 1980, and The Cars, who tallied four top 10s in 1982-86, don’t make the cut.
Other close calls not included, since we’re following wording to the letter and character: Both Mariah Carey and Brenda Lee (coincidentally the only women with holiday No. 1s on the Hot 100) have top 10s called “Emotions,” while The Emotions earned two top 10s; DNA remixed Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” for a top 10, while Kendrick Lamar made the tier with (look closely) “DNA.”; and “The Scotts” was a No. 1 for The Scotts, though the group was technically listed as The Scotts, Travis Scott & Kid Cudi.
Plus, Tim McGraw has three Hot 100 top 10s, but Taylor Swift’s “Tim McGraw” peaked at No. 40; Swift’s “Florida!!!” hit the top 10, but that’s a bit away from Flo Rida, who boasts 11 top 10s; and if only Lamar and SZA had named “Luther” “Luther Vandross,” as their 2025 No. 1 is an ode to the late R&B great, who achieved five top 10s.
Get ready to see double (and hopefully find the cure for that) in the recap below of songs and artists that have had identical names in the Hot 100’s top 10.
