With “SOS” the number one tune in the land, it joins five other number ones with the shortest title ever:
“Why,” Frankie Avalon (Dec. 28, 1959)
“ABC,” Jackson 5 (April 25, 1970)
“War,” Edwin Starr (Aug. 29, 1970)
“Ben,” Michael Jackson (Oct. 14, 1972)
“Bad,” Michael Jackson (Oct. 24, 1987)
“SOS,” Rihanna (May 13, 2006)
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Three with Michael Jackson. Curious.
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