The oldest artist to hit number one on the Hot 100 is Louis Armstrong in 1964 with ” Hello, Dolly!” at the age of 62. The oldest woman to top the Hot 100 is Cher with “Believe” in 1999 at the age of 53. The youngest artist to hit number one on the Hot 100 is Stevie Wonder in 1963 with ” Fingertips Pt.
It broke three UK chart records in the process. With 44 years since her last number one, "Wuthering Heights" in 1978, Bush surpassed Tom Jones's 42-year gap between number ones and replaced Cher as the oldest female solo chart-topping artist at 63 years and 11 months.
"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 overall oldest artist to have a No 1 record is the late Dame Vera Lynn, whose 2009 greatest hits collection reached the top spot when she was 92 years old. Speaking to the Official Charts Company, Jones said: “I am thrilled beyond words.”
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.
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.
1, Stevie became the youngest solo artist to have topped the Billboard Hot 100 – though another future Motown superstar, Michael Jackson, was aged just 11 years 155 days when The Jackson Five's “I Want You Back” topped the Billboard charts in January 1970.
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The song debuted at Number 1 when he was aged 99 years and 11 months, making him the oldest artist ever to land a chart-topper.
Mariah Carey (USA) has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 19 different occasions.
The number one spot on that list was taken by Ed Sheeran with his song 'Shape of You', which spent 14 weeks at the summit in 2017. He took up another three songs in the top ten.
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.
According to Billboard, The Weeknd's “Blinding Lights” holds the title for the most famous song for the period 1960-2021. If you're interested in songs that appeared on "all-time top" lists compiled by well-known music publications, check this study from 2015 that resulted in 50 iconic songs of all time.
Madonna. The Queen of Pop, Madonna, is the bestselling female artist of all time. She's released 14 studio albums, three soundtracks, five live albums and six compilations, plus 63 UK Top 10 singles. Since 1983, she's sold an estimated 335 million albums and singles worldwide.
Michael Jackson is the male artist with the most #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – 13 of Michael's singles reached the peak position.
Mariah Carey Confirmed As The First Artist To Top The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Across Four Decades.
Blue Ivy Carter Youngest Person Ever To Appear On A Billboard Chart.
1 on Hot 100 in Four Decades | Billboard News. Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the gift that keeps on giving her historic achievements, as the song makes the superstar the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four decades.
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.
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.
Taylor Swift, 'Midnights,' 2022
The blockbuster, though, set new bars for every artist: With 10 top 10s, it reset the record for the most top 10 Hot 100 hits from any album, and – even more – all 10 hits occurred in the same week, the first Hot 100 top 10 shutout in history.
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)