Songs You Thought Hit Number One But Didn’t

Topping Billboard’s Hot 100 isn’t as easy as Taylor Swift makes it look.

Cyndi Lauper in the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video (Photo: YouTube)

Over the course of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart history, some artists, at various points in their careers, have made scoring number ones look like a cinch: Elvis Presley in the late ’50s, The Beatles and The Supremes in the ’60s, Bee Gees and Elton John and Paul McCartney…