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This list spans from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to the present. The
Billboard Hot 100 began with the issue dated August 9, 1958, and is
currently the standard music popularity chart in the United States.
Prior to its creation, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in
Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys", "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The
Top 100" (an early version of the Hot 100).
These charts, which ranged from 20 to 100 slots, were phased out at
different times during 1957 and 1958. Though technically not part of the
"Hot 100" chart history, their data is included by Billboard for
computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening discrepancies (i.e.
"Buddy Holly's debut single in the Top 40 was released posthumously" or
"Elvis Presley has seven Hot 100 number-ones").
Presley's run lasted just eight weeks atop the "Most Played by Jockeys"
chart, and seven weeks in "The Top 100"'s number one slot, but artists are
credited with their most favorable placements on any of the four charts.
This is why Billboard and its official statistician Joel Whitburn lists 17
number one singles, for a total of 71 weeks, in 1956.
All items listed below are from the Hot 100 era, unless otherwise noted
(pre-Hot 100 charts).
Contents
• 1 Song achievements
o 1.1 Most weeks at number one
o 1.2 Most weeks at number two
o 1.3 Number-one debuts
o 1.4 Biggest jump to number one
o 1.5 Biggest single-week upward movement
o 1.6 Biggest drop from number one
o 1.7 Most total weeks on the Hot 100
o 1.8 Number-ones by two different artists
o 1.9 Non-English language number-ones
• 2 Artist achievements
o 2.1 Self-replacement at number one
o 2.2 Most Hot 100 entries
o 2.3 Most top 40 hits
o 2.4 Most top 10 singles
o 2.5 Most number-one hits
o 2.6 Most cumulative weeks at number one
o 2.7 Most consecutive weeks at number-one (multiple singles)
o 2.8 Most consecutive number-one hits
o 2.9 Most number-two hits
o 2.10 Simultaneously occupying the top two positions
o 2.11 Longest span between first and most recent number-one
hits
o 2.12 Posthumous number ones
• 3 Producers with the most number-one hits
• 4 Songwriters with the most number-one hits
• 5 Album achievements
• 6 Additional Hot 100 achievements
• 7 See also
• 8 References
Song achievements
• 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)
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together" (2005)
• 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)
Eminem — "Lose Yourself" (2002)
Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris — "Yeah!" (2004)
• 11 weeks
Elvis Presley — "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" (1956) ("Best Sellers in
Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts)
All-4-One — "I Swear" (1994)
Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart" (1996)
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) ("Most Played by Jockeys" chart)
Pérez Prado — "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1955) ("Best
Sellers in Stores" chart)
Debby Boone — "You Light Up My Life" (1977)
Olivia Newton-John — "Physical" (1981)
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)
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain — "Low" (2008)
• 11 weeks
Whitney Houston — "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995) (after spending one
week at number one)
• 10 weeks
Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (1981)
Missy Elliott — "Work It" (2002)
Number-one debuts
• 97-1 - Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February
7, 2009)[1]
• 96-1 - Britney Spears — "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)[2]
• 80-1 - T.I. featuring Rihanna — "Live Your Life" (October 18, 2008) [3]
• 71-1 - T.I. — "Whatever You Like" (September 6, 2008)[4]
• 64-1 - Maroon 5 — "Makes Me Wonder" (May 12, 2007)
• 53-1 - Rihanna — "Take a Bow" (May 24, 2008)[5]
• 52-1 - Kelly Clarkson — "A Moment Like This" (October 5, 2002)
• 51-1 - Usher featuring Young Jeezy — "Love in This Club" (March 15,
2008)
• 42-1 - Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
— "Give It to Me" (April 21, 2007)
• 41-1 - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella" (June 9, 2007)
• 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)
• 95-7 (88 positions) — Akon featuring Eminem — "Smack That"
(October 14, 2006)
• 86-4 (82 positions) — Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley and Vanessa Anne
Hudgens — "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006)
• 93-12 (81 positions) — Matchbox Twenty — "How Far We've Come"
(September 22, 2007)
• 84-5 (79 positions) — Fergie — "London Bridge" (August 12, 2006)
• 80-1 (79 positions) — T.I. featuring Rihanna — "Live Your Life"
(October 18, 2008)
• 100-23 (77 positions) — Andrew Seeley — "Get'cha Head in the
Game" (February 11, 2006)
• 93-17 (76 positions) — Carrie Underwood — "So Small" (September
15, 2007)
• 85-9 (76 positions) — Lil Wayne featuring Static Major — "Lollipop"
(April 5, 2008)
• "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 /
Mya / Pink (2001)
Artist achievements
• Madonna (37)
• Elvis Presley (36)
• The Beatles (29)
• Michael Jackson (28)
• Janet Jackson (27) (tie)
• Stevie Wonder (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. The Beatles' total would increase
from 29 to 34, and Janet Jackson would pass her brother with 29. The
totals for Madonna, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder would remain as
is.
Most number-one hits
Main article: List of artists who reached number one in the United States
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.
• 6 — Elvis Presley
• 6 — Madonna
• 5 — The Carpenters
• 5 — Creedence Clearwater Revival
* NOTE: Two other artists had comparable durations between their first
and final #1 hits, if the pre-Hot 100 era is considered. Louis Armstrong's
"All of Me" topped the 1932 chart, according to Whitburn's "Pop Memories:
1890-1954" research; Armstrong's "Hello, Dolly!" was #1 in May 1964,
some 32 years and 2 months later. Frank Sinatra's first chart-topper was
"All or Nothing at All" in September 1943, as the singer for Harry James'
orchestra; his last was "Somethin' Stupid," an April 1967 duet with his
daughter Nancy Sinatra, for a span of 23 years, 7 months.
• 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)
Album achievements
• Most number ones from one album: Michael Jackson, Bad (5)
• Most top five songs from one album: Janet Jackson, Janet
Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (7)
• Most top ten songs from one album: Michael Jackson, Thriller;
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA; Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson's
Rhythm Nation 1814 (7 each)
• Most Hot 100 charted singles from one album: Taylor Swift,
Fearless (11)
• 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).
• For the week of April 11, 1964, the Beatles had fourteen singles on
the Hot 100, a record unlikely to be surpassed at any time in the
conceivable future. The group held the number 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 14, 38,
48, 50, 52, 61, 74, 78 and 81 slots. One week earlier, five Beatles
singles had filled the entire top five, also a record.
• American Idol season 7 winner David Cook set a record with the
most debuts in a single week (11) in the issue dated June 7, 2008.[7]
• "The Twist" by Chubby Checker is the only song to hit number one
twice in two separate chart runs (one week in 1960 and two weeks
in 1962).
• The record for the most separate chart runs for the same single is
nine, and is held by Bing Crosby's "White Christmas". Re-released
annually by Decca Records, the song was still on the chart in
January 1955, as well as 1955 through 1962. The song also had
twelve previous runs on Billboard's pre-rock charts, from 1942 to
1945, and 1947 to 1953. For singles first released during the rock
era, the record is five separate chart runs, and is held by three other
Christmas songs: David Seville and the Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk
Song", which charted for five consecutive years between 1958 and
1962, topping the Hot 100 during its original 1958 run; Bobby
Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock", which charted in 1957, 1958, and 1960
through 1962; and the Harry Simeone Chorale's "Little Drummer
Boy", which is the only single of the rock era to reach the top forty
for five consecutive years, between 1958 and 1962. Beginning in
1963, Billboard consigned these and other seasonal rereleases to a
separate Christmas chart, ending their strings of appearances on
the Hot 100. ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in
Jukeboxes" charts)
• James Brown holds the record for most Hot 100 entries (ninety-nine)
without a number-one song.
• Creedence Clearwater Revival holds the record for the most number-
two hits (five) without ever hitting number one.
• Steve Alaimo has had the most singles to chart on the Hot 100
(nine) without ever having reached the Top 40.
• The oldest artist to hit number one on the Hot 100 is Louis
Armstrong in 1964 with " Hello, Dolly!" at the age of 62. The oldest
woman to top the Hot 100 is Cher with "Believe" in 1999 at the age
of 53.
• The youngest artist to hit number one on the Hot 100 is Stevie
Wonder in 1963 with " Fingertips Pt. 2" at the age of 13. The
youngest female to top the Hot 100 is Little Peggy March, also in
1963, with "I Will Follow Him" at the age of 15. Wonder's single was
also the first live recording to top the chart
.
• The youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100 is Jordy, a four-year-old
from France whose "Dur Dur D'Être Bébé" (roughly, "It's Tough to Be
a Baby") reached number fifty-eight.
• The oldest artist to chart on the Hot 100 is comedian George Burns,
whose "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" began its 10-week chart run
the day before his 84th birthday. This 1980 release peaked at
number forty-nine. Before that, Burns' most recent charting record
had been a spoken word comedic routine with his wife and partner
Gracie Allen in the summer of 1933.
• The artist with the longest overall span of hits on Billboard's chart is
Elvis Presley, who debuted with "Heartbreak Hotel" in February
1956; a remixed version of "Rubberneckin'" charted in late 2003,
more than 47 years later. For non-posthumous artists, Frankie Valli
first charted as one of the Four Lovers in 1956, and had his final
placement with The Four Seasons in 1995. If pre-1955 charts are
considered, Nat "King" Cole's Billboard career extended from
November 1943 until his studio-spliced "duet" with daughter Natalie
in 1991 ("Unforgettable"), some 48 years later. ("Best Sellers in
Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts)
• Elton John had at least one top forty hit every calendar year from
1970 (beginning with "Your Song") until 1999 (with "Written in the
Stars", a duet with LeAnn Rimes). (However, this methodology
credits one late 1995 hit that extended into the January 1996 chart,
and another single whose chart run covered both 1997 and 1998.)
Whether John's streak lasted 26 or 30 consecutive years depends on
which criteria are considered; either figure would be the longest in
chart history.
• Two Tommy James & the Shondells covers ("I Think We're Alone
Now" by Tiffany and "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol) were consecutive
number-one hits in 1987.
• Several artists have charted with two recordings of the same song,
but only three acts have hit the top ten with two different versions
of the same song. Those acts are The Ventures ("Walk, Don't
Run"/"Walk, Don't Run '64"), Neil Sedaka ("Breaking Up is Hard to
Do"), Elton John ("Candle in the Wind"/"Candle in the Wind 1997";
also "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," the second as a duet with
George Michael).
• The song with the most versions on the Hot 100 is "Unchained
Melody," which charted with nine different performers: Les Baxter
(whose version topped the chart); Al Hibbler; the Righteous
Brothers, who recorded two separate versions that charted 25 years
apart; Roy Hamilton; June Valli; Vito & the Salutations; the Sweet
Inspirations; and Heart. ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in
Jukeboxes" charts)
• The Beatles and Usher are the only two artists to have both the
year-end number-one and number-two songs in the same year, with
the former having "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" in
1964, and the latter with "Yeah!" and "Burn" in 2004.
• Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Faith Hill, and Lifehouse are the
only three acts to have a Billboard Year-End number-one single that
did not top the Billboard Hot 100 at any point during its run. In all
three cases, the relevant single peaked at number two: Sam the
Sham's "Wooly Bully" (1965), Faith Hill's "Breathe" (2000), and
Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" (2001).
• The Isley Brothers hold the record for being the only act to have had
Top 40 hits on the Hot 100 in six consecutive decades: the 1950s,
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
• Usher holds the record for the most weeks spent at number one in a
calendar year. In 2004 he spent twenty-eight weeks at number one
with four different singles. This represents 54% of 2004's chart
weeks.
• The Bee Gees claimed the number one spot for 25 of 32 consecutive
weeks beginning the last week of 1977, either as writers, producers,
and/or backing vocalists on singles by Yvonne Elliman, their younger
brother Andy Gibb, and on three singles credited to themselves.
• When Lisa Loeb hit number one with "Stay (I Missed You)" in 1994,
she became the only artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to
any record label.
• The longest title for a song to chart in the Hot 100 was "Medley:
Intro "Venus"/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You
Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known
Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45" (41
words) by Stars on 45. It went to number one in 1981.
• The instrumental artist with the most Hot 100 hits is Herb Alpert.
Thirty of his thirty-five charting singles are without vocals. He is also
the only artist to reach number one with both a vocal ("This Guy's In
Love With You" in 1968) and an instrumental ("Rise" in 1979).
• The number one hit with the shortest running time (1:37) is Maurice
Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay." The shortest charting record of the
rock era was 1964's "Little Boxes" by the Womenfolk, which was
exactly one minute long, and reached number eighty-three.
• "At 8:37, November Rain" by Guns N' Roses (1992) stands as the
longest-running song to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
• The largest act to chart on the Hot 100 is the 320-person Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, whose version of "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic" reached number thirteen in 1959.
• Studio drummer Hal Blaine appeared on the most number one hits,
thirty-nine in all, between 1961 and 1976.
• During the 12-week period from January 18-April 5, 1975, the Hot
100 was topped by 12 different number one singles, the longest
such stretch of constant chart turnover. Two Elton John singles,
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Philadelphia Freedom",
bookended the streak with two two-week stays in the top position.