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most successful artists   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros.
2 Elvis Presley
RCA
3 Beatles
Apple / Odeon / Capitol
4 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic
5 Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin
6 Elton John
Rocket / MCA
7 Bee Gees
Atco / Polydor / RSO / Warner Bros.
8 Mariah Carey
Columbia
9 Rihanna
Def Jam
10 Stevie Wonder
Tamla Motown

 

tracks with most weeks at no.1  SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
A&M - 1991 - 19 weeks
2 Hey Jude - Beatles
Parlophone / Apple - 1968 - 18 weeks
3 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Arista - 1992 - 17 weeks
3 Macarena - Los Del Rio
RCA - 1996 - 17 weeks
3 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 2009 - 17 weeks
3 It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley
RCA - 1960 - 17 weeks
7 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Apple - 1970 - 16 weeks
7 My Heart Will Go - Celine Dion
550 Music / Columbia - 1998 - 16 weeks
7 Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
Epic - 2006 - 16 weeks
7 Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
Scotti Brothers - 1982 - 16 weeks

 

artists with most weeks at no.1   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 139 weeks
2 Elvis Presley
RCA - 93 weeks
3 Beatles
Apple / Odeon / Capitol - 77 weeks
4 Rihanna
Def Jam - 55 weeks
5 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 54 weeks
6 Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 44 weeks
7 George Michael
Epic / Columbia - 40 weeks
8 Bryan Adams
A&M - 39 weeks
9 Bee Gees
Atco / Polydor / RSO - 37 weeks
10 Britney Spears
Jive - 35 weeks

 

artists with most tracks at no.1   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 22 hits
2 Elvis Presley
RCA - 17 hits
3 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 14 hits
4 AKB 48
King Records Japan - 12 hits
5 Beatles
Apple / Odeon / Capitol - 11 hits
6 Rihanna
Def Jam - 10 hits
6 Britney Spears
Jive - 10 hits
8 George Michael
Epic / Columbia - 9 hits
8 Bee Gees
Atco / Polydor / RSO - 9 hits
10 Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin - 7 hits

 

artists with most tracks in the top 10   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 47 hits
2 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 32 hits
3 Elvis Presley
RCA - 31 hits
4 Mariah Carey
Columbia - 28 hits
5 Elton John
DJM / MCA / Rocket - 27 Hits
6 Janet Jackson
A&M / Virgin - 26 hits
6 B'z
Rooms (Vermillion) Records Japan - 26 hits
8 Britney Spears
Jive - 25 hits
9 Bee Gees
RSO / Atco / Polydor - 24 hits
10 Stevie Wonder
Tamla Motown - 22 hits

 

tracks with most weeks in the top 40 (since 1999)  SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Rolling In The Deep - Adele
XL Recordings - 2010 - 65 weeks
2 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 2009 - 64 weeks
2 Someone Like You - Adele
XL Recordings - 2011 - 64 weeks
4 I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Atlantic - 2008 - 63 weeks
5 Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia
EMI Music - 2011 - 57 weeks
6 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye & Kimbra
Vertigo / Universal - 2011 - 56 weeks
7 Bad Day - Daniel Powter
Warner Bros. - 2005 - 54 weeks
7 Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO, Bennett & GoonRock
Interscope - 2010 - 54 weeks
7 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Interscope - 2012 - 54 weeks
10 Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
XL Recordings - 2011 - 53 weeks

 

tracks with most points in a week (since 1999)   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Sayonara Crawl - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 898.000 points - week 23/2013
2 Manatsu No Sounds Good! - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 832.000 points - week 23/2012
3 Flying Get - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 770.000 points - week 36/2011
4 Everyday, Kachûsha - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 755.000 points - week 23/2011
5 Kaze Wa Fuiteiru - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 732.000 points - week 45/2011
6 Give Me Five! - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 717.000 points - week 9/2012
7 Born This Way - Lady GaGa
Interscope - 688.000 points - week 9/2011
8 Gingham Check - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 622.000 points - week 37/2012
9 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams
Universal - 615.000 - week 25/2013
10 Uza - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 587.000 points - week 46/2012

 

most successful singles in the USA  SOURCES: RIAA / SOUNDSCAN  (MAY 2013)



1 Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
Rocket - 1997 - 10 million copies
2 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 2009 - 8,3 million copies
3 We Are The World - U.S.A. For Africa
Columbia - 1985 - 8 million copies
4 Rolling In The Deep - Adele
XL Recordings - 2011 - 7,9 million copies
5 Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett
Interscope - 2011 - 7,7 million copies
6 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye & Kimbra
Vertigo / Universal - 2011 - 7,3 million copies
7 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Interscope - 2012 - 7,0 million copies
8 Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Interscope - 2009 - 6,9 million copies
9 Just Dance - Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis
Interscope - 2008 - 6,8 million copies
10 Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
Poe Boy / Atlantic - 2008 - 6,7 million copies

 

most successful singles in Japan  SOURCE: ORICON



1 Oyoge! Taiyaki-Kun - Masato Shimon
Canyon Records - 1976 - 4,5 million copies
2 Onna No Michi - Shiro Miya & Pinkara Trio
Columbia Japan - 1972 - 3,3 million copies
3 Dango 3 Kyodai - Dango Gasshodan & Co.
Pony Canyon - 1999 - 2,9 million copies
4 Tsunami - Southern All Stars
Victor Entertainment - 2000 - 2,9 million copies
5 Kimi Ga Irudakede - Kome Kome Club
Sony Records - 1992 - 2,9 million copies
6 Say Yes - Chage & Aska
Yamaha Music - 1991 - 2,8 million copies
7 Tomorrow Never Knows - Mr.Children
Toy's Factory - 1994 - 2,8 million copies
8 Ok! Yeah! - Kazumasa Oda
Funhouse - 1991 - 2,6 million copies
9 Love Love Love - Dreams Come True
Epic Records - 1995 - 2,5 million copies
10 Yah Yah Yah - Chage & Aska
Yamaha Music - 1993 - 2,4 million copies

 

most successful singles in United Kingdom  SOURCE: OCC  (OCTOBER 2011)



1 Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
Rocket - 1997 - 4,9 million copies
2 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
Mercury - 1984 - 3,6 million copies
3 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
EMI - 1975 - 2,3 million copies
4 Mull Of Kintyre - Wings
Parlophone - 1977 - 2,1 million copies
5 You're The One That I Want - John Travolta
RSO - 1978 - 2,0 million copies
6 Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M.
Atlantic - 1978 - 2,0 million copies
7 Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
ZTT - 1984 - 2,0 million copies
8 She Loves You - Beatles
Parlophone - 1963 - 1,9 million copies
9 Unchained Melody - Robson & Jerome
RCA - 1995 - 1,9 million copies
10 Mary's Boychild / Oh My Lord - Boney M.
Atlantic - 1978 - 1,8 million copies

 

most successful singles in Germany  SOURCES: MUSIKMARKT / MEDIA CONTROL / IFPI GERMANY



1 Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
Rocket - 1997 - 4,75 million copies
2 Time To Say Goodbye - Bocelli & Brightman
Eastwest - 1996 - 2,5 million copies
3 Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M.
Hansa - 1978 - 2 million copies
4 My Heart Will Go - Celine Dion
Columbia - 1998 - 2 million copies
5 Heimweh - Freddy
Polydor - 1956 - 2 million copies
6 Junge, Komm Bald Wieder - Freddy
Polydor - 1963 - 2 million copies
7

Il Silenzio - Nini Rosso
Hansa - 1965 - 1,6 million copies

8 Conquest Of Paradise - Vangelis
Eastwest - 1994 - 1,5 million copies
9 Butterfly - Danyel Gérard
CBS - 1971 - 1,5 million copies
10 Mambo No.5 - Lou Bega
BMG - 1999 - 1,5 million copies

 

most successful singles in France  SOURCE: SNEP (SPECIAL THANKS TO MJDANGEROUS)



1 La Danse Des Canards - J.J.Lionel
CBS - 1981 - 3,5 million copies
2 Belle - Daniel Lavoie, Garou & Patrick Fiori
Pomme - 1998 - 2,5 million copies
3 Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
Rocket - 1997 - 2 million copies
4 You're The One That I Want - John Travolta
RSO - 1978 - 1,8 million copies
5 Aserejé - Las Ketchup
Columbia - 2002 - 1,75 million copies
6 Lambada - Kaoma
CBS - 1989 - 1,75 million copies
7 Ethiopie - Chanteurs Sans Frontiéres
EMI Pathé Marconi - 1985 - 1,65 million copies
8 Chante - Les Forbans
Polydor - 1982 - 1,6 million copies
9 Mambo No.5 - Lou Bega
BMG - 1999 - 1,5 million copies
10 Ces Soirées Lá - Yannick
Sony - 2000 - 1,5 million copies


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