Billboard chart trivia

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 31 "What Matters Most"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Bob Dylan 19
Madonna 19 "Celebration"

Paul McCartney 17
Elton John 17 "The Union"

Johnny Mathis 16
Bruce Springsteen 16
Neil Diamond 16 "Hot August Night"
George Strait 16 "Twang"
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Rod Stewart 15 "Soulbook"

Kingston Trio 14
Mitch Miler 14
Garth Brooks 14
Prince 14
Dave Matthews 14 "Big Whiskey..."

The Beach Boys 13
Van Halen 13
Tim McGraw 13 "Southern Voice"
Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Jay Z 13 "Watch The Throne"

Eric Clapton 12
Ray Coniff 12
Andy Williams 12
Chicago 12
R Kelly 12 "Untitled"

[HolidayGuy]

^Mimi's most recent album was her holiday sequel.

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Albums with over 400k sold:

2010

(1) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum – 481
(1) Soldier Of Love – Sade – 502
(1) Thank Me Later – Drake – 447
(1) Recovery – Eminem – 741
(1) Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 1.047
(1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 495


2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964

[areyoureadytojump]

Lady A, Coldplay and Drake will hopefully make the 2011 list.

[areyoureadytojump]

MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 31 "What Matters Most"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Bob Dylan 19
Madonna 19 "Celebration"

Paul McCartney 17
Elton John 17 "The Union"
George Strait 17 "Here For A Good Time"

Johnny Mathis 16
Bruce Springsteen 16
Neil Diamond 16 "Hot August Night"
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Rod Stewart 15 "Soulbook"

Kingston Trio 14
Mitch Miler 14
Garth Brooks 14
Prince 14
Dave Matthews 14 "Big Whiskey..."

The Beach Boys 13
Van Halen 13
Tim McGraw 13 "Southern Voice"
Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Jay Z 13 "Watch The Throne"

Eric Clapton 12
Ray Coniff 12
Andy Williams 12
Chicago 12
R Kelly 12 "Untitled"

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Albums with over 400k sold:

2010

(1) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum – 481
(1) Soldier Of Love – Sade – 502
(1) Thank Me Later – Drake – 447
(1) Recovery – Eminem – 741
(1) Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 1.047
(1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 495


2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964
(1) Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay – 447

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TWICE IS NICE, TWICE, FOR ADELE

Dear Gary,

During the chart weeks of May 21 through June 4, 2011, and again the week of June 25, Adele sat atop the Billboard 200 album chart with "21" while "Rolling In the Deep" was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs survey.

Last week, it appears that "Someone Like You" spent its final (fifth) frame atop the Hot 100 while "21" made its way back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a 13th week.

I was wondering: have any other artists simultaneously led the Hot 100 with two songs from the same album while that album was No. 1 on the Billboard 200?

Thanks, as always, for your weekly notes on the charts.

Sincerely,

Brandon Meyers
Lansing, Michigan


Hi Brandon,

While Adele descends on both surveys this week, she has attached her name to yet more chart history. (Notably, "Someone Like You" is the first No. 1 ballad sporting only vocals and piano accompaniment of the Hot 100's 1,009 leaders, while "Rolling in the Deep" last week became one of just 10 songs in the history of the Adult Contemporary chart to tally at least 19 weeks at No. 1).

To answer your insightful question, Adele is just the 11th act to send two songs to the Hot 100 summit while reigning on the Billboard 200 with a parent album, dating to the Aug. 17, 1963, premiere of the first Billboard 200 that consolidated stereo and mono album sales.

Here is the full list (artist, album, No. 1 songs/dates):

Bee Gees
"Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack
Feb. 4-25, 1978, "Stayin' Alive"
March 18-May 6, 1978, "Night Fever"


Donna Summer
"Bad Girls"
June 16, 1979, "Hot Stuff"
July 14-Aug. 4, 1979, "Bad Girls"


Michael Jackson
"Thriller"
March 5-April 16, 1983, "Billie Jean"





April 30-May 14, 1983, "Beat It"


Prince and the Revolution
"Purple Rain" soundtrack
Aug. 4, 1984, "When Doves Cry"
Sept. 29-Oct. 6, 1984, "Let's Go Crazy"


Phil Collins
"No Jacket Required"
March 30-April 6, 1985, "One More Night"
July 6, 1985, "Sussudio"


George Michael
"Faith"
Feb. 27-March 5, 1988, "Father Figure"





May 28-June 11, 1988, "One More Try"


Milli Vanilli
"Girl You Know It's True"
Sept. 23-30, 1989, "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Nov. 25-Dec. 2, 1989, "Blame It on the Rain"


Mariah Carey
"Daydream"
Oct. 21-Nov. 4, 1995, "Fantasy"
Dec. 30-Jan. 13, 1996, "One Sweet Day," with Boyz II Men


Nelly
"Nellyville"
July 13-27, 2002, "Hot in Herre"





Aug. 31, 2002, "Dilemma," featuring Kelly Rowland


Usher
"Confessions"
April 10-May 8, 2004, "Yeah!," featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
May 22-June 5; June 19, 2004, "Burn"


Adele
"21"
May 21-June 4; June 25, 2011, "Rolling in the Deep"
Nov. 5, 2011, "Someone Like You"


Adele is clearly in elite company, as all the acts above - except for Milli Vanilli - have sustained lengthy careers in the pop culture spotlight. The feat also reinforces Adele's standing as an album act capabale of selling more than just singles.

As reported in last week's "Weekly Notes" Chart Beat column, Columbia will release "Rumour Has It" as the next single from "21" to adult pop (Nov. 22), pop and adult contemporary radio. The uptempo song topped the adult alternative Triple A chart in August.

Should "Rumour" reach the Hot 100's apex and "21" concurrently return to the top of the Billboard 200, Adele would become the first artist to simultaneously top the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 with three singles from the same album.

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Nov 5, 2011 20:14:10 GMT -5 @2m said:

"Someone Like You" is the first No. 1 ballad sporting only vocals and piano accompaniment of the Hot 100's 1,009 leaders

I find this just incredible. In over 50 years of music, during a period where popular music is dominated by electronic dance music, the Hot 100 sees it's first #1 ballad with only piano and vocals.

[badrobot]

Wait, they're NOT releasing Set Fire to the Rain? Crazy! Although RHI would be my second choice.

[areyoureadytojump]

From holidayguy:

Most Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist

Aretha Franklin: 73
Dionne Warwick: 56
Madonna: 55
Connie Francis: 53
Brenda Lee: 48
Mariah Carey: 44
Barbra Streisand: 41
Diana Ross: 40
Janet Jackson: 40
Whitney Houston: 39
Taylor Swift: 39

[HolidayGuy]

^Looks like Taylor's count is 40 (looking to jump to 43 next week).

[Rodze]

www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-mariah-carey-beach-boys-1005511572.story

Here is an updated count of the women with the most charted titles, and their career chart spans, in the Hot 100's 53-year history:

73, Aretha Franklin, 1961-98
56, Dionne Warwick, 1962-98
55, Madonna, 1983-2009
53, Connie Francis, 1958-69
48, Brenda Lee, 1959-73
44, Mariah Carey, 1990-2011
41, Barbra Streisand, 1964-97
40, Diana Ross, 1970-86
39, Mary J. Blige, 1992-2010
39, Whitney Houston, 1984-2009
39, Janet Jackson, 1982-2008
39, Taylor Swift, 2006-11


Wonder which ones from Taylor and Janet they are overlooking.

[Verisimilitude]

Probably Janet's "Diamonds" with Herb Alpert and one of Taylor's collaborations with either John Mayer or Boys Like Girls.

[Living Legend]

Nov 12, 2011 7:27:41 GMT -5 Rodze said:

www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-mariah-carey-beach-boys-1005511572.story

Here is an updated count of the women with the most charted titles, and their career chart spans, in the Hot 100's 53-year history:

73, Aretha Franklin, 1961-98
56, Dionne Warwick, 1962-98
55, Madonna, 1983-2009
53, Connie Francis, 1958-69
48, Brenda Lee, 1959-73
44, Mariah Carey, 1990-2011
41, Barbra Streisand, 1964-97
40, Diana Ross, 1970-86
39, Mary J. Blige, 1992-2010
39, Whitney Houston, 1984-2009
39, Janet Jackson, 1982-2008
39, Taylor Swift, 2006-11


Wonder which ones from Taylor and Janet they are overlooking.

Taylor will probably top this list after the release of her next 3 albums!!

[Rodze]

www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-taylor-swift-lmfao-heavy-1005542102.story?page=2

Here is a look at the titles that have logged the most time in the Hot 100's top 10:

Weeks in Top 10, Title, Artist, Peak, Year
32, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, No. 2 1997
30, "Smooth," Santana featuring Rob Thomas, No. 1 (12 weeks) 1999
28, "You Were Meant for Me"/"Foolish Games," Jewel, No. 2, 1997
26, "Truly Madly Deeply," Savage Garden, No. 1 (two weeks), 1998
25, "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), 2011
25, "Apologize," Timbaland featuring OneRepublic, No. 2, 2007
25, "Un-Break My Heart," Toni Braxton, No. 1 (11 weeks), 1996
25, "The Twist," Chubby Checker, No. 1 (one week), 1960; (two weeks), 1962



Here is an updated count of the women with the most charted titles, and their career chart spans, in the Hot 100's 53-year history:

73, Aretha Franklin, 1961-98
56, Dionne Warwick, 1962-98
55, Madonna, 1983-2009
53, Connie Francis, 1958-69
48, Brenda Lee, 1959-73
44, Mariah Carey, 1990-2011
42, Taylor Swift, 2006-11
41, Barbra Streisand, 1964-97
40, Diana Ross, 1970-86
39, Mary J. Blige, 1992-2010
39, Whitney Houston, 1984-2009
39, Janet Jackson, 1982-2008

[areyoureadytojump]

TAP, I hope you don't mind:

Albums with over 400k sold:

2010

(1) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum – 481
(1) Soldier Of Love – Sade – 502
(1) Thank Me Later – Drake – 447
(1) Recovery – Eminem – 741
(1) Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 1.047
(1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 495


2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964
(1) Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay – 447
(1) Take Care - Drake - 631

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Albums with over 400k sold:

2010

(1) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum – 481
(1) Soldier Of Love – Sade – 502
(1) Thank Me Later – Drake – 447
(1) Recovery – Eminem – 741
(1) Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 1.047
(1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 495


2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964
(1) Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay – 447
(1) Take Care - Drake - 631
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 479
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 448

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thanks!

7 weeks of over 400k sales in 2011.

Can Buble have another 400k week?

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Albums with over 400k sold:

2010

(1) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum – 481
(1) Soldier Of Love – Sade – 502
(1) Thank Me Later – Drake – 447
(1) Recovery – Eminem – 741
(1) Speak Now – Taylor Swift – 1.047
(1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West – 495


2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964
(1) Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay – 447
(1) Take Care - Drake - 631
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 479
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 448
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 467

I wish Adele would've sold 400k this week!

[areyoureadytojump]

^Me too! DAMN

[ListenToItTwice]

Dec 29, 2011 0:11:33 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

I think Taylor's newest top 40 puts her alone at no. 5 for female with most top 40s as lead artist, with 32. She's behind Madonna, Aretha, Supremes, and Janet. I wonder if her popularity can sustain itself for long itself for her to be the new queen...

I think she might. Her albums tend to chart an excess of tracks in very high positions, thanks to the Countdown Single strategy that the Jonas Brothers perfected back in the day.

[Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...]

Shouldn't Mariahs' and Biebz Superfestive AIWFCIY duet be counted as another entry for MC?

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Adele, Prince... and Vanilla Ice? The 20 Albums to Lead the Billboard 200 for 16 Weeks or More

January 19, 2012
By Gary Trust, New York

As previously reported, Adele's "21" tops the Billboard 200 album chart for a 16th week, marking the survey's longest reign since the "Titanic" soundtrack also led for 16 frames in 1998.

Since the chart began appearing in each issue of Billboard magazine the week of March 24, 1956, just 20 albums have spent as many as 16 weeks at No. 1.

Here is a look at the elite albums boasting the longest Billboard 200 commands in that span (a list on which Vanilla Ice ranks back-to-back with Andy Williams).


Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year

54, "West Side Story" soundtrack, 1962
The Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim songbook infuses the album that includes such standards as "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere." (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set's time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963).

37, "Thriller," Michael Jackson, 1983
The set that vaulted Jackson to everlasting superstar status became the first to yield seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10s. At 29-times Platinum, "Thriller" is tied with the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-75" for the most certifications, according to the RIAA.

31, "Rumours," Fleetwood Mac, 1977
As "Wayne's World"'s Mike Myers (in character) once joked about the opus, "I think if you lived in the suburbs, they just issued it to you, man."

31, "South Pacific" soundtrack, 1958

31, "Calypso," Harry Belafonte, 1956

24, "Purple Rain," Prince and the Revolution/soundtrack, 1984

24, "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, 1978
An collection that defines the disco era, the soundtrack became the first of nine albums ever to generate four Hot 100 No. 1s: the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" and the Bee Gees-penned Yvonne Elliman dance ballad "If I Can't Have You."

21, "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em," M.C. Hammer, 1990

20, "The Bodyguard," Whitney Houston/soundtrack, 1992

20, "Blue Hawaii," Elvis Presley/soundtrack, 1961

18, "Ropin' the Wind," Garth Brooks, 1991
Brooks spearheaded country's early '90s popularity boom, thanks in part to this set that included the Country Songs No. 1 "The River" (which Scotty McCreery sang last year en route to his coronation on "American Idol"). With career U.S. album sales of 68.6 million, Brooks is the best-selling album artist dating to the 1991 advent of Nielsen SoundScan data.

18, "Dirty Dancing," soundtrack, 1987

18, "More of the Monkees," the Monkees, 1967

17, "Some Gave All," Billy Ray Cyrus, 1992
The album, which introduced the signature line-dancing anthem "Achy Breaky Heart," spent its last week at No. 1 the week of Oct. 3, 1992. A month later, Cyrus welcomed daughter Destiny Hope - aka, "Miley."

17, "Synchronicity," the Police, 1983

16, "21," Adele, 2011
Should "Set Fire to the Rain," which pushes 4-2 on the Hot 100 this week, reach No. 1 while "21" is atop the Billboard 200, the album would become the first to sport three Hot 100 toppers that reigned while their parent sets led the Billboard 200. "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" previously dominated the Hot 100 while "21" ruled the album tally.

16, "Titanic" soundtrack, 1998

16, "To the Extreme," Vanilla Ice, 1990

16, "Days of Wine and Roses," Andy Williams, 1963

16, "The Sound of Music," original cast, 1960

[Agent Yoncé]

This has probably already been answered, but who was the 1st female to have their DEBUT ALBUM debut at the #1 spot on the BB200?

[areyoureadytojump]

In the SoundScan era...

Britney?

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/taylor-swift-joins-exclusive-club-in-billboard-1005543552.story

Here is an updated count of the women with the most charted titles, and their career chart spans, in the Hot 100's 53-year history:

73, Aretha Franklin, 1961-98
56, Dionne Warwick, 1962-98
55, Madonna, 1983-2009
53, Connie Francis, 1958-69
48, Brenda Lee, 1959-73
44, Mariah Carey, 1990-2011
42, Taylor Swift, 2006-11
41, Barbra Streisand, 1964-97
40, Diana Ross, 1970-86
39, Mary J. Blige, 1992-2010
39, Whitney Houston, 1984-2009
39, Janet Jackson, 1982-2008

[areyoureadytojump]

In the next few months, Tim McGraw, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna will be adding to their Top 10 totals.

MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 31 "What Matters Most"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Bob Dylan 19
Madonna 19 "Celebration"

Paul McCartney 17
Elton John 17 "The Union"
George Strait 17 "Here For A Good Time"

Johnny Mathis 16
Bruce Springsteen 16
Neil Diamond 16 "Hot August Night"
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Rod Stewart 15 "Soulbook"

Kingston Trio 14
Mitch Miler 14
Garth Brooks 14
Prince 14
Dave Matthews 14 "Big Whiskey..."

The Beach Boys 13
Van Halen 13
Tim McGraw 13 "Southern Voice"
Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Jay Z 13 "Watch The Throne"

Eric Clapton 12
Ray Coniff 12
Andy Williams 12
Chicago 12
R Kelly 12 "Untitled"

[Agent Yoncé]

It couldn't have been Britney. I'm thinking it's either Mariah or Toni. Does anyone know?

[areyoureadytojump]

^it says "debut" at #1.

Mariah did not.

[Agent Yoncé]

I just read that Mariah went #1 after the Grammys. Damn, maybe it was Britney?

*Edit: Found it. It was Lauryn Hill in '98. Wow!