16 iconic musicians who have never had a No. 1 song

Bruce Springsteen has never had a No. 1 single.

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• Hitting the top of the Hot 100 is something all musicians dream of.
• But some of your favorite artists have never reached the summit of the chart.
• Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, and Nirvana all failed to claim the top spot.

For more than six decades now, Billboard has been keeping track of what Americans are listening to via the Hot 100 list, which measures the top 100 pop songs in America based on sales...