List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

This is a comprehensive listing which highlights significant achievements and milestones based upon Billboard magazine's singles charts, most notably the Billboard Hot 100. This list spans from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to present. The Billboard Hot 100 began with the issue dated August 4, 1958, and is currently the standard popular music chart in the United States.

Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys", "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The Top 100". These charts, which ranged from 20 to 100 slots, were phased out at different times between 1957 and 1958. Though technically not part of the Hot 100 chart history, their data is included for computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening or misleading characterizations. All items listed below are from the Hot 100 era, unless otherwise noted (pre-Hot 100 charts).

Song achievements

Most weeks at number one

• 16 weeks

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day" (1995-1996)

• 14 weeks

Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You" (1992-1993)

Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love to You" (1994)

Los del Río — "Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix) (1996)

Elton John — "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997-1998)

Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together" (2005)

The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)

• 13 weeks

Boyz II Men — "End of the Road" (1992)

Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine" (1998)

• 12 weeks

Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (1999-2000)

Eminem — "Lose Yourself" (2002-2003)

Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!" (2004)

The Black Eyed Peas — "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)

• 11 weeks

Elvis Presley — "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" (1956) (Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts)

All-4-One — "I Swear" (1994)

Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart" (1996-1997)

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 — "I'll Be Missing You" (1997)

Destiny's Child — "Independent Women Part I" (2000-2001)

• 10 weeks

McGuire Sisters — "Sincerely" (1955) (Pre-Hot 100: "Most Played by Jockeys" chart)

Pérez Prado — "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1955) (Pre-Hot 100: "Best Sellers in Stores" chart)

Debby Boone — "You Light Up My Life" (1977)

Olivia Newton-John — "Physical" (1981-1982)

Santana featuring The Product G&B — "Maria Maria" (2000)

Ashanti — "Foolish" (2002)

Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland — "Dilemma" (2002)

Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx — "Gold Digger" (2005)

Beyoncé — "Irreplaceable" (2006-2007)

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain — "Low" (2008)

Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris — "We Found Love" (2011-2012)

Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one)

• 10 weeks

Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981)

Missy Elliott — "Work It" (2002)

• 9 weeks

Donna Lewis — "I Love You Always Forever" (1996)

Shania Twain — "You're Still the One" (1998)

• 8 weeks

Shai — "If I Ever Fall in Love" (1992)

Deborah Cox — "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (1998)

Brian McKnight — "Back at One" (1999)

Most total weeks in the top ten

• 32 weeks – Leann Rimes — "How Do I Live" (1997–1998)
• 30 weeks – Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (1999–2000)
• 29 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — "Party Rock Anthem" (2011–2012)
• 28 weeks – Jewel — "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1997–1998)
• 26 weeks – Savage Garden — "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997–1998)
• 25 weeks – Chubby Checker — "The Twist" (1960 and 1962), Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart" (1996–1997), Timbaland featuring OneRepublic — "Apologize" (2007–2008)

The total weeks displayed in this section are total weeks the song was charted inside the top 10 portion of the chart, instead of total weeks spent on the chart. Only songs that spent 25 weeks or more in the top 10 are considered for inclusion in this section.

Most total weeks on the Hot 100

• 76 weeks – Jason Mraz — "I'm Yours" (2009)
• 69 weeks – LeAnn Rimes — "How Do I Live" (1998)
• 65 weeks – Jewel — "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998)
• 64 weeks – Carrie Underwood — "Before He Cheats" (2007)
• 62 weeks – Lifehouse — "You and Me" (2006)
• 60 weeks – Los del Río — "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) (1997), Lady Antebellum — "Need You Now" (2010)
• 59 weeks – Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)
• 58 weeks – Santana featuring Rob Thomas — "Smooth" (2000), The Fray — "How to Save a Life" (2007)
• 57 weeks – Creed — "Higher" (2000), Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody" (2010)
• 56 weeks – Paula Cole — "I Don't Want to Wait" (1998), Faith Hill — "The Way You Love Me" (2001), The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (2010)
• 55 weeks – Everything but the Girl — "Missing" (1996), Duncan Sheik — "Barely Breathing" (1997), Lonestar — "Amazed" (2000)
• 54 weeks – The Four Seasons — "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (1975, 1994) , Lifehouse — "Hanging by a Moment" (2002), Matchbox Twenty — "Unwell" (2004), Train — "Hey, Soul Sister" (2010)
• 53 weeks – Next — "Too Close" (1999), Faith Hill — "Breathe" (2000), 3 Doors Down — "Kryptonite" (2001), Train — "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (2002), The Band Perry — "If I Die Young" (2011)

The year displayed is the year the songs ended their respective chart runs. Only songs that spent 53 weeks or more in the Billboard Hot 100 are considered for inclusion in this section.

Number-one debuts

• Michael Jackson — "You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
• Mariah Carey — "Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
• Whitney Houston — "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
• Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
• Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 — "I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
• Mariah Carey — "Honey" (September 13, 1997)
• Elton John — "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
• Céline Dion — "My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
• Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
• Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
• Clay Aiken — "This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
• Fantasia — "I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
• Carrie Underwood — "Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)
• Taylor Hicks — "Do I Make You Proud" (July 1, 2006)
• Britney Spears — "3" (October 24, 2009)
• Eminem — "Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)
• Kesha — "We R Who We R" (November 13, 2010)
• Britney Spears — "Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)
• Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
• Katy Perry — "Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)

Biggest jump to number one

• 97-1 – Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)
• 96-1 – Britney Spears — "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)
• 80-1 – T.I. featuring Rihanna — "Live Your Life" (October 18, 2008)
• 78-1 – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent - "Crack a Bottle" (February 21, 2009)
• 71-1 – T.I. — "Whatever You Like" (September 6, 2008)
• 64-1 – Maroon 5 — "Makes Me Wonder" (May 12, 2007)
• 60-1 – Rihanna featuring Drake — "What's My Name?" (November 20, 2010)
• 58-1 – Flo Rida — "Right Round" (February 28, 2009)
• 53-1 – Rihanna — "Take a Bow" (May 24, 2008)
• 53-1 – Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris — "Break Your Heart" (March 20, 2010)

Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace. From 1955-2001, under Billboard's previous methodologies, only two singles ascended directly to #1 from a previous position beneath the Top 20: The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from #27 to the top slot in April 1964, and Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" which jumped from #23 to #1 in June 1998.

Biggest single-week upward movements

• 97-1 (96 positions) – Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)
• 96-1 (95 positions) – Britney Spears — "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)
• 94-3 (91 positions) – Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar" (April 7, 2007)
• 97-9 (88 positions) – Drake featuring Nicki Minaj - "Make Me Proud" (November 5, 2011)
• 95-7 (88 positions) – Akon featuring Eminem — "Smack That" (October 14, 2006)
• 100-15 (85 positions) – A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger — "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (March 14, 2009)
• 96-11 (85 positions) – Carrie Underwood — "Cowboy Casanova" (October 10, 2009)
• 86-4 (82 positions) – Zac Efron, Drew Seeley and Vanessa Anne Hudgens — "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006)
• 93-12 (81 positions) – Matchbox Twenty — "How Far We've Come" (September 22, 2007)
• 100-20 (80 positions) – Glee Cast — "Poker Face" (June 12, 2010)

Under Billboard's previous methodologies, jumps of this magnitude were rare. One exception was Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley PTA," which advanced 74 slots in August 1968; this upward acceleration went unmatched for 30 years, but has been surpassed over a dozen times since 2006. Changes in when the eligibility of a single first begins, as well as more accurate digital download totals, have made abrupt chart jumps more commonplace.

Biggest single-week downward movements

• 17-96 (79 positions) – Javier Colon — "Stitch by Stitch" (July 23, 2011)
• 16-89 (73 positions) – Jonas Brothers — "Pushin' Me Away" (August 9, 2008)
• 13-86 (73 positions) – Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton — "Hallelujah" (February 20, 2010)
• 21-94 (73 positions) – Justin Bieber — "Never Let You Go" (March 27, 2010)
• 21-94 (73 positions) – Glee Cast — "Empire State of Mind" (October 16, 2010)
• 23-96 (73 positions) – Colbie Caillat — "I Do" (March 5, 2011)
• 20-92 (72 positions) – The Beatles — "The Beatles Movie Medley" (June 5, 1982)
• 23-94 (71 positions) – Taylor Swift — "The Other Side of the Door" (November 21, 2009)

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Biggest drops off the Hot 100

• From #11 – Taylor Swift — "Mean" (November 13, 2010)
• From #12 – Lady Gaga — "Hair" (June 4, 2011)
• From #16 – Glee Cast — "Toxic" (October 23, 2010)
• From #17 – The Moody Blues — "Nights in White Satin" (December 2, 1972); Wings — "Junior's Farm" (January 25, 1975)
• From #18 – Tommy James and the Shondells — "Crimson and Clover" (April 5, 1969); Christina Aguilera — "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (January 15, 2000)
• From #20 – The Mamas and the Papas — "Dedicated to the One I Love" (May 6, 1967); Dia Frampton — "Inventing Shadows" (July 23, 2011)

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Longest climbs to number one

• 32 weeks – Los del Río — "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (1995–1996)
• 30 weeks – Lonestar — "Amazed" (1999–2000)
• 26 weeks – Creed — "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
• 25 weeks – Vertical Horizon — "Everything You Want" (2000)
• 24 weeks – UB40 — "Red Red Wine" (1988)
• 21 weeks – Vangelis — "Chariots of Fire" (1982), Lady Gaga — "Just Dance" (2008–2009)
• 20 weeks – Outkast — "The Way You Move" (2003–2004), Adele — "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011-2012)

The number of weeks displayed is the number of weeks the song spent on the chart before reaching number one for the first time.

Number-ones by two different artists

• "Go Away Little Girl" — Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971)
• "The Loco-Motion" — Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974)
• "Please Mr. Postman" — The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975)
• "Venus" — Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
• "Lean on Me" — Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" — The Supremes (1966) and Kim Wilde (1987)
• "When a Man Loves a Woman" — Percy Sledge (1966) and Michael Bolton (1991)
• "I'll Be There" — The Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992)
• "Lady Marmalade" — Labelle (1975) and Christina Aguilera / Lil Kim / Mýa / Pink (2001)

Non-English language number-ones

• "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" — Domenico Modugno (Italian - August 18, 1958 for five non-consecutive weeks )
• "Sukiyaki" — Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese - June 15, 1963 for three weeks)
• "Dominique" — The Singing Nun (French - December 7, 1963 for four weeks)
• "Rock Me Amadeus" — Falco (English/German - March 29, 1986 for three weeks)
• "La Bamba" — Los Lobos (Spanish - August 29, 1987 for three weeks)
• "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" — Los del Río (English/Spanish - August 3, 1996 for fourteen weeks)

Artist achievements

Self-replacement at number one

• Elvis Presley — "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" (eleven weeks) → "Love Me Tender" (five weeks) (October 27, 1956) ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)
• The Beatles — "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (seven weeks) → "She Loves You" (two weeks) (March 21, 1964) → "Can't Buy Me Love" (five weeks) (April 4, 1964)
• Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love to You" (fourteen weeks) → "On Bended Knee" (six weeks) (December 3, 1994)
• Puff Daddy — "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) (eleven weeks) → "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (two weeks) (August 30, 1997)
• Ja Rule — "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) (two weeks) → "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (six weeks) (March 9, 2002)
• Nelly — "Hot in Herre" (seven weeks) → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (ten non-consecutive weeks) (August 17, 2002)
• OutKast — "Hey Ya!" (nine weeks) → "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (one week) (February 14, 2004)
• Usher — "Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) (twelve weeks) → "Burn" (seven weeks) (May 22, 2004)
• Usher — "Burn" (one additional week) → "Confessions Part II" (two weeks) (July 24, 2004)
• T.I. — "Whatever You Like" (five weeks) → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (one week) (October 18, 2008)
• T.I. — "Whatever You Like" (two additional weeks) → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (four additional weeks) (November 15, 2008)
• The Black Eyed Peas — "Boom Boom Pow" (twelve weeks) → "I Gotta Feeling" (fourteen weeks) (July 11, 2009)†

†The Black Eyed Peas (with both "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling") hold the chart record for 26 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot. Usher (with both "Yeah!" and "Burn") stayed for 19 weeks; Elvis Presley and Boyz II Men each had a 16-week run atop the Hot 100 with the above-listed pairs of singles ("On Bended Knee"'s six weeks at #1 were non-consecutive). The longest run for one song is also 16 weeks (see Most weeks at number one, above).

Most Hot 100 entries

• Glee Cast (193)
• Elvis Presley (108)
• James Brown (91)
• Lil Wayne (82)
• Ray Charles (74)
• Aretha Franklin (73)
• The Beatles (71)
• Elton John (67)
• Jay-Z (66)
• Stevie Wonder (63)

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Most top 40 hits

• Elvis Presley (80)
• Elton John (57)
• Lil Wayne (55)
• The Beatles (50) tie
• Glee Cast (50) tie
• Madonna (49)

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Most top 10 singles

• Madonna (38)
• Elvis Presley (36) (Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100)
• The Beatles (34)
• Stevie Wonder (28) tie
• Michael Jackson (28) tie
• Elton John (27) tie
• Janet Jackson (27) tie
• Mariah Carey (27) tie

NOTE: If Top 10 sides are considered—that is, singles whose A-sides and B-sides both charted as separate Top 10 entries—then Elvis Presley would have the most, with 38 Top 10 songs, and Janet Jackson would have 28. The totals for Madonna, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and so on would remain as is.

Most number-one hits

• The Beatles (20)
• Mariah Carey (18)
• Elvis Presley (17) (Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100)
• Michael Jackson (13)
• Madonna (12) tie
• The Supremes (12) tie
• Whitney Houston (11) tie
• Rihanna (11) tie
• Janet Jackson (10) tie
• Stevie Wonder (10) tie

NOTE: Billboard now credits the dual #1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" as a single chart entity. However, chart statistician Joel Whitburn still lists Presley as having 18 number ones. Much of that total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley attained 7 number one songs.

Most consecutive number-one hits

Number of hits	Artist	First hit and date	Final hit and date
7	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You" (October 26, 1985)	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (April 23, 1988)
6 (tie)	The Beatles	"I Feel Fine" (December 26, 1964)	"We Can Work It Out" (January 8, 1966)
6 (tie)	Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)	"Love You Inside Out" (June 9, 1979)
5 (tie)	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Back In My Arms Again" (June 12, 1965)
5 (tie)	Michael Jackson	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (duet with Siedah Garrett) (September 19, 1987)	"Dirty Diana" (July 2, 1988)
5 (tie)	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Emotions" (October 12, 1991)
5 (tie)	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)	"My All" (May 23, 1998)
5 (tie)	Katy Perry	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) (June 19, 2010)	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (August 27, 2011)

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Most cumulative weeks at number one

79 – Elvis Presley – (Pre Hot 100)†

79 – Mariah Carey

59 – The Beatles

50 – Boyz II Men

47 – Usher

44 – Rihanna

37 – Michael Jackson

36 – Beyoncé

34 – Elton John

33 – Janet Jackson

• † Presley is sometimes credited with an "80th week" that occurred when "All Shook Up" spent a ninth week on top of the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart. Although Billboard's chart statistician Joel Whitburn still counts this 80th week based on preexisting research, Billboard magazine itself has since revised its methodology and officially credits Presley with 79 weeks.
• Much of Presley's total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 22 weeks at number one.
• Presley has the record for the most separate calendar weeks with a charting single in any position, with 1,598. As of 2007, Elton John is second with 1,051, Madonna had 873 (a total which has since increased), and no other artist has as many as 800.

Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

• Elvis Presley: October 20, 1956 through November 3, 1956

1. "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
2. "Love Me Tender" ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)

• The Beatles: From February 22, 1964 until April 25, 1964 the Beatles held the top two positions, with various singles. In some of the weeks, the band held the top three or top four slots, the only act in chart history to do so. On April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the entire top five.

1. "Can't Buy Me Love"
2. "Twist and Shout"
3. "She Loves You"
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
5. "Please Please Me"

• Bee Gees: March 18, 1978 through April 15, 1978

1. "Night Fever"
2. "Stayin' Alive"

• Ashanti: April 20, 2002 through May 18, 2002

1. "Foolish"
2. "What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)

• Nelly: August 10, 2002 through August 31, 2002

1. "Hot in Herre"
2. "Dilemma" (songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)

• OutKast: December 20, 2003 through February 7, 2004

1. "Hey Ya!"
2. "The Way You Move"

• 50 Cent: April 16, 2005

1. "Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
2. "Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)

• Mariah Carey: September 10, 2005

1. "We Belong Together"
2. "Shake It Off"

• Akon: December 2, 2006

1. "I Wanna Love You" (Akon featuring Snoop Dogg)
2. "Smack That" (Akon featuring Eminem)

April 14, 2007

1. "Don't Matter"
2. "The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)

• T.I.: October 18, 2008 and November 1 through November 29, 2008

1. "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
2. "Whatever You Like" (songs switched positions several times)

• Black Eyed Peas: June 27, 2009 through July 18, 2009

1. "Boom Boom Pow"
2. "I Gotta Feeling" (songs switched positions on July 11, 2009)

Posthumous number ones

• Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) — "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)
• Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) — "Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971)
• Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) — "Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973)
• John Lennon (d. December 8, 1980) — "(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) — "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)
• Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) — "Slow Motion" (Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004)
• Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) — "Lollipop" (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008)

Most consecutive weeks in top ten

• 69 weeks – Katy Perry — "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." (featuring Kanye West), "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (2010–11)
• 48 weeks – Ace of Base — "All That She Wants", "The Sign", "Don't Turn Around" (1993–94)
• 46 weeks – Rihanna — "Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna), "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?" (featuring Drake), "S&M" (2010-11)
• 42 weeks – Santana — "Smooth" (featuring Rob Thomas), "Maria Maria" (featuring The Product G&B) (1999–2000)
• 41 weeks – Mariah Carey — "Fantasy", "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men), "Always Be My Baby" (1995–96)

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Album achievements

• Most number-one hits — Bad by Michael Jackson, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry (5 each)
• Most top ten hits — Thriller by Michael Jackson, Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson (7 each)
• Most entries — Speak Now by Taylor Swift (17)

Producers with the most number-one hits

• George Martin (23)
• Jimmy Jam (16) (tie)
• Terry Lewis (16) (tie)
• Steve Sholes (16) (tie)
• Barry Gibb (14) (tie)
• Mariah Carey (14) (tie)

Songwriters with the most number-one hits

• Paul McCartney (32)
• John Lennon (26)
• Mariah Carey (17)
• Barry Gibb (16)
• Brian Holland (15) (tie)
• Sean Garrett (15) (tie)

Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

• The first number-one song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958). The number-one song on the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn (November 30, 1991). The first "airplay-only" song to reach number one (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).^{[citation needed]}
• The Beatles hold the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period. They had 14 for the week April 11, 1964.
• For the week of December 8, 1984, Cyndi Lauper became the first woman to notch four Top 5 singles from same album on the Hot 100, a record since broken by several singers, with Janet Jackson currently holding the record with seven such singles.
• For the week of June 7, 2008, American Idol season 7 winner David Cook set a record with the most debuts in a single week (11).
• For the week of November 13, 2010, Taylor Swift had eleven singles on the Hot 100, including ten chart debuts. Both totals are the most ever by a female artist. Swift also holds the record of most top ten debuts on the Hot 100. Swift now holds the record for an entire album of songs with all of Speak Now's fourteen songs hitting the Hot 100.
• On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's debut single hit number one after the second single did.
• The artist with the longest overall span of hits on Billboard's chart is singer Tony Bennett, whose "Body and Soul" debuted at #87 for the week of October 1, 2011 – 53 years and 2 months after the first edition of the Hot 100 dated August 4, 1958, where his "Young and Warm and Wonderful" charted at #59.

See also

• List of best-charting U.S. music artists
• List of number-one hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• List of Billboard Hot Country Songs chart achievements

References

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Christopher G. Feldman, The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles (ISBN 0-8230-7695-4)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008 (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955-1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: 2000-2009 (ISBN 0-89820-182-9)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.