List of artists by number of Billboard Hot 100 number one singles

This is a list of artists and the titles of their number one singles in order of total number one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 since it began in 1958.[1]

The Beatles are the artists with more number 1 songs on the rock era in the United States, with 20.
Mariah Carey
Michael Jackson
Rihanna
Madonna
The Supremes
Whitney Houston
Stevie Wonder
Janet Jackson
Total Artist Singles Year reached No.1 Weeks at No.1 Notes
20 The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1964 7
"She Loves You" 2
"Can't Buy Me Love" 5
"Love Me Do" 1
"A Hard Day's Night" 2
"I Feel Fine" 3
"Eight Days a Week" 1965 2
"Ticket to Ride" 1
"Help!" 3
"Yesterday" 4
"We Can Work It Out" 1966 3
"Paperback Writer" 2
"Penny Lane" 1967 1
"All You Need Is Love" 1
"Hello, Goodbye" 3
"Hey Jude" 1968 9
"Get Back" 1969 5 with Billy Preston
"Come Together" / "Something" 1
"Let It Be" 1970 2
"The Long and Winding Road" 2
18 Mariah Carey "Vision of Love" 1990 4
"Love Takes Time" 3
"Someday" 1991 2
"I Don't Wanna Cry" 2
"Emotions" 3
"I'll Be There" 1992 2 with Trey Lorenz
"Dreamlover" 1993 8
"Hero" 4
"Fantasy" 1995 8
"One Sweet Day" 16 with Boyz II Men
"Always Be My Baby" 1996 2
"Honey" 1997 3
"My All" 1998 1
"Heartbreaker" 1999 2 with Jay-Z
"Thank God I Found You" 2000 2 with Joe and 98 Degrees
"We Belong Together" 2005 14
"Don't Forget About Us" 2
"Touch My Body" 2008 2
13 Michael Jackson "Ben" 1972 1
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" 1979 1
"Rock with You" 1980 4
"Billie Jean" 1983 7
"Beat It" 3
"Say Say Say" 6 with Paul McCartney
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" 1987 1 with Siedah Garrett
"Bad" 2
"The Way You Make Me Feel" 1988 1
"Man in the Mirror" 2
"Dirty Diana" 1
"Black or White" 1991 7
"You Are Not Alone" 1995 1
13 Rihanna "SOS" 2006 3
"Umbrella" 2007 7 with Jay-Z
"Take a Bow" 2008 1
"Disturbia" 2
"Live Your Life" 6[2] With T.I.
"Rude Boy" 2010 5
"Love the Way You Lie" 7 With Eminem
"What's My Name?" 1 With Drake
"Only Girl (in the World)" 1
"S&M" 2011 1 with Britney Spears
"We Found Love" 10 with Calvin Harris
"Diamonds" 2012 3
"The Monster" 2013 4 With Eminem
12 Madonna "Like a Virgin" 1984 6
"Crazy for You" 1985 1
"Live to Tell" 1986 1
"Papa Don't Preach" 2
"Open Your Heart" 1987 1
"Who's That Girl" 1
"Like a Prayer" 1989 3
"Vogue" 1990 3
"Justify My Love" 1991 2
"This Used to Be My Playground" 1992 1
"Take a Bow" 1995 7
"Music" 2000 4
12 The Supremes "Where Did Our Love Go" 1964 2
"Baby Love" 4
"Come See About Me" 2
"Stop! In the Name of Love" 1965 2
"Back in My Arms Again" 1
"I Hear a Symphony" 2
"You Can't Hurry Love" 1966 2
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" 2
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" 1967 1
"The Happening" 1
"Love Child" 1968 2
"Someday We'll Be Together" 1969 2
11 Whitney Houston "Saving All My Love for You" 1985 1
"How Will I Know" 1986 2
"Greatest Love of All" 3
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 1987 2
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" 2
"So Emotional" 1988 1
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 2
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" 1990 1
"All the Man That I Need" 1991 2
"I Will Always Love You" 1992 14
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 1995 1
10 Stevie Wonder "Fingertips" 1963 3
"Superstition" 1973 1
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" 1
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" 1974 1
"I Wish" 1977 1
"Sir Duke" 3
"Ebony and Ivory" 1982 7 with Paul McCartney
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" 1984 3
"Part-Time Lover" 1985 1
"That's What Friends Are For" 1986 4 with Dionne Warwick and Friends
10 Janet Jackson "When I Think of You" 1986 2
"Miss You Much" 1989 4
"Escapade" 1990 3
"Black Cat" 1
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" 1991 1
"That's the Way Love Goes" 1993 8
"Again" 2
"Together Again" 1998 2
"Doesn't Really Matter" 2000 3
"All for You" 2001 7

References

  1. ^ Staff, Billboard. Hot 100 55th Anniversary By The Numbers: Top 100 Artists, Most No. 1s, Biggest No. 2s, & More. Billboard (Nielson Business Media, Inc). 2013-08-02 [2013-08-17]. 
  2. ^ Staff, Billboard. Britney Debuts Big, But T.I. Tops Hot 100. Billboard (Nielson Business Media, Inc). 2008-12-11 [2014-03-30].