who has the most number one music hits of all time?
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The Beatles have tallied the most No. 1 hits in the 61-year history of the Hot 100, with 20. Their closest competitor is Mariah Carey, with 18.
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['ABBA.', 'Sia.', 'Queen.', 'Patti Smith.', 'Jimi Hendrix.', 'Katy Perry.', 'The Beach Boys.', 'Bob Marley.']
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"Ghosttown" became her record-breaking forty-fifth chart topper for the issue dated May 30, 2015, breaking her tie with Strait and becoming the act with the most number-one hits on a singular Billboard chart. At the time, Madonna had garnered more number-ones on the chart than Rihanna and Beyoncé combined (45 total).
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Over the course of 14 albums (until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991) Queen delivered a near-impeccable run of hits on the Official Chart: 53 Top 40 singles, six of which went to Number 1. Look at Queen's complete Official Chart history here.
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Taylor Swift makes history as most awarded artist of all time at American Music Awards. Swift beat Michael Jackson's record of 24 all-time wins. Taylor Swift just made American Music Awards history.
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['Carrie Underwood.', '19 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Linda Ronstadt.', '30 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Reba McEntire.', '41 million U.S. units sold. ... ', 'Taylor Swift.', '41.5 million U.S. units sold.']
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As mentioned above, the Beatles and Elvis take the top two spots, but third are Abba, with 57 weeks over their nine chart-topping albums. Their 1976 Greatest Hits was their first chart-topper, while their most recent was another hits collection – Gold, which was last Number 1 in 2008.
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["Elvis Presley (21)* The King of Rock 'n' Roll is, unsurprisingly, also the King of Number 1s. ... ", 'The Beatles (17) ... ', 'Cliff Richard, Westlife (14) ... ', 'Madonna (13) ... ', 'Take That (12) ... ', 'Calvin Harris, Eminem (10) ... ', 'ABBA, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Spice Girls (9) ... ', '8 Number 1s:']
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Their songs are among the most recorded in history, with cover versions of "Yesterday" exceeding in the thousands. As of 2009, they were the best-selling band in history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide. Time included them in its list of the twentieth century's 100 most important people.
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Number ones The Bee Gees had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (9 songs).
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['Michael Jackson. It should come as no surprise that the King of Pop won this poll by a significant margin.', 'Britney Spears. ... ', 'James Brown. ... ', 'Mick Jagger. ... ', 'Lady Gaga. ... ', 'Prince. ... ', 'Madonna. ... ', 'Janet Jackson. ... ']
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Most consecutive number ones from chart debut (The Beatles had ten consecutive number ones with official releases on EMI between 1963 (From Me To You) and 1966 (Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby).
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The Beatles gained 17 number ones, but their first single to make the Top 40, Love Me Do, in 1962 peaked at number 17. The number of copies sold of She Loves You, the band's second number one and the single which made them an international hit.
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Madonna (13) The most successful female artist in UK chart history. Madonna's 13 Number 1 took 23 years to rack up – from Into The Groove (1985) to 4 Minutes (2008) – and she has plenty of near-misses too.
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Number ones Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs).
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"Bohemian Rhapsody," the legendary six-minute single by Queen, is what many call the greatest song ever written. It's still one of the best-selling rock singles of all time, was voted The Song of the Millennium in 2000, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the No. 1 song of all time.
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This list includes the Juke Box, Best Sellers and Jockeys charts, as well as the current (1958–present) Hot Country Songs chart. As of 2015, George Strait holds the record for the most country number-one singles with 44.