Most Hot 100 No. 1s by a solo artist: Mariah Carey (19, record set in 1999)
The closest challenger to The Beatles' supremacy is arguably the most successful solo artist in Hot 100 history. Mariah Carey passed Michael Jackson at the end of the last millennium with her 14th No. 1, the Jay-Z-featuring "Heartbreaker," to become the solo artist with the most No. 1s on the chart -- a record she's tacked another five chart-toppers onto since, most recently with the holiday perennial "All I Want For Christmas Is You" finally climbing to No. 1 at the end of 2019. (Rihanna stands today as the next-closest solo artist, with 14 Hot 100-toppers to her credit.)
Most total weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100: Mariah Carey (82, record set in 1999)
One all-time Hot 100 mark that Mariah Carey owns for both solo artists and groups is in total endurance atop the chart: a whopping 82 weeks across her 19 No. 1s, adding up to over a year-and-a-half combined at pole position. Mariah also set this record at the end of the 20th century, passing The Beatles themselves and their 59 weeks atop the chart. (The Fab Four has since been passed by Rihanna and her 60 total weeks for the runner-up spot for this stat.)
Most consecutive Hot 100 hits going to No. 1: Whitney Houston (seven, record set in 1988)
Whitney Houston simply couldn't miss in the mid-to-late '80s, embarking on a chart run that saw her send seven consecutive singles -- three from 1985's Whitney Houston album ("Saving All My Love For You," "How Will I Know," "The Greatest Love of All") and then another four from 1987's Whitney ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody [Who Loves Me]," "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "So Emotional," "Where Do Broken Hearts Go") to No. 1, before the No. 5-peaking "Love Will Save the Day" finally snapped the streak in '88. She passed two groups who had previously notched six straight -- The Beatles from 1964 to 1966 and the Bee Gees from 1977 to 1979 -- and might hold this record for a pretty long while still, given the far greater volume of songs released and charted by artists in 2020.
Most consecutive Hot 100 entries hitting the top 10: Janet Jackson (18, record set in 1998)
After "The Pleasure Principle," her sixth and final charting single off breakout album Control, peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100, Janet Jackson went on an absurd run of her next 18 Hot 100 entries (from Rhythm Nation leader "Miss You Much" in 1989 to The Velvet Rope's "I Get Lonely" in 1998) all hitting the top 10. That passed Madonna's record of 17 straight top 10 hits from 1984 to 1989, and was snapped only by Janet's featured appearance on Shaggy's "Luv Me, Luv Me," which peaked at No. 76 later that year. (As a lead artist, Janet wouldn't miss the top 10 until 2001's No. 28-peaking "Son of a Gun .")
Most consecutive years with a Hot 100 No. 1 hit: Mariah Carey (11, record set in 1997)
Yet another notch for Mariah in the Hot 100 record books came with her stretch of 1990 (starting with her debut single and first Hot 100-topper, "Vision of Love") to 2000 (ending with her 15th, "Thank God I Found You," featuring Joe and 98 Degrees), in which she had at least one No. 1 in each calendar year. Her run broke the mark previously held by The Beatles (who scored No. 1s in seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970), and has not even been approached since, with Rihanna coming the closest with her five consecutive years of ranking at No. 1 from 2010 to 2014.
Most top five Hot 100 hits from the same album: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (seven, record set in 1990)
While Michael Jackson's long-standing record for the most Hot 100 No. 1s from the same album (five, from 1987's Bad) was finally tied in the last decade by Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, sister Janet's similarly historic mark of seven top five hits from her 1989 blockbuster LP Rhythm Nation 1814 -- "Miss You Much," "Rhythm Nation," "Escapade," "Alright," "Come Back to Me," "Black Cat," "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" -- has still stood tall. Teenage Dream, and its six top five hits, has come the closest in the decades since.
Bonus: An iconic TOP
Most weeks spent with a single at No. 2 on the Hot 100 without hitting No. 1: Foreigner ("Waiting For a Girl Like You," 1981-1982) and Missy Elliott ("Work It," 2002-2003), 10 weeks
For our final long-standing record, here's one that's a little more of a mixed blessing -- but still a major distinction in the Hot 100 history books. In the early '80s, Foreigner spent 10 weeks at No. 2 with its gleaming power ballad "Waiting For a Girl Like You," stuck behind Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" and Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" -- a record unmatched for two decades, until Missy Elliott spent a likewise length at the runner-up spot with her classic banger "Work It," held off by Eminem's "Lose Yourself." Their mutual mark has stood since -- though it was threatened last year by Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy," which spent nine weeks at No. 2 behind "Old Town Road" before finally ascending to the top spot.
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Mariah is just something else. :plzstop: A true legend.
And Janet really doesn't get enough credit. I hate how that Super Bowl mess really fucked with her legacy
Imagine having a #1 every year :ack: for 10 years straight
Quote from: No Tomorrow. on August 16, 2020, 12:31:53 AM
Imagine having a #1 every year :ack: for 10 years straight
Artist of the decade :cheerup:
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Janet :stressed:
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Quote from: No Tomorrow. on August 16, 2020, 12:31:53 AM
Imagine having a #1 every year :ack: for 10 years straight
:plzstop: :plzstop:
Quote from: Lucid Salvatore on August 15, 2020, 11:57:43 PM
Mariah is just something else. :plzstop: A true legend.
And Janet really doesn't get enough credit. I hate how that Super Bowl mess really fucked with her legacy
She ruled the 90's and proved haters wrong with
The Emancipation Of Mimi, it was such an era. :ohwow:
And yes this is sad for Janet, they love to put black women down (Vanessa Williams...). :omgwatshappening: