Artists with the most No. 1 songs on the Hot 100, from The Beatles to Rihanna and more

Over 31,000 songs have graced the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart's 65-year history. Of those, 1,170 have reached No. 1 (as of chart dated March 4, 2024) — an elite 3.7 percent.

One of the rarest feats, perhaps, is not just repeating at No. 1, but repeating at No. 1 10 different times. Only 11 artists in history have won the distinction.

The elite list includes nine solo artists and two groups. The Beatles lead all acts with a whopping 20 No.1s – the most since 1965, when they overtook Elvis Presley.

Presley, who is notably absent from the list below, scored seven No. 1s in his era on the Hot 100. Presley's career predated the Hot 100, which was released on August 4, 1958, meaning that some of his classics such as 'Don't Be Cruel', 'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock' preceded the chart's existence. . However, it peaked with 'A Big Hunk O' Love', 'Stuck on You', 'It's Now or Never', 'Are You Lonesome Tonight', 'Surrender', 'Good Luck Charm' and 'Suspicious Minds. “

As for artists just outside the 10 No. 1 club: Bee Gees, Beyoncé, Elton John, Katy Perry, Paul McCartney (solo and with Wings) and Usher have all topped the Hot 100 nine times, while Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, George Michael (with the exception of two billed exclusively to Wham!) and the Rolling Stones have eight each.

Here are the 11 artists who have amassed 10 or more No. 1 hits on the Hot 100:

Title, Weeks at No. 1, Peak Date

The Beatles, 20 No. 1s

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20 No. 1:
1. “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” seven weeks at No. 1 beginning February 1, 1964;
2. “She Loves You,” two, March 21, 1964
3. “Can't buy Me Love,” five, April 4, 1964
4. “Love Me Do,” first, May 30, 1964
5. “A Hard Day's Night,” two, August 1, 1964;
6. “I Feel Fine”, three, December 26, 1964
7. “Eight Days a Week”, two, 13 March 1965
8. “Ticket to Ride,” first, May 22, 1965
9. “Help!”, Three, September 4, 1965
10. “Yesterday”, four, October 9, 1965
11. “We Can Work It Out,” three, January 8, 1966
12. “Paperback Writer,” two, June 25, 1966
13. “Penny Lane,” one, March 18, 1967
14. “All You Need Is Love,” one, August 19, 1967
15. “Hello Goodbye,” Three, August 19, 1967
16. “Hey Jude,” Nine, September 28, 1968
17. “Get Back,” with Billy Preston, five, May 24, 1969
18. “Come Together”/”Something”, one, November 29, 1969
19. “Let It Be,” two, April 11, 1970
20. “The Long and Winding Road”/”For You Blue”, two, June 13, 1970
Mariah Carey, 19 No. 1s

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19 No. 1:
1. “Vision of Love”, four weeks at No. 1 beginning August 4, 1990;
2. “Love Takes Time,” Three, November 10, 1990
3. “Someday,” Two, March 9, 1991
4. “I Don't Wanna Cry”, two, 25 May 1991
5. “Emotions”, three, 12 October 1991
6. “I'll Be There,” Two, June 20, 1992
7. “Dreamlover”, eight, September 11, 1993
8. “Hero”, Four, December 25, 1993
9. “Imagination”, eight, September 30, 1995
10. “One Sweet Day”, featuring Boyz II Men, 16, 2 December 1995
11. “Always Be My Baby”, two, May 4, 1996
12. “Honey”, three, September 13, 1997
13. “My All,” first, May 23, 1998
14. “Heartbreaker”, feat. JAY-Z, two, October 9, 1999
15. “Thank God I found you,” feat. Joe & 98 Degrees, one, February 19, 2000
16. “We Belong Together,” 14, June 4, 2005
17. “Don't Forget About Us,” two, December 31, 2005
18. “Touch My Body,” two, April 12, 2008
19. “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, December 12, 21, 2019
Rihanna, 14 No. 1

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14 No. 1:
1. “SOS”, three weeks at No. 1 beginning May 13, 2006;
2. “Umbrella”, feat. JAY-Z, seven, June 9, 2007
3. “Take a Bow,” first, May 24, 2008
4. “Disturbia,” two, August 23, 2008
5. “Live Your Life,” TI feat. Rihanna, six, October 18, 2008
6. “Rude Boy,” Five, March 27, 2010
7. “Love the Way You Lie”, Eminem feat. Rihanna, seven, July 31, 2010
8. “What's My Name?”, feat. Drake, one, November 20, 2010
9. “Only Girl (In the World),” one, December 4, 2010
10. “S&M”, feat. Britney Spears, one, April 30, 2011
11. “We found love”, feat. Calvin Harris, November 10, 12, 2011
12. “Diamonds,” three, December 1, 2012
13. “The Monster”, Eminem feat. Rihanna, four, December 21, 2013
14. “Work”, feat. Drake, nine, March 5, 2016
Michael Jackson, 13 No. 1s

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13 No. 1:
1. “Ben”, a week at No. 1 beginning October 14, 1972;
2. “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough,” one, October 13, 1979
3. “Rock With You,” Four, January 19, 1980
4. “Billie Jean,” seven, March 5, 1983
5. “Beat It,” three, April 30, 1983
6. “Say Say Say”, featuring Paul McCartney, six, December 10, 1983
7. “I Just Can't Stop Loving You,” with Siedah Garrett, 1, September 19, 1987
8. “Bad,” two, October 24, 1987
9. “The Way You Make Me Feel,” first, January 23, 1988
10. “Man in the Mirror”, two, March 26, 1988
11. “Dirty Diana,” one, July 2, 1988
12. “Black or White,” seven, December 7, 1991
13. “You Are Not Alone,” one, September 2, 1995
Drake, 13 No. 1s

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13 No. 1 p
1. “What's My Name?” with Rihanna, one week at No. 1 from November 20, 2010
2. “Work” featuring Rihanna, Nine March 5, 2016
3. “One Dance” feat. Wizkid & Kyla, May 10, 21, 2016
4. “God's Plan,” 11, February 3, 2018
5. “Nice for what,” eight, 21 April 2018
6. “In My Feelings”, July 10, 21, 2018
7. “Toosie Slide,” one, 18 Apr. 2020
8. “What's Next,” one, March 20, 2021
9. “Way 2 Sexy”, feat. Future & Young Thug, one, September 18, 2021
10. “Wait for U,” featuring Future, feat. Tems, one, 14 May 2022
11. “Jimmy Cooks”, feat. 21 Savage, one, July 2, 2022
12. “Slime You Out”, feat. SZA, one, September 30, 2023
13. “First Person Shooter”, feat. J. Cole, one, October 21, 2023
Madonna, 12 No. 1s

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12 No. 1:
1. “Like a Virgin”, six weeks at No. 1 beginning December 22, 1984;
2. “Crazy for You,” first, May 11, 1985
3. “Live to Tell,” one, June 7, 1986
4. “Papa Don't Preach,” two, August 16, 1986
5. “Open Your Heart,” one, February 7, 1987
6. “Who's That Girl,” one, August 22, 1987
7. “Like a Prayer,” Three, April 22, 1989
8. “Vogue,” three, May 19, 1990
9. “Justify My Love,” two, January 5, 1991
10. “This Used to Be My Playground,” one, August 8, 1992
11. “Take a Bow,” Seven, February 25, 1995
12. “Music”, Four, September 16, 2000
The Supremes, 12 No. 1s

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12 No. 1:
1. “Where Did Our Love Go”, two weeks at No. 1 beginning August 22, 1964;
2. “Baby Love,” Four, October 31, 1964
3. “Come See About Me,” two, December 19, 1964
4. “To stop! In the name of love”, two, 27 March 1965
5. “Back in My Arms Again,” one, June 12, 1965
6. “I Hear a Symphony,” two, November 20, 1965
7. “You Can't Hurry Love,” two, September 10, 1966
8. “You Keep Me Hangin' On,” two, November 19, 1966
9. “Love Is Here and Now You're Gone,” first, March 11, 1967
10. “The Happening,” first, May 13, 1967
11. 'Love Child', with Diana Ross, aged two, 30 November 1968
12. “Someday We'll Be Together”, Diana Ross & The Supremes, one, December 27, 1969
Taylor Swift, 12 No. 1s

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12 No. 1s
1. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, three weeks at No. 1 beginning September 1, 2012
2. “Shake It Off,” Four, September 6, 2014
3. “Blank Space”, Seven, 29 November 2014
4. “Bad Blood” feat. Kendrick Lamar, one, June 6, 2015
5. “Look What You Made Me Do,” Three, September 16, 2017
6. “Cardigan,” one, 8 Aug. 2020
7. “Willow,” one, 26 Dec. 2020
8. “All Too Well (Taylor's Version),” one, 27 Nov 2021
9. “Anti-Hero”, eight, November 5, 2022
10. “Cruel Summer,” four, October 28, 2023
11. “Is it over now? (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault),” one, 11 November 2023
12. “Fifteen Days” feat. Post Malone, one, May 4, 2024
Whitney Houston, 11 No. 1s

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11 No. 1:
1. “Saving All My Love for You”, one week at No. 1 beginning October 26, 1985
2. “How Will I Know,” two, February 15, 1986
3. “The Greatest Love of All,” Three, May 17, 1986
4. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” two, June 27, 1987
5. “We Didn't Have Almost Everything,” Two, September 26, 1987
6. “So Emotional,” one, January 9, 1988
7. “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” two, April 23, 1988
8. “I'm Your Baby Tonight,” one, December 1, 1990
9. “All The Man That I Need,” two, February 23, 1991
10. “I Will Always Love You,” November 14, 28, 1992
11. “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” one, November 25, 1995
Janet Jackson, 10 No. 1s

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10 No. 1:
1. “When I Think of You”, two weeks at No. 1 beginning October 11, 1986;
2. “Miss You Huch”, Four, October 7, 1989
3. “Escapade,” three, March 3, 1990
4. “Black Cat,” one, October 27, 1990
5. “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” one, January 19, 1991
6. “That's How Love Goes,” Eight, May 15, 1993
7. “Again,” two, December 11, 1993
8. “Together Again,” two, January 31, 1998
9. “Doesn't Really Matter,” Three, August 26, 2000
10. “All About You”, Seven, 14 April 2001
Stevie Wonder, 10 No. 1s

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10 No. 1:
1. “Fingertips – Pt 2”, three weeks at No. 1 beginning August 10, 1963
2. “Superstition,” one, January 27, 1973
3. “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” first, May 19, 1973
4. “You Haven't Done Nothin,” one, November 2, 1974
5. “I Wish,” one, January 22, 1977
6. “Sir Duke”, three, 21 May 1977
7. “Ebony and Ivory”, featuring Paul McCartney, seven, 15 May 1982
8. “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” three, October 13, 1984
9. “Part Time Lover”, one week, November 2, 1985
10. “That's What Friends Are For” (as Dionne & Friends), Four, January 18, 1986