Mariah Carey Confirmed As The First Artist To Top The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Across Four Decades. WATCH GRAMMY LIVE!
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.
An elite 12 artists have achieved top 10 placements on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in four or more decades, led by Andy Williams and Michael Jackson, with top 10 ranks in five decades each.
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.
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.
"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 Box" charted at No.
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Some radio analysts consider it the most-played radio song of all time. Still, “Every Breath you Take” has more than 15 million plays to its name. The song, created by the English rock band The Police, was written by Sting and quickly became the biggest Canadian and US hit of 1983.
REWIND: Elton John has had a song on the charts in six straight decades.
Bob Dylan is the first artist to have a top 40 album on the US charts in every decade since the 1960s.
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.
The Weeknd is the world's most popular artist, Guinness World Records says. The Weeknd, who recently became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, is statistically the world's most popular musician, Guinness World Records said Monday.
Legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle has entered the Guinness World Records for the most number of single studio recordings. She is best known for her playback singing in Hindi cinema. Asha has recorded up to 11,000 solo, duets and chorus-backed songs.
LATA MANGESHKAR WON GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
Lata Mangeshkar started her career in the year 1942 and over the years, she recorded as many as 50,000 songs in 14 languages. During the 1960s, she recorded 30,000 songs and won the Guinness World Record. Following the same, she became the most recorded voice in history.
Kylie Minogue has become the first woman to top the album chart in each of five consecutive decades.
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.
Bruce Springsteen has made Billboard chart history, thanks to his latest studio album, "Letter to You," which debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The Boss now is the first artist to have top-five albums on the tally in each of the last six decades -- the 1970s, '80s, '90s, 2000s, '10s and '20s.
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 seven tracks in the top 10 at once, Drake unseated The Beatles as the act with the most simultaneous top 10 hits, a record the Fab Four had held since 1964.
The Beatles dropped to second behind Drake with 29 top five hits and were followed by Madonna with 28, Mariah Carey with 27, Janet Jackson with 26, Rihanna with 23 and Elvis Presley with 21.
The Searchers are the longest running band in pop history.
Top-selling artists worldwide as of 2022
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.
4, 1958 inception through the Oct. 22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
“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.