Jonathan Bailey joined an exclusive club on Monday (Nov. 3) when he was named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. But he also joins an even more exclusive club, as just the eighth Sexiest Man Alive who has also made the Billboard Hot 100.
Bailey cracked the Hot 100 in December 2024 with “Dancing Through Life” from Wicked. The track, featuring Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and Cynthia Erivo, reached No. 90. Grande and Erivo went on to receive Oscar nominations for their roles, but Bailey was passed over for a nod.
Bailey’s selection was announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The People cover line reads: “Wicked-ly handsome and oh-so-charming. We know, we nailed it.”
We went back through the 40-year history of People’s Sexiest Man Alive franchise and found seven previous title-holders who have made the Hot 100. In addition, six Sexiest Man Alive veterans starred in films that spawned Billboard 200-topping soundtracks. (Three of them also had Hot 100 hits, so we’ll save those mentions for the list below.)
Sean Connery, who was deemed Sexiest in 1989, starred in seven James Bond films, including Goldfinger, with a soundtrack that logged three weeks at No. 1 in 1965. (Here’s some sexy trivia for you: Connery was 59 when he took the title, making him the oldest Sexiest Man Alive in the franchise’s history.)
Tom Cruise, People’s choice for 1990, starred in Top Gun, with a soundtrack that logged five weeks at No. 1 in 1986. It also spawned the Oscar-winning smash “Take My Breath Away,” a Hot 100-topping hit for Berlin.
George Clooney, the choice for 1997, starred in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, with a soundtrack that logged two weeks at No. 1 in 2002. It also won album of the year at that year’s Grammys. Clooney has an even stronger connection to music: His aunt was Rosemary Clooney, one of the top pop singers of the 1950s — and a top jazz singer for decades.
Here they are, the hunks who can sing, too — all the men who have been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive who have also made the Hot 100.
“People’s Sexiest Man Alive” Jonathan Bailey on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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Patrick Swayze
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: July 22, 1991
Age at the Time: 38
Hot 100 Hits: 1 – “She’s Like the Wind” (featuring Wendy Fraser), No. 3 in 1988. The Dirty Dancing soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 for 18 weeks in 1987-88.
Hugh Jackman
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 25, 2008
Age at the Time: 40
Hot 100 Hits: 1. “The Greatest Show,” credited to Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble, reached No. 88 in 2018. The Greatest Showman soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 for two weeks that year.
Bradley Cooper
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 16, 2011
Age at the Time: 36
Hot 100 Hits: 2, including “Shallow” (collab with Lady Gaga), No. 1 in 2019. The A Star Is Born soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks in 2018-19.
Adam Levine
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 19, 2013
Age at the Time: 34
Hot 100 Hits: 46, combining solo and Maroon 5 hits. This tally includes four No. 1 hits, all by Maroon 5 – “Makes Me Wonder” (2007), “Moves Like Jagger” (featuring Christina Aguilera, 2011), “One More Night” (2012) and “Girls Like You” (featuring Cardi B, 2018).
Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 15, 2016
Age at the Time: 44
Hot 100 Hits: 1. “You’re Welcome,” from the film Moana, reached No. 83 in 2016. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the song, which appeared on the Moana soundtrack. The album was a blockbuster, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and logging 62 weeks at No. 1 on Top Soundtracks.
Blake Shelton
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 14, 2017
Age at the Time: 41
Hot 100 Hits: 45, including six that made the top 20, led by two that reached No. 12 – “Boys ’Round Here” (featuring Pistol Annies & Friends, 2013) and Post Malone’s “Pour Me a Drink,” on which Shelton was featured (2024).
John Legend
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 13, 2019
Age at the Time: 40
Hot 100 Hits: 23, including “All of Me” (a three-week No. 1 in 2014)
Jonathan Bailey
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}Date Crowned Sexiest: Nov. 3, 2025
Age at the Time: 37
Hot 100 Hits: 1. “Dancing Through Life” featuring Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and Cynthia Erivo, reached No. 90. The Wicked soundtrack was a smash, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
