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\n\tHUNTR\/X isn\u2019t your average girl group \u2014 and not just because it has a fictional foundation. The trio are the animated stars of Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>, where the members lead double lives as both global pop sensations and demon slayers.<\/p>\n \n\tThe group \u2014 Rumi, Mira and Zoey, whose music is voiced by real-life singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI \u2014 joins elite history this week (on the chart dated Aug. 16) by hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with \u201cGolden.\u201d After debuting in early July, the track has snowballed into a phenomenon, powered by gains across multiple metrics. It rises to the top with 31.7 million official streams (up 10%), 8.4 million radio audience impressions (up 71%) and 6,000 sold (up 35%) in the United States Aug. 1-7, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n \n\tFictional or not, HUNTR\/X now joins an exclusive club. The trio becomes the 23rd all-woman group in the Hot 100\u2019s 67-year history to hit No. 1, and the first in nearly a quarter-century. The last time it happened was with Destiny\u2019s Child in 2001, with \u201cBootylicious.\u201d Even though that\u2019s a long drought, girl groups have a deep history on the Hot 100, stretching back to a golden age in the 1960s, when acts like the Supremes and the Shirelles ruled.<\/p>\n \n\tAs we look back on every Hot 100 No. 1 song by girl groups, it\u2019s worth noting that some of these acts would likely shy away from calling themselves a \u201cgirl group\u201d (with some preferring to be known simply as a band, especially if its members play instruments). There also isn\u2019t one specific \u201cgirl group sound\u201d \u2014 HUNTR\/X and the Supremes don\u2019t have much in common beyond having all-female lineups. So for this list, we\u2019re counting all the No. 1s by all-female acts with at least three members. That rules out female-dominated but mixed-gender bands including Fleetwood Mac and Heart; male-female family groups such as the Staple Singers; and superstar one-offs by soloists, such as 2001\u2019s \u201cLady Marmalade\u201d by Christina Aguilera, Mya, P!nk and Lil\u2019 Kim.<\/p>\n \n\tBefore we get into it, other beloved such acts came close to reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100, but just missed the pinnacle. That\u2019s a list that includes BLACKPINK, En Vogue, Fifth Harmony, TWICE and the Go-Go\u2019s \u2014 the lattermost are the only all-woman rock band to ever ever top the Billboard 200 albums chart.<\/p>\n \n\tBy the definition above, 44 songs by girl groups have reached No. 1 on the Hot 100. Let\u2019s break them down by decade, starting with the era when girl groups largely defined pop music.<\/p>\n