Asha Bhosle – Most recorded artist in music history Asha Bhosle has recorded up to 11000 solo, duets and chorus backed songs and several others in over 20 Indian languages since 1947.
Asha has recorded up to 11,000 solo, duets and chorus-backed songs. Balasubrahmanyam won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer: they Sang over 40,000 songs in 16 languages.
Currently, Mangeshkar's sister Asha Bhonsle is listed on the Guinness World Records for the record 'Most studio recordings - singles'. The record, which she holds since 2011, stated that Bhonsle has "reportedly recorded up to 11,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in over 20 Indian languages" since 1947.
Alka Yagnik has featured on the Guiness Book of World Records for a third year in a row. She was the most streamed singer of 2022, beating even the world's biggest singers like Taylor Swift, Drake and Beyonce. Her number of streams are legions ahead of others.
As of June 22, 2023, The Beatles have the highest total certified albums and Drake has the highest total certified digital singles. Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Eminem, and Taylor Swift are the only acts in the top 30 of both lists.
"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.
The Weeknd Named the World's 'Most Popular Artist' by Guinness World Records. The singer's record-breaking streaming statistics helped him land the title.
The most-followed female artist is Ariana Grande, with over 66 million followers—she became the most-followed female act on the platform in December 2020 when she surpassed 54 million followers. The most popular singer in the world is undoubtedly Taylor Swift.
Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
Since 2012, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so in consecutive years (2020–2022). Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.
Taylor Swift has once again made music history by claiming every single top 10 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart at once. No other artist has ever held all 10 spots at the same time, according to Billboard.
Music historians cite Whitney's record-setting achievements: the only artist to have seven consecutive number one Billboard Hot 100 hits ("Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," "Greatest Love of All," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)," "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "So Emotional" and "Where Do ...
Coincidentally, Michael Jackson's Bad and Katy's Teenage Dream are the only albums in US chart history to each score five Number 1s on the Billboard Hot 100.
Having sold over 300 million records worldwide to date, Guinness World Record holder Madonna is the most successful female recording artist of all time.
The use of her song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” in the series has shot it up the charts in a way it didn't even when the song was released in 1985! In fact, it's the oldest song to EVER reach No.
In a very distant first place when looking at which musicians have charted the most top 40 hits on the Hot 100 is Drake.
Top-selling artists worldwide as of 2022
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales.
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
Cher's career as a recording artist spans seven decades and she is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades.
Bad Bunny is king of Spotify, setting new all-time record for streams in a single day. Bad Bunny celebrated the end of 2021 by becoming the most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify for the second year in a row. Now, the Puerto Rican star is breaking yet more streaming records on Daniel Ek's platform.