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Charts - United States

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Artists with the Most Number One Songs

This list features the artists that have had the most number one songs in US Billboard history.

RANK

MUSICIAN

NUMBER ONE SONGS

SONGS

1

The Beatles

20

"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964), "She Loves You" (1964), "Can’t Buy Me Love" (1964), "Love Me Do" (1964), "A Hard Day’s Night" (1964), "I Feel Fine" (1964), "Eight Days a Week" (1965), "Ticket to Ride" (1965), "Help!" (1965), "Yesterday" (1965), "We Can Work It Out" (1966), "Paperback Writer" (1966), "Penny Lane" (1967), "All You Need Is Love" (1967), "Hello Goodbye" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968), "Get Back" (1969), "Come Together" (1969), "Let It Be" (1970), "The Long and Winding Road" (1970)

2

Mariah Carey

19

"Vision of Love" (1990), "Love Takes Time" (1990), "Someday" (1991), "I Don’t Wanna Cry" (1991), "Emotions" (1991), "I’ll Be There" (1992), "Dreamlover" (1993), "Hero" (1993), "Fantasy" (1995), "One Sweet Day" (1995), "Always Be My Baby" (1996), "Honey" (1997), "My All" (1998), "Heartbreaker" (1999), "Thank God I Found You" (2000), "We Belong Together" (2005), "Don’t Forget About Us" (2005), "Touch My Body" (2008), "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (2019)

3

Rihanna

14

"SOS" (2006), "Umbrella" (2007), "Take a Bow" (2008), "Disturbia" (2008), "Live Your Life" (2008), "Rude Boy" (2010), "Love the Way You Lie" (2010), "What’s My Name?" (2010), "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010), "S&M" (2011), "We Found Love" (2011), "Diamonds" (2012), "The Monster" (2013), "Work" (2016)

4

Michael Jackson

13

"Ben" (1972), "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" (1979), "Rock With You" (1980), "Billie Jean" (1983), "Beat It" (1983), "Say Say Say" (1983), "I Just Can’t Stop Loving You" (1987), "Bad" (1987), "The Way You Make Me Feel" (1988), "Man in the Mirror" (1988), "Dirty Diana" (1988), "Black or White" (1991), "You Are Not Alone" (1995)

5

Drake

13

"What’s My Name?" (2010), "Work" (2016), "One Dance" (2016), "God’s Plan" (2018), "Nice for What" (2018), "In My Feelings" (2018), "Toosie Slide" (2020), "What’s Next" (2021), "Way 2 Sexy" (2021), "Wait for U" (2022), "Jimmy Cooks" (2022), "Slime You Out" (2023), "First Person Shooter" (2023)

6

Madonna

12

"Like a Virgin" (1984), "Crazy for You" (1985), "Live to Tell" (1986), "Papa Don’t Preach" (1986), "Open Your Heart" (1987), "Who’s That Girl" (1987), "Like a Prayer" (1989), "Vogue" (1990), "Justify My Love" (1991), "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992), "Take a Bow" (1995), "Music" (2000)

7

The Supremes

12

"Where Did Our Love Go" (1964), "Baby Love" (1964), "Come See About Me" (1964), "Stop! In the Name of Love" (1965), "Back in My Arms Again" (1965), "I Hear a Symphony" (1965), "You Can’t Hurry Love" (1966), "You Keep Me Hangin’ On" (1966), "Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone" (1967), "The Happening" (1967), "Love Child" (1968), "Someday We’ll Be Together" (1969)

8

Taylor Swift

12

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (2012), "Shake It Off" (2014), "Blank Space" (2014), "Bad Blood" (2015), "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017), "Cardigan" (2020), "Willow" (2020), "All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)" (2021), "Anti-Hero" (2022), "Cruel Summer" (2023), "Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)" (2023), "Fortnight" (2024)

9

Whitney Houston

11

"Saving All My Love for You" (1985), "How Will I Know" (1986), "Greatest Love of All" (1986), "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (1987), "Didn’t We Almost Have It All" (1987), "So Emotional" (1988), "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (1988), "I’m Your Baby Tonight" (1990), "All The Man That I Need" (1991), "I Will Always Love You" (1992), "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995)

10

Janet Jackson

10

"When I Think of You" (1986), "Miss You Much" (1989), "Escapade" (1990), "Black Cat" (1990), "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1991), "That’s the Way Love Goes" (1993), "Again" (1993), "Together Again" (1998), "Doesn’t Really Matter" (2000), "All for You" (2001)

11

Stevie Wonder

10

"Fingertips – Pt 2" (1963), "Superstition" (1973), "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973), "You Haven’t Done Nothin'" (1974), "I Wish" (1977), "Sir Duke" (1977), "Ebony and Ivory" (1982), "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984), "Part Time Lover" (1985), "That’s What Friends Are For" (1986)


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References

Billboard. (n.d.). Artists with the most number one hits of all time on the Hot 100. Available at: https://www.billboard.com/lists/artists-most-number-one-hits-all-time-hot-100/taylor-swift-10-no-1s/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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