Most total weeks at #1 over the years

[kingLUKE22]

Which artist has the most total weeks at #1 on your chart? This may have been asked before, but hey, technically it's a new forum so why not?

From 1997 to 2003, these are my top three acts:

Madonna 31 weeks @ #1
Frozen - 5
Beautiful Stranger - 6
American Pie - 1
Music - 7
Die Another Day - 7
American Life - 2
Hollywood - 3


Matchbox 20 30 weeks @ #1
Smooth - 12
Bent - 9
If You're Gone - 6
Back 2 Good - 1
Unwell - 2

Evanescence 20 weeks @ #1
Bring Me to Life - 8
Going Under - 12

[iceman]

Shania Twain
2 songs (You're Still the One, From This Moment On)
17 weeks at #1

Sixpence None the Richer
2 songs (Kiss Me, There She Goes)
17 weeks at #1

Vertical Horizon
1 song (Everything You Want)
14 weeks at #1

[Deleted]

March 2001 - September 2003

15- Amerie
9- Paradise
6- Why Don't We Fall In Love

[Control]

Since July 2001

Christina Aguilera
5 #1 songs
60 weeks

Janet
2 #1 songs
17 weeks

'N Sync
2 #1 songs
6 weeks

Eminem
2 #1 songs
6 weeks

[FreakyFlyBry]

From 1999-present:

Britney Spears
5 #1 songs
20 weeks @ #1

Michelle Branch
4 #1 songs
17 weeks @ #1

Backstreet Boys
6 #1 songs
16 weeks @ #1

Pink
4 #1 songs
14 weeks @ #1

Christina Aguilera
6 #1 songs
13 weeks @ #1

'N Sync
3 #1 songs
13 weeks @ #1

Avril Lavigne
2 #1 songs
11 weeks @ #1

Destiny's Child
3 #1 songs
10 weeks @ #1 (plus 1 week for Beyoncé)

Jennifer Lopez
6 #1 songs
10 weeks @ #1

[allow that]

January 2001 - Current

Red Hot Chili Peppers
3 #1's
12 weeks

Jewel
2 #1's
11 weeks

Coldplay
2 #1's
9 weeks

Aaliyah and Madonna both had 3 #1's, but coincidentally neither has spent very long at #1 with one particular song. Aaliyah has 6 weeks at #1 with 3 songs, Madonna has 4 weeks at #1 with 3 songs.

[lsutigerfan]

Chart started in June 2001...

Iio - 12 weeks

Rapture - 6 weeks
At The End - 5 weeks
Smooth - 1 week

[JCMF3]

Britney Spears - 16 weeks
Sometimes - 3 weeks
(You Drive Me) Crazy - 6 weeks
Oops! I Did It Again! - 7 weeks

Santana - 15 weeks
Smooth (w/ Rob Thomas) - 6 weeks
The Game of Love (w/ Michelle Branch) - 9 weeks

Christina Aguilera - 14 weeks
Genie In A Bottle - 4 weeks
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) - 3 weeks
Lady Marmalade (w/ Mya, Pink, & Lil' Kim) - 4 weeks
Beautiful - 3 weeks

Celine Dion - 13 weeks
That's The Way It Is - 10 weeks
A New Day Has Come - 3 weeks

Avril Lavigne - 10 weeks
Complicated - 6 weeks
I'm With You - 4 weeks

[Matt4319]

Since my chart started in January 2001:

Evanescence
9 Bring Me To Life
2 Going Under
2+ My Immortal
13+ total

Michelle Branch
5 All You Wanted
5 Are You Happy Now?
10 total

Foo Fighters
5 All My Life
3 Times Like These
8 total

Lifehouse
4 Hanging By A Moment
3 Breathing
7 total

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Since 1998, Chantal has had 52 weeks at #1!

[WhySoSerious?]

JOHN MAYER: 19 weeks

"No Such Thing" (6 weeks)
"Your Body Is A Wonderland" (1 week)
"Why Georgia" (7 weeks)
"Bigger Than My Body" (5 weeks)

[GrahamP117]

January 1996 - Present

Matchbox Twenty (38 total weeks, 50 weeks including "Smooth")
3AM (10)
Real World (5)
Back 2 Good (6)
Smooth* (Santana w/ Rob Thomas) (12)
Bent (9)
If You're Gone (6)
Unwell (2)

Michelle Branch (32 total weeks)
Everywhere (7)
All You Wanted (6)
Goodbye to You (3)
The Game of Love (w/ Santana) (9)
Are You Happy Now? (7)

Goo Goo Dolls (28 total weeks)
Name (6)
Iris (7)
Slide (5)
Black Balloon (4)
Broadway (3)
Here Is Gone (3)

Santana (24 total weeks)
Smooth (w/ Rob Thomas) (12)
Maria Maria (w/ Product G&B) (2)
The Game Of Love (w/ Michelle Branch) (9)
Why Don't You and I (w/ Alex Band) (1)

Alanis Morissette (22 total weeks)
Ironic (3)
You Learn (5)
Head Over Feet (4)
Uninvited (6)
Thank U (4)

[j]

Celine Dion - 33 weeks (16+6+7+1+1+2)

[prenatt1166]

Since January 7, 1978:

80 wks - Whitney Houston (25 #1's)
56 wks - Madonna (14)
41 wks - Bruce Springsteen (12)
38 wks - Donna Summer (11)
33 wks - Celine Dion (7)
31 wks - Alanis Morissette (6)
30 wks - Mariah Carey (8)
29 wks - Billy Joel (9)
28 wks - Patty Smyth/Scandal (5)
27 wks - Michael Jackson (9)

more chart records at:
www.keystonehighways.com/uubruhistory.html

[Chromeozone]

Top 3:

#1 Michelle Branch
Everywhere - 3
All You Wanted - 10
Goodbye To You - 8
Are You Happy Now - 9
Total - 30

#2 Mandy Moore
In My Pocket - 7
Cry - 7
Total - 14

#3 Samantha Mumba
Gotta Tell You - 3
Baby, Come Over - 9
Total - 12

[Miguelín]

Splender - 21
I think god can explain (10)
Space boy (2)
Save it for later (7)
The lonliest person I know (2)

Live - 20
Run to the water (7)
Heaven (13)

Creed - 16
With arms wide open (6)
My sacrifice (8)
Don't stop dancing (2)

Unwritten Law - 10
Up all night (3)
Rest of my life (7)

Dave Matthews Band - 9
The space between (9)

3 doors down - 9
Be like that (4)
Here without you (5)

Weezer - 8
Island in the sun (2)
Photograph (3)
Dope nose (3)

[billcs]

"Everybody Here Wants You" by Jeff Buckley (1998) and "Take A Message" by Remy Shand (2002) both held the #1 position on my bi-weekly chart for 6 chart appearances (12 weeks).

www.geocities.com/tunedon/tunedontop30.html

[jond7699]

the artist with the most weeks at # one is way ahead of the pack in fact i am not sure anyone will ever be able to beat her record

mariah carey 140 wks & counting
vision of love 4wks
i don't wanna cry 4 wks
someday 3 wks
love takes time 4 wks
emotions 5 wks
can't let go 3 wks
make it happen 2 wks
i'll be there 3 wks
dreamlover 5 wks
hero 5 wks
without you 8 wks
never forget you 2 wks
anytime you need a friend 2 wks
fantasy 5 wks
one sweet day 8 wks
always be my baby 6 wks
forever 3 wks
honey 2 wks
butterfly 10 wks
my all 7 wks
breakdown 3 wks
heartbreaker 2 wks
thank god i found you 3 wks
make it last forever / thank god i found you (remix) 2 wks
can't take that away 6 wks
against all odds 5 wks
loverboy 4 wks
never too far 7 wks
don't stop 2 wks
there for me 7 wks
through the rain 8 wks

[jond7699]

ps my chart was started the first week in january 1990 boyz II men , korn , whitney houston , janet , madonna , celine dion all are in the mid double digits

[Vic]

Since 1979

1,Olivia Newton-John (85 weeks)
2,Madonna (38)
3,John Mellencamp (33)
4,Janet Jackson (32)
5,Fleetwood Mac (30)
6,Faith Hill, Celine Dion, Shania Twain (29)
9,Roch Voisine (21)
10,Pat Benatar (19)

[blfdguy1]

Since September 1977:

Madonna - 101 weeks
Donna Summer - 79
Amber - 40
Toni Braxtion - 27
Diana Ross - 26
Whitney Houston - 26
Cher - 23
Celine Dion - 19
Shannon - 19
Barbra Streisand - 17
Black Box - 17
Laura Branigan - 16

[strong4PMB!]

Since 10/2001:

Ashanti
7 #1 songs
41 weeks @ #1

Ja Rule
2 #1 songs
19 weeks @ #1

3LW
3 #1 songs
15 weeks @ #1

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

Janet Jackson

Well over a 100 weeks at #1. Madonna has alot of #1's on my chart but most of them are 1-2 weekers. She has over 20 #1's also.

Love'll Never Do (11wks)
The Best Things In Life (3wks)
That's The Way Love Goes (20wks)
If (4wks)
Again (2wks)
Any time, Any Place (11wks)
You Want This (6wks)
Scream (10wks)
Runaway (8wks)
Got Til Its Gone (3wks)
Together Again (2wks)
I Get Lonely (20wks)
Boyfriend Girlfriend (1wk)
What's It Gonna Be?! (8wks)
All For You (13wks)
Someone To Call My Lover (totally 80's mix) (8wks)
Son Of A Gun (2wks)
Feel It Boy (3wks)

[RobM88]

RobM88's All Time Personal Chart - Weeks at #1
(chart began in August, 1988)

1. Celine Dion - 121 weeks with 21 songs[/color]

Where Does My Heart Beat Now? (5 weeks, 1/91)
Beauty And The Beast (duet with Peabo Bryson) (3 weeks, 1/92)
If You Asked Me To (4 weeks, 5/92)
Nothing Broken But My Heart (3 weeks, 9/92)
Love Can Move Mountains (6 weeks, 11/92)
When I Fall In Love (duet with Clive Griffin) (2 weeks, 8/93)
The Power Of Love (13 weeks, 11/93)
Misled (1 week, 6/94)
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore (2 weeks, 6/95)
Because You Loved Me (9 weeks, 3/96)
The Power Of The Dream (3 weeks, 7/96)
It's All Coming Back To Me Now (9 weeks, 8/96)
All By Myself (1 week, 3/97)
My Heart Will Go On (14 weeks, 11/97)
To Love You More (3 weeks, 7/98)
I'm Your Angel (duet with R. Kelly) (8 weeks, 11/98)
The Prayer (duet with Andrea Bocelli) (1 week, 2/99)
That's The Way It Is (13 weeks, 10/99)
A New Day Has Come (12 weeks, 3/02)
I'm Alive (6 weeks, 7/02)
I Drove All Night (1 week, 4/03)

2. Madonna (59 weeks with 16 songs)[/color]

Like A Prayer (4 weeks, 3/89)
Cherish (2 weeks, 9/89)
Oh Father (3 weeks, 12/89)
Vogue (2 weeks, 5/90)
This Used To Be My Playground (6 weeks, 7/92)
Erotica (2 weeks, 10/92)
Rain (1 week, 8/93)
Secret (2 weeks, 11/94)
Take A Bow (3 weeks, 1/95)
You'll See (4 weeks, 11/95)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (8 weeks, 1/97)
Frozen (6 weeks, 3/98)
Ray Of Light (1 week, 7/98)
The Power Of Good-bye (4 weeks, 10/98)
American Pie (6 weeks, 2/00)
Music (5 weeks, 9/00)

3. Mariah Carey (35 weeks with 10 songs)[/color]

Vision Of Love (6 weeks, 7/90)
Love Takes Time (5 weeks, 10/90)
Someday (2 weeks, 3/91)
I Don't Wanna Cry (3 weeks, 5/91)
Emotions (3 weeks, 10/91)
Can't Let Go (7 weeks, 11/91)
Make It Happen (2 weeks, 4/92)
I'll Be There (2 weeks, 6/92)
Dreamlover (4 weeks, 8/93)
Anytime You Need A Friend (1 week, 7/94)

4. Dido (33 weeks with 6 songs)[/color]

Here With Me (12 weeks, 7/99)
Don't Think Of Me (2 weeks, 4/00)
Thank You (2 weeks, 12/00)
Christmas Day (4 weeks, 12/00)
Hunter (3 weeks, 8/01)
White Flag (10 weeks to date, 7/03)

5. Lauren Christy (24 weeks with 3 songs)[/color]

You Read Me Wrong (13 weeks, 5/93)
Steep (4 weeks, 10/93)
The Color Of The Night (7 weeks, 8/94)

6. Sarah McLachlan (23 weeks with 6 songs)
7. Everything But The Girl (21 weeks with 3 songs)
8. Gloria Estefan (18 weeks with 8 songs)
9. Debbie Gibson (17 weeks with 6 songs)
Michael W. Smith (17 weeks with 4 songs)
Vanessa Williams (17 weeks with 3 songs)
10. Tori Amos (16 weeks with 7 songs)
Lara Fabian (16 weeks with 1 song)[/color]

Next in line are Coldplay and Dana Glover, both currently with 13 weeks at #1. Celine is so far ahead that is seems very unlikely that someone will overtake her. Madonna had several #1 hits for me prior to my chart's official start date, so she is closer to Celine than it appears. Notice that Mariah started out wonderfully but hasn't reached #1 since 1994! Dido is currently building up her total as "White Flag" is now in a 10th week at #1, and somewhat surprisingly, Lauren Christy ranks 5th all time. She is now part of the ubiquitous producing team "The Matrix," however her solo work was terrific and quite varied. Sarah McLachlan can tie or pass Lauren if her current #2 song "Fallen" returns to #1, which could very well happen! Also note that Lara Fabian spent all of her 16 weeks on top with one song, "I Will Love Again," which is the all time record on my personal chart!

[radiorules]

51 Weeks-Christina Aguilera (8 #1's)
26 Weeks-Destiny's Child/Beyonce (5 #1's)
17 Weeks-Pink (4 #1's)
12 Weeks-Jennifer Lopez (5 #1's)
11 Weeks-Nelly (3 #1's)

[chartfanatic]

My chart, Chart Named Goo, started on January 16, 1999.

1. *N Sync - 17 total weeks @ #1
- I Drive Myself Crazy (2)
- Bye Bye Bye (8)
- It's Gonna Be Me (3)
- Pop (3)
- Girlfriend (1)

2. Britney Spears - 15 total weeks @ #1
- ...Baby One More Time (5)
- Sometimes (3)
- (You Drive Me) Crazy (2)
- Oops!...I Did It Again (3)
- Stronger (2)

3. Michelle Branch - 14 total weeks @ #1
- All You Wanted (3)
- The Game Of Love (5)
- Goodbye To You (2)
- Are You Happy Now? (1)
- Breathe (3)

4. Blink 182 - 11 total weeks @ #1
- What's My Age Again? (2)
- All The Small Things (2)
- Man Overboard (3)
- Stay Together For The Kids (1)
- First Date (3)

5. Creed - 10 total weeks @ #1
- Higher (1)
- With Arms Wide Open? (2)
- My Sacrifice (5)
- One Last Breath (2)