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 milestones

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)

Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy — "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004)

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 consecutive weeks in top ten after debuting in top ten

• 21 weeks - Nicki Minaj — "Starships" (2012)
• 20 weeks - The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (Number one for 14 weeks) (2009)
• 19 weeks - Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa — "Payphone" (2012)
• 19 weeks - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day" (Number one for 16 weeks) (1995-1996)
• 18 weeks - Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend" (Number one for one week) (2007)
• 17 weeks - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg — "California Gurls" (Number one for six weeks) (2010)
• 17 weeks - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 — "I'll Be Missing You" (Number one for 11 weeks) (1997)
• 16 weeks - Eminem featuring Rihanna — "Love the Way You Lie" (Number one for seven weeks) (2010)
• 16 weeks - Mariah Carey — "Fantasy" (Number one for eight weeks) (1995)
• 15 weeks - Pink — "So What" (Number one for one week) (2008)
• 15 weeks - Mariah Carey — "Always Be My Baby" (Number one for two weeks) (1996)
• 15 weeks - Whitney Houston — "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (Number one for one week) (1995-1996)

"Starships" by Nicki Minaj and "Payphone" by Maroon 5 are the only songs in this set that did not reach number one

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Most total weeks on the Hot 100

• 76 weeks – Jason Mraz — "I'm Yours" (2009)
• 69 weeks – LeAnn Rimes — "How Do I Live" (1998)
• 68 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — "Party Rock Anthem" (2012)
• 65 weeks – Jewel — "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998), Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)
• 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 – Gotye featuring Kimbra — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2013)
• 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), Ellie Goulding — "Lights" (2013)
• 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), Fun — "Some Nights" (2013)
• 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)
• Baauer — "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013)

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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)
• 72-1 – Taylor Swift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (September 1, 2012)
• 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)
• 84-4 (80 positions) — Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z — "Suit & Tie" (February 2, 2013)

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.

Longest climbs to number one

• 33rd week – Los del Río — "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (1995–1996)
• 31st week – Lonestar — "Amazed" (1999–2000)
• 27th week – Creed — "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
• 26th week – Vertical Horizon — "Everything You Want" (2000)
• 25th week – UB40 — "Red Red Wine" (1988)
• 23rd week — Patti Austin and James Ingram — "Baby, Come to Me" (1983)
• 22nd week – Vangelis — "Chariots of Fire" (1982), Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis — "Just Dance" (2008–2009)
• 21st week – Nick Gilder — "Hot Child in the City" (1978), Robert John— "Sad Eyes (1979), Outkast — "The Way You Move" (2003–2004), Adele — "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011-2012)

Biggest single-week downward movements

• 17-96 (79 positions) – Javier Colon — "Stitch by Stitch" (July 23, 2011)
• 17-92 (75 positions) — Justin Bieber — "Die in Your Arms" (June 23, 2012)
• 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 #13 – Taylor Swift — "State of Grace" (November 10, 2012)
• 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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Number-one songs by 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)

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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)

Instrumental number-ones

• "The Happy Organ" — Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 16, 1959 for one week)
• "Sleepwalk" — Santo and Johnny (September 26, 1959 for two weeks)
• "Theme from A Summer Place" — Percy Faith (February 27, 1960 for nine weeks)
• "Wonderland by Night" — Bert Kaempfert (January 14, 1961 for three weeks)
• "Calcutta" — Lawrence Welk (February 18, 1961 for two weeks)
• "Stranger on the Shore" — Mr. Acker Bilk (May 26, 1962 for one week)
• "The Stripper" — David Rose (July 7, 1962 for one week)
• "Telstar" — The Tornados (December 22, 1962 for three weeks)
• "Love Is Blue" — Paul Mauriat (February 10, 1968 for five weeks)
• "Grazing in the Grass" — Hugh Masekela(July 20, 1968 for two weeks)
• "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" — Henry Mancini (July 28, 1969 for two weeks)
• "Frankenstein" — The Edgar Winter Group (May 26, 1973 for one week)
• "Love's Theme" — Love Unlimited Orchestra (February 9, 1974 for one week)
• "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" — MFSB and The Three Degrees (April 20, 1974 for two weeks)
• "Pick Up the Pieces" — Average White Band (February 22, 1975 for one week)
• "The Hustle" — Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony (July 26, 1975 for one week)
• "Fly, Robin, Fly" — Silver Convention (November 29, 1975 for three weeks)
• "Theme from "S.W.A.T."" — Rhythm Heritage (February 28, 1976 for one week)
• "A Fifth of Beethoven" — Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (October 9, 1976 for one week)
• "Gonna Fly Now" — Bill Conti (July 2, 1977 for one week)
• "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" — Meco (October 1, 1977 for two weeks)
• "Rise" — Herb Alpert (October 20, 1979 for two weeks)
• "Chariots of Fire" — Vangelis (May 8, 1982 for one week)
• "Miami Vice Theme" — Jan Hammer (November 9, 1985 for one week)

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 (205)
• Lil Wayne (110)
• Elvis Presley (108)
• James Brown (91)
• Ray Charles (74)
• Aretha Franklin (73)
• The Beatles (71) (tie)
• Jay-Z (71) (tie)

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Most top 40 singles

• Elvis Presley (80)
• Lil Wayne (61)
• Elton John (57)
• Glee Cast (51)
• The Beatles (50)

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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
• Rihanna (24)
• Whitney Houston (23)

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 be tied 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 singles

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

Number of singles	Artist	First hit and date	Final hit and date	Streak-breaking song
7	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You" (October 26, 1985)	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (April 23, 1988)	"Love Will Save the Day" (No. 9 - August 27, 1988)
6 (tie)	The Beatles	"I Feel Fine" (December 26, 1964)	"We Can Work It Out" (January 8, 1966)	"Nowhere Man" (No. 3 - March 26, 1966)
6 (tie)	Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" (December 24, 1977)	"Love You Inside Out" (June 9, 1979)	"He's A Liar" (No. 30 - October 24, 1981)
5 (tie)	The Supremes	"Where Did Our Love Go" (August 22, 1964)	"Back in My Arms Again" (June 12, 1965)	"Nothing but Heartaches" (No. 11 - September 4, 1965)
5 (tie)	Michael Jackson	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) (September 19, 1987)	"Dirty Diana" (July 2, 1988)	"Another Part of Me" (No. 11 - September 10, 1988)
5 (tie)	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" (August 4, 1990)	"Emotions" (October 12, 1991)	"Can't Let Go" (No. 2 - January 25, 1992)
5 (tie)	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)	"My All" (May 23, 1998)	"When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston) (No. 15 - January 30, 1999)
5 (tie)	Katy Perry	"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) (June 19, 2010)	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (August 27, 2011)	"The One That Got Away" (No. 3 - January 7, 2012)

NOTE: Houston's Thinking About You is not counted as intrerupting the streak, as it never appeared on the Hot 100, due to not being released to Pop radio. Likewise Perry's Not Like The Movies and Circle the Drain were only promotional singles, not radio singles.

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Most number-one singles in a calendar year

• The Beatles (6) - "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Love Me Do", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine", (1964)
• The Beatles (5) - "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday", (1965)
• Elvis Presley (4) - "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You", "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel", "Love Me Tender", (1956)
• Elvis Presley (4) - "Too Much", "All Shook Up", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", "Jailhouse Rock", (1957)
• The Supremes (4) - "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again", "I Hear a Symphony", (1965)
• Jackson 5 (4) - "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", "I'll Be There", (1970)
• George Michael (4) - "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", (1988)
• Usher (4) - "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", "My Boo", (2004)
• Rihanna (4) - "Rude Boy", "Love the Way You Lie", "What's My Name?", "Only Girl (In the World)", (2010)

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Most cumulative weeks at number one

79 – Elvis Presley (tie) (Pre Hot 100)†

79 – Mariah Carey (tie)

59 – The Beatles

50 – Boyz II Men

47 – Rihanna (tie)

47 – Usher (tie)

37 – Michael Jackson

36 – Beyoncé

34 – Elton John

33 – Janet Jackson

31 - Whitney Houston

• † 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)

Simultaneously three or more singles in the top 10

Note: list below is complete with respect to accomplishments by leading artists or acts. There are more instances if collaborative songs (involving for example featured artists or 50/50 duets) are also taken into account

• 1964: The Beatles (the only act with more than three singles in the top ten simultaneously)
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  • "She Loves You"
  • "Please Please Me"
  • "Can't Buy Me Love"
  • "Twist and Shout"

• 1978: The Bee Gees
  • "Stayin' Alive"
  • "Night Fever"
  • "How Deep Is Your Love"

• 2004: Usher (the first ever solo artist to have three singles in the top ten at the same time)
  • "Burn"
  • "Yeah!"
  • "Confessions Part II"

• 2012: Adele (the first and also the only female artist to accomplish the feat)
  • "Rolling in the Deep"
  • "Set Fire to the Rain"
  • "Someone Like You"

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)

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Age records

• Cher (age 52 years, 297 days or 52 years, 9 months, and 23 days) became the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100 with "Believe" from March 13, 1999 to April 3, 1999. The previous record was held by Grace Slick of Starship, who's 47 years, 156 days old when their hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" began its 3-week reign on April 4, 1987.
• Louis Armstrong (age 62 years, 279 days or 62 years, 9 months, and 5 days) became the oldest male artist to top the Hot 100 with “Hello, Dolly!” in May 9, 1964.
• Michael Jackson (age 11 years, 155 days or 11 years, 5 months, and 2 days) became the youngest artist ever to top the Hot 100. As part of the Jackson 5, he topped the charts with “I Want You Back” on the week of January 31, 1970.
• Stevie Wonder (age 13 years, 89 days or 13 years, 2 months, and 27 days) became the youngest solo male artist to top the Hot 100 with “Fingertips Pt. 2” from August 10, 1963 to August 24, 1963.
• Little Peggy March (age 15 years, 50 days or 15 years, 1 month, and 19 days) became the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100 with “I Will Follow Him” from April 27, 1963 to May 11, 1963.
• Tony Bennett (age 85 years, 59 days or 85 years, 1 month, and 29 days) became the oldest living artist ever to chart on the Hot 100 when his song “Body and Soul” (a duet with Amy Winehouse) reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 1, 2011. The previous record was held by George Burns, who was 84 years, 62 days old when his "I Wish I Was 18 Again" ended its chart run on the week of March 22, 1980.
• Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) became the youngest male performer (at seven years old) to hit a Pre-Billboard Hot 100 chart, when “Nuttin' for Christmas” by Art Mooney & His Orchestra with Barry Gordon hit #6 in Christmas of 1955.
• Debbie Gibson (age 17 years, 299 days or 17 years, 9 months, and 25 days) became the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 when her song "Foolish Beat" topped the chart on June 25, 1988.

Gap records

• The longest gap between number-ones on the Hot 100 is 24 years, 355 days by Cher’s “Believe”. The single hit number 1 on March 13, 1999, her first time on that spot since “Dark Lady” on March 23, 1974.
• Cher also holds the record gap between first and most recent No. 1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 33 years, 232 days. The first of three weeks at No. 1 for "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher was Aug. 14, 1965. The last week at No. 1 for Cher's "Believe" was Apr. 3, 1999.
• The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first number-one belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time he first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" (Oct. 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at number one with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (Oct. 23, 1999).
• When the Tony Bennett/Amy Winehouse duet "Body and Soul" debuted at number 87 for the week of October 1, 2011, Bennett became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on Billboard's Hot 100 chart — 53 years, 58 days on account of his single "Young and Warm and Wonderful" which debuted at #59 on the very first edition of the Billboard Hot 100 dated August 4, 1958.

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 singles — Bad by Michael Jackson, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry (5 each)
• Most top ten singles — Thriller by Michael Jackson, Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson (7 each)
• Speak Now by Taylor Swift is the only album to have all its songs chart on the Hot 100, also giving Swift the record for most entries off of one album, with 14.

NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules, over one release.

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Producers with the most number-one singles

Number of singles	Producer(s)	Best known for producing	Biggest number-one hit and date
24	George Martin	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
16 (tie)	Steve Sholes	Elvis Presley	"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" (August 18, 1956)
16 (tie)	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis	Janet Jackson	""That's the Way Love Goes" (May 16, 1993)
16 (tie)	Max Martin	Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson	"California Gurls" (June 19, 2010)
14 (tie)	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"Shadow Dancing" (June 17, 1978)
14 (tie)	Mariah Carey	herself	"One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)

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Songwriter achievements

Most number-one singles

Number of singles	Songwriter	Best known writing for	Biggest number-one hit and date
32	Paul McCartney	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
26	John Lennon	The Beatles	"Hey Jude" (September 28, 1968)
17	Mariah Carey	herself	"One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
16	Barry Gibb	Bee Gees, Andy Gibb	"Shadow Dancing" (June 17, 1978)
15 (tie)	Brian Holland	The Supremes	"Baby Love" (October 31, 1964)
15 (tie)	Max Martin	Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson	"California Gurls" (June 19, 2010)

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Most consecutive years writing a number-one hit

Number of years	Songwriter(s)	First number-one and first week	Written for	Final number-one and final week	Written for
9	Lionel Richie	"Three Times a Lady" (August 12, 1978)	The Commodores	"Say You, Say Me" (January 11, 1986)	Lionel Richie
8 (tie)	Paul McCartney	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (February 1, 1964)	The Beatles	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (September 4, 1971)	Paul and Linda McCartney
8 (tie)	Mariah Carey	"Dreamlover" (September 5, 1993)	Mariah Carey	"Thank God I Found You" (February 19, 2000)	Mariah Carey, Joe and 98 Degrees
7	John Lennon	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (February 1, 1964)	The Beatles	"The Long and Winding Road" (June 20, 1970)	The Beatles
6	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb	"Jive Talkin'" (August 9, 1975)	The Bee Gees	"Woman in Love" (November 8, 1980)	Barbara Streisand

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Most number-one hits in a calendar year

Number of #1 hits	Songwriter(s)	Year	#1 hits (in chronological order)
7 (tie)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	1964	The Beatles — "I Want to Hold Your Hand"†, "She Loves You"†, "Can't Buy Me Love"†, "Love Me Do" Peter and Gordon — "A World Without Love" The Beatles — " A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine"
7 (tie)	Barry Gibb ††	1978	Bee Gees — "How Deep Is Your Love" Andy Gibb — "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"† Bee Gees — "Stayin' Alive"†, "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman — "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb — "Shadow Dancing" Frankie Valli — "Grease"
5 (tie)	Lamont Dozier Brian Holland Eddie Holland	1965	The Supremes — "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again†" Four Tops — "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"† The Supremes — "I Hear a Symphony"
5 (tie)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	1965	The Beatles — "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday"
5 (tie)	Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb	1978	Bee Gees — "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive"†, "Night Fever"† Yvonne Elliman — "If I Can't Have You"† Andy Gibb — "Shadow Dancing"

† Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at #1
†† Holds all-time record of writing the most #1 songs in a row, with 4

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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).
• 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.
• The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. On April 4, 1964, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the #1 and #2 singles, while "Meet the Beatles!" and "Introducing... The Beatles" held the top 2 spots on the albums charts.
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney hold the record of writing all of the Top 3 singles for one week. The Gibbs co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 18, 1978 -- #1 "Night Fever" and #2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and #3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang. Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 and March 21, 1964 -- #1 "She Loves You", #2 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and #3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles.
• The current songwriting record for most consecutive weeks in the number one spot is 26 weeks. This record is held by the members of Black Eyed Peas in 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" began its number one run on the week of April 18, 2009, and was replaced by "I Gotta Feeling", whose final time at number one was the week of October 10, 2009.
• For the week of February 11, 2006, Ashley Tisdale became the first female artist to debut with two songs simultaneously on the chart with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top", both tracks from the High School Musical film's soundtrack.
• 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 11 singles on the Hot 100, including ten chart debuts. Both totals are the most ever by a female artist.
• Swift also holds the all-time record for most top ten debuts on the Hot 100, with 11.
• 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.

See also

• List of number-one hits (United States)
• List of best-charting music artists in the U.S.
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements by decade
• List of Billboard Hot Country Songs chart achievements
• Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts

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.