Pop Music Chart Day – 2013 Update

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By Terry Orr

Who has 20 number one hit songs?

So here we go guys and dolls – a list of the best since 1955!

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)

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)

Most total weeks on the Hot 100:

76 weeks	Jason Mraz — "I'm Yours" (2009)[3]
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)
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)

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)

Most Hot 100 entries

Glee Cast (204)

Lil Wayne (109)

Elvis Presley (108)

James Brown (91)

Ray Charles (74)

Aretha Franklin (73)

The Beatles (71) (tie)

Jay-Z (71) (tie)

Most top 40 singles

Elvis Presley (80)

Elton John (57)

Lil Wayne (55)

The Beatles (50) tie

Glee Cast (50) tie

Madonna (49)

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

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) [29] tie

The Supremes (12) tie

Whitney Houston (11)

Janet Jackson (10) tie

Stevie Wonder (10) tie

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

[Source: Wikipedia]

Wow.  The things we learn research articles to share.  Some of these folks – I dare say that some are unknown to me – yeah, yeah – I know – showing my age once again.

Congratulations to all of these gifted and talented folks – and thanks for sharing your music with all of us.