Mariah Carey, who surpassed Elvis Presley for this achievement with her first single from her most successful album(e=mc2) touch my body. No, George Strait has 57 number one hits so he blows Mariah out of the water.
Paul McCartney
Michael Jackson. Jackson has 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 800 million records worldwide.
As a solo artist she has had two singles: Fight For This Love and Parachute. She also had a number one album called "3 Words"
Currently 12/23/2010...Most number-one hitsMain article: List of artists by total number of number-one singles all time1. George Strait 572. Madonna 523. Conway Twitty 494. Michael Jackson 435. Elvis Presley 416. Ronnie Milsap 407. Charley Pride 398. Merle Haggard 389. Dolly Parton 3710. Beatles/Reba McEntire 36[edit]
18.the 18th number one single wastouch my body back in 2008 more number one singles than any other solo artist, Elvis Presley had 17
George Strait
Georgia native Young Dro (also known as 3Krazy) has released a number of albums and singles, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other artists. His most recent single release was "Racked Up."
michael jackson
she has 18 number more than any other solo artist can do,shes the best,love you mimi
Solo Artist, Elvis Presley. Group, The Beatles.
Nat King Cole and his son Nat King Cole Jr. both had solo number 1 singles.
The question is about #1 single in the world, not world chart, so, it's Ayumi Hamasaki:Record: Only female and solo artist with 30 number-one singlesRecord: Only female and solo artist with 40 TOP 10 singlesRecord: Artist with most #1 singles within consecutive years (10).These information are from 2008.