Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have No. 1 albums in six different decades.
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.
In case you need a reminder of how long ago 2010 was, when the decade kicked off, the set on top the Billboard 200 albums chart was Britain's Got Talent alum Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream — in the fourth frame of its six-week run at pole position.
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Harry Belafonte (37 weeks)
1 on the very first weekly Billboard 200 chart. Calypso is tied with the South Pacific soundtrack as the longest-running No. 1 album of the 1956-59 period.
Kylie Minogue has become the first woman to top the album chart in each of five consecutive decades. Her 15th studio album, Disco, reaches No 1 this week, beating Little Mix's Confetti in one of the hottest chart battles of 2020.
In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021.
Adele's 21 is the best selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Her third album 25, is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies.
Springsteen is first artist to have top 5 album over 6 decades in US.
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.
REWIND: Elton John has had a song on the charts in six straight decades.
"Red" by Taylor Swift topped the list. "To Pimp a Butterfly" by Kendrick Lamar and "Lemonade" by Beyoncé rounded out the top three. Frank Ocean's "Blonde," Carly Rae Jepsen's "Emotion," Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," and Rihanna's "Anti" also made the list. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Talk about a dream come true. For 23 years, no artist had matched Michael Jackson's record of five No. 1s from a single album (Bad).
Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have No. 1 albums in six different decades. Her first was the 1964 album People, and her most recent was the 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, with a few weeks shy of 52 years between the two hitting No. 1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
Bob Dylan is the first artist to have a top 40 album on the US charts in every decade since the 1960s.
As the first-ever artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart across four separate decades, Carey beats out icons like Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Usher, who have each topped the same chart across three decades.
1. The Beatles — 183 million units.
25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.
The Beatles have tallied the most No. 1 hits in the 61-year history of the Hot 100, with 20. Their closest competitor is Mariah Carey, with 18.
The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20. Though unclear for how long, the Beatles still reign supreme as the artist with the most No. 1 songs of all time.
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.