Music Trivia World Presents Records, Trivia and Facts about the Chart-Toppers

Most Number-One songs from an album

5 — Michael Jackson — Bad (1987-1988)

4 — Bee Gees — Saturday Night Fever (1977-1978)

4 — George Michael — Faith (1987-1988)

4 — Whitney Houston — Whitney (1987-1988)

4 — Paula Abdul — Forever Your Girl (1989-1990)

4 — Janet Jackson — Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989-1991)

4 — Mariah Carey — Mariah Carey (1990-1991)

4 — Usher — Confessions (2004)

Artists with the most Hot 100 entries

Elvis Presley (154)

James Brown (99)

Ray Charles (76)

Aretha Franklin (76)

The Beatles (73)

Artists with the most Top 40 hits

Elvis Presley (104)

Elton John (59)

The Beatles (52)

Stevie Wonder (49)

Madonna (47)

Artists with the most Top 10 singles

Madonna (36)

Elvis Presley (33)

The Beatles (29)

Michael Jackson (28)

Janet Jackson (27)

Stevie Wonder (27)

Artists with the most Top 10 sides (A-side and B-side separated)

Elvis Presley (38)

Madonna (36)

The Beatles (34)

Janet Jackson (29)

Michael Jackson (28)

Stevie Wonder (27)

Artists with the most Number-One hits

The Beatles (20)

Elvis Presley (17) (Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100)

Mariah Carey (17)

Michael Jackson (13)

The Supremes (12)

Madonna (12)

Whitney Houston (11)

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at Number One

Elvis Presley (79 weeks) ("Best Sellers in Stores" chart and Hot 100)

Mariah Carey (77 weeks)

The Beatles (59 weeks)

Boyz II Men (50 weeks)

Usher (40 weeks)

Michael Jackson (37 weeks)

Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits

7 — Whitney Houston (1985-1988)

6 — The Beatles (1964-1966)

6 — Bee Gees (1977-1979)

5 — Elvis Presley (1959-1961)

5 — The Supremes (1964-1965)

5 — Michael Jackson (1987-1988)

5 — Mariah Carey (1990-1991 and 1995-1998)

Artists with the most number-two hits

6 — Elvis Presley

6 — Madonna

5 — The Carpenters

5 — Creedence Clearwater Revival

4 — Janet Jackson

4 — Elton John

4 — Mariah Carey

Artists who have simultaneously occupied #1 and #2 position

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

"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Love Me Tender"

The Beatles: From February 22, 1964 til April 25, 1964, the Beatles held

the top two positions, with various singles. On some weeks their

domination extended past the top two. On April 4, 1964,

they held the top FIVE positions:

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"

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

"Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive"

Ashanti: April 20, 2002 through May 18, 2002

"Foolish" and "What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)

Nelly: August 10, 2002 through August 31, 2002

"Hot in Here" and "Dilemma" (songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)

OutKast: December 20, 2003 through February 7, 2004

"Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move"

50 Cent: April 16, 2005

"Candy Shop" (50 Cent feat. Olivia) and"Hate It or Love It" (The Game feat. 50 Cent)

Mariah Carey: September 10, 2005

"We Belong Together" and "Shake It Off"

Akon: December 2, 2006

"I Wanna Love You" (Akon feat. Snoop Dogg) and "Smack That" (Akon feat. Eminem)

Artists with posthumous #1 hits

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" (Dec. 27,1980)

The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) — "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997),

"Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)

Soulja Slim (d. Nov. 26, 2003) — "Slow Motion" (Juvenile feat. Soulja Slim)

(Aug. 7, 2004)

Producers with the most number-one hits

George Martin (23)

Jimmy Jam (16)

Terry Lewis (16)

Steve Sholes (16)

Barry Gibb (14)

Songwriters with the most number-one hits

Paul McCartney (32)

John Lennon (26)

Barry Gibb (16) (tie)

Mariah Carey (16) (tie)

Brian Holland (15)

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