This is a list of artists and the titles of their number one singles in order of total number one singles on the U.S. singles chart (Billboard Hot 100).
Artists in a tie are listed chronologically. For pre-1958 titles, chart information was taken from Billboard's "Best Sellers in Stores" list.
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The Beatles
- Total Number One singles: 20
- Total Number One weeks: 59
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 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 | |
| 1965 | "Eight Days a Week" | 2 |
| "Ticket to Ride" | 1 | |
| "Help!" | 3 | |
| "Yesterday" | 4 | |
| "We Can Work It Out" | 3 | |
| 1966 | "Paperback Writer" | 2 |
| 1967 | "Penny Lane" | 1 |
| "All You Need Is Love" | 1 | |
| "Hello, Goodbye" | 3 | |
| 1968 | "Hey Jude" | 9 |
| 1969 | "Get Back" (with Billy Preston) | 5 |
| "Something" / "Come Together" | 1 | |
| 1970 | "Let It Be" | 2 |
| "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" | 2 |
Mariah Carey
- Total Number One singles: 18
- Total Number One weeks: 79
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Vision of Love" | 4 |
| "Love Takes Time" | 3 | |
| 1991 | "Someday" | 2 |
| "I Don't Wanna Cry" | 2 | |
| "Emotions" | 3 | |
| 1992 | "I'll Be There" | 2 |
| 1993 | "Dreamlover" | 8 |
| "Hero" | 4 | |
| 1995 | "Fantasy" | 8 |
| "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men) | 16 | |
| 1996 | "Always Be My Baby" | 2 |
| 1997 | "Honey" | 3 |
| 1998 | "My All" | 1 |
| 1999 | "Heartbreaker" (featuring Jay-Z) | 2 |
| 2000 | "Thank God I Found You" (featuring Joe and 98 Degrees) | 1 |
| 2005 | "We Belong Together" | 14 |
| "Don't Forget About Us" | 2 | |
| 2008 | "Touch My Body" | 2 |
Elvis Presley
- Total Number One singles: 17
- Total Number One weeks: 79
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | 8 |
| "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" | 1 | |
| "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" † | 11 | |
| "Love Me Tender" | 5 | |
| 1957 | "Too Much" | 3 |
| "All Shook Up" | 8 | |
| "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" | 7 | |
| "Jailhouse Rock" | 7 | |
| 1958 | "Don't" | 5 |
| "Hard Headed Woman" | 2 | |
| 1959 | "A Big Hunk o' Love" | 2 |
| 1960 | "Stuck on You" | 4 |
| "It's Now or Never" | 5 | |
| "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" | 6 | |
| 1961 | "Surrender" | 2 |
| 1962 | "Good Luck Charm" | 2 |
| 1969 | "Suspicious Minds" | 1 |
† For decades, "Billboard" Magazine counted "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" as separate #1 hits. Subsequent changes to the magazine's methodology combined the songs into one entry (as with all double-sided hit singles), thereby reducing Presley's total from 18 to 17. However, the magazine's longtime statistician Joel Whitburn continues to credit Presley with 18 number ones.
Michael Jackson
- Total Number One singles: 13
- Total Number One weeks: 37
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "Ben" | 1 |
| 1979 | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" | 1 |
| 1980 | "Rock with You" | 4 |
| 1983 | "Billie Jean" | 7 |
| "Beat It" | 3 | |
| "Say, Say, Say" (with Paul McCartney) | 6 | |
| 1987 | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) | 1 |
| "Bad" | 2 | |
| 1988 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | 1 |
| "Man in the Mirror" | 2 | |
| "Dirty Diana" | 1 | |
| 1991 | "Black or White" | 7 |
| 1995 | "You Are Not Alone" | 1 |
Madonna
- Total Number One singles: 12
- Total Number One weeks: 32
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Like a Virgin" | 6 |
| 1985 | "Crazy for You" | 1 |
| 1986 | "Live to Tell" | 1 |
| "Papa Don't Preach" | 2 | |
| 1987 | "Open Your Heart" | 1 |
| "Who's That Girl" | 1 | |
| 1989 | "Like a Prayer" | 3 |
| 1990 | "Vogue" | 3 |
| 1991 | "Justify My Love" | 2 |
| 1992 | "This Used to Be My Playground" | 1 |
| 1995 | "Take a Bow" | 7 |
| 2000 | "Music" | 4 |
The Supremes
- Total Number One singles: 12
- Total Number One weeks: 22
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Where Did Our Love Go" | 2 |
| "Baby Love" | 4 | |
| "Come See About Me" | 2 | |
| 1965 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | 2 |
| "Back in My Arms Again" | 1 | |
| "I Hear a Symphony" | 2 | |
| 1966 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | 2 |
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 2 | |
| 1967 | "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" | 1 |
| "The Happening" | 1 | |
| 1968 | "Love Child" | 2 |
| 1969 | "Someday We'll Be Together" | 1 |
Whitney Houston
- Total Number One singles: 11
- Total Number One weeks: 31
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "Saving All My Love for You" | 1 |
| 1986 | "How Will I Know" | 2 |
| "Greatest Love of All" | 3 | |
| 1987 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 2 |
| "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | 2 | |
| 1988 | "So Emotional" | 1 |
| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" | 2 | |
| 1990 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | 1 |
| 1991 | "All the Man That I Need" | 2 |
| 1992 | "I Will Always Love You" | 14 |
| 1995 | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | 1 |
Stevie Wonder
- Total Number One singles: 10
- Total Number One weeks: 25
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | "Fingertips, Part 2" | 3 |
| 1973 | "Superstition" | 1 |
| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | 1 | |
| 1974 | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | 1 |
| 1977 | "I Wish" | 1 |
| "Sir Duke" | 3 | |
| 1982 | "Ebony and Ivory" (with Paul McCartney) | 7 |
| 1984 | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 3 |
| 1985 | "Part-Time Lover" | 1 |
| 1986 | "That's What Friends Are For" (as Dionne & Friends: Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder) | 4 |
Janet Jackson
- Total Number One singles: 10
- Total Number One weeks: 33
| Year | Titles | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "When I Think of You" | 2 |
| 1989 | "Miss You Much" | 4 |
| 1990 | "Escapade" | 3 |
| "Black Cat" | 1 | |
| 1991 | "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" | 1 |
| 1993 | "That's the Way Love Goes" | 8 |
| "Again" | 2 | |
| 1998 | "Together Again" | 2 |
| 2000 | "Doesn't Really Matter" | 3 |
| 2001 | "All for You" | 7 |
See also
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