"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
Pop icon Taylor Swift made music history this week when her epic, ten-minute-long version of “All Too Well” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is the longest to ever reach the top spot by a margin of more than a minute, reports Gary Trust for Billboard.
4, 1958 inception through the Oct. 22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
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.
The Beatles, unsurprisingly, lead the way with a record 20 No. 1s, all earned between 1964 and 1970. The Fab Four also scored 34 top 10s (second only to Madonna's 38), hitting No. 1 in over half their visits to the top 10.
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.
We all know the record for shortest song on the Hot 100 overall is Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay," which went 1:36, and reached No. 1 in November 1960.
“Heat Waves” by @GlassAnimals is officially the longest-charting Hot 100 hit in HISTORY (91 weeks). Dave Bayley of Glass Animals told Billboard of the achievement, "Wow, all I can say is wow. Many of you know when I wrote this song I was writing about missing someone I loved very dearly.
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.
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)
Drake has achieved eleven number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and twelve number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard hailed him as the "Artist of the 2010s Decade" and the 16th Greatest Artist of all time.
Kid Cudi's Man On The Moon III: The Chosen cut “Beautiful Trip” is officially the shortest song to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100. Clocking in at just 37 seconds, “Beautiful Trip” debuted right at No. 100.
A good rule of thumb is 15 songs per hour. A typical wedding reception will see about 3 hours of dancing after dinner and all the formalities are over.
The 1MinMusic property features exclusive music tracks and videos from over 200 national and regional artists. As part of this property, music from Shaan, Mame Khan, Himanshi Khurana and Kaur B have already been released.
It's called “Symphony of the Crown” by Canadian artist Earthena. It clocks in at an impressive 48 hours, 39 minutes, and 43 seconds. In October 2021, this track surpassed PC III's 2016 tune “The Rise and Fall of Bossanova” (13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds).
Most number one singles by a songwriter (US/UK)
McCartney is credited as the writer on 32 number one hits in the US to Lennons 26 (with 23 co-written), whereas Lennon authored 29 UK number ones to McCartney's 28 (25 co-written).
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.
Taylor Swift Is No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart for Record-Extending 66th Week – Billboard.
Leading the top global songs list is Miley Cyrus' smash hit “Flowers” which has been named the most streamed song of 2023 so far with 1.16 billion global audio streams.
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.