The Beatles have the most number one hits on the chart, with 20 songs having reached that position.
With “All I Want…”, Carey extended her lead over Elvis Presley (17) for the most US No. 1s by a solo artist, and is just one behind The Beatles (20) for the most chart-toppers overall. Mariah's 19 US No.
With 40 top 10 hits in the Hot 100 over her career, Swift surpassed Madonna as the woman with the most top 10s in the chart's history. (Madonna has 38 top 10 singles.) Swift is only surpassed by Drake, who counts 59 top 10 hits.
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.
"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.
It was never a hit single and got almost no play on Top 40 radio. There's even a dispute over the exact title. 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.
According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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.
With the release of her single "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in early '88, Whitney Houston set the record as the only artist ever to reach the milestone of seven consecutive No. 1 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.
At 99 years old (and just days before his 100th birthday), Captain Tom Moore holds the record as the oldest artist to score a Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
Most recorded artist in music history - Asha Bhosle
In 1974, the Guinness Book of Records had older sister Mangeshkar (now 87) down as recording the most songs in history - a staggering 25,000.
The only audited measure of record sales in the United States is certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since the RIAA introduced its awards on 14 March 1958, Elvis Presley holds the record for the most platinum certificates for both albums and singles with 82.
By the time her second album, Whitney, was stripped of singles, she'd managed seven consecutive US No 1s (three came from her debut) – one more than the Beatles.
1 with “I Don't Search I Find.” The song is her fiftieth chart-topper on the list, and that's not just a record on that one tally. According to Billboard, Madonna is now the first musician to collect 50 No. 1 hits on any chart.
The shortest #1 hit single record is "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, which has a length of 3 minutes and 16 seconds. What is the shortest number 1 song? In the UK, Adam Faith's 1959 chart topper What Do You Want (1'38). In the US, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' Stay (1'37), which was also released in 1959.
Paul McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26), of The Beatles, rank first and second, respectively, for having written the most Hot 100 No. 1s, thanks to their respective group and solo outputs.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)
Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.
The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music act of all time, collecting over $2.5 billion according to Billboard Boxscore.