Taylor Swift sets women's record for most number one albums, surpassing Barbra Streisand. 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)', released earlier this month, has officially debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming her 12th album to reach the top spot.
Taylor Swift performs onstage on July 14 in Denver, Colorado. Taylor Swift is breaking records by making records.
Madonna currently holds the record for the most number-one songs in the 43-year history of the chart, with 50. The only other artists to have achieved more than 20 chart toppers are Rihanna (33) and Beyonce (22).
Madonna is an American singer and songwriter who is widely considered to be the most successful female music artist of all time. She is known as a pop singer, electronic music performer, and dance music artist. It has been estimated that she has sold more than 335 million units during the course of her career.
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.
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.
1's. 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.
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.
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 ...
Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack (with various artists) is the best-selling album credited to a woman.
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.
Taylor Swift was the first solo female artist to win the award twice and thrice. Swift and Adele are the only women to win the award more than once for their own albums; Swift won for Fearless, 1989, and Folklore, and Adele won for 21 and 25.
"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.
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.
Taylor Swift is now the second richest female musician in American history with a net worth of $740 million, Forbes reports.
Rihanna has a net worth of $1.4 billion, making her the richest musician and the second wealthiest female entertainer, after Oprah, who is worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine. While music is what made Rihanna famous, it's her Fenty beauty line that has taken her wealth into the stratosphere.
Most number one singles by a songwriter (US/UK)
The most successful songwriters in terms of number one singles are John Lennon (1940-80) and Paul McCartney (b. 18 Jun 1942).
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.