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With So Many Hot 100 Records Falling, Here Are 14 That Have Continued to Hold Strong - Billboard
Aug 13, 2020 2 mins, 34 secs
And of course, Drake has been a one-man record-book wrecking crew, passing the Glee Cast's mark for total Hot 100 hits (207; he's now up to 224) in April, then taking down Madonna's record for most top 10 hits (38; he's now up to 40) in July.

1s by a solo artist: Mariah Carey (19, record set in 1999).

Mariah Carey passed Michael Jackson at the end of the last millennium with her 14th 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.

Mariah also set this record at the end of the 20th century, passing The Beatles themselves and their 59 weeks atop the chart.

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.

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.

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.

Most simultaneously occupied spots in the Hot 100's top five by the same artist: The Beatles (five, record set in 1964).

1s by the same artist: The Beatles (three, record set in 1964).

1s in a calendar year: The Beatles (six, record set in 1964).

The Beatles' 1964, when they first arrived in America and kicked off Beatlemania in earnest, remains the most historic calendar year for any artist on the Hot 100.

Longest continuous stay by an artist atop the Hot 100: The Black Eyed Peas (26 weeks, record set in 2009).

As great as The Beatles' 1964 was, their 14 consecutive weeks atop the chart with their first three No.

1 hit: Mariah Carey (11, record set in 1997).

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

Most top five Hot 100 hits from the same album: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (seven, record set in 1990)

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

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