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MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros.
2 Elvis Presley
RCA
3 Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / 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 Flowers - Miley Cyrus
Smiley Miley, Inc. / Columbia - 2023 - 24 weeks
2 As It Was - Harry Styles
Erskine / Columbia - 2022 - 22 weeks
3 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
A&M - 1991 - 19 weeks
3 Happy - Pharrell Williams
Back Lot / Columbia - 2014 - 19 weeks
5 Hey Jude - Beatles
Parlophone / Apple - 1968 - 18 weeks
6 Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
XO Recordings / Republic - 2019 - 17 weeks
6 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Universal Music Latino - 2017 - 17 weeks
6 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Arista - 1992 - 17 weeks
6 Macarena - Los Del Rio
RCA - 1996 - 17 weeks
6 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 2009 - 17 weeks
 

ARTISTS WITH MOST WEEKS AT NO.1   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / Capitol - 162 weeks
2 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 137 weeks
3 Elvis Presley
RCA - 130 weeks
4 Rihanna
Def Jam - 66 weeks
5 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 65 weeks
6 Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin - 62 weeks
7 Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 44 weeks
8 George Michael
Epic / Columbia - 40 weeks
8 Justin Timberlake
Jive / DreamWorks / RCA - 40 weeks
10 Bryan Adams
A&M - 39 weeks
 

ARTISTS WITH MOST TRACKS AT NO.1   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 AKB 48
King Records Japan - 32 hits
2 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 22 hits
2 Elvis Presley
RCA - 22 hits
4 Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / Capitol - 21 hits
5 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 13 hits
6 Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin - 12 hits
6 Rihanna
Def Jam - 12 hits
8 Britney Spears
Jive - 10 hits
9 George Michael
Epic / Columbia - 9 hits
9 Bee Gees
Atco / Polydor / RSO - 9 hits
 

ARTISTS WITH MOST TRACKS IN THE TOP 10   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros. - 47 hits
2 Elvis Presley
RCA - 43 hits
2 AKB 48
King Records Japan - 43 hits
4 Arashi
Pony Canyon / J Storm Records Japan - 40 hits
5 Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / Capitol - 39 hits
6 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic - 34 hits
7 Taylor Swift
Republic - 31 hits
8 Mariah Carey
Columbia - 28 hits
8 Rihanna
Def Jam - 28 hits
8 Elton John
DJM / MCA / Rocket - 28 hits
 

TRACKS WITH MOST WEEKS IN THE TOP 40 (SINCE 1999)  SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Columbia - 1994 - 96 weeks
2 Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
XO Recordings / Republic - 2019 - 93 weeks
3 Dance Monkey - Tones And I
Bad Batch - 2019 - 89 weeks
4 As It Was - Harry Styles
Erskine / Columbia - 2022 - 87 weeks
5 Save Your Tears - The Weeknd
XO Recordings / Republic - 2021 - 85 weeks
6 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Asylum / Atlantic - 2017 - 79 weeks
7 Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
Virgin / Capitol - 2019 - 78 weeks
7 Heat Waves - Glass Animals
Polydor / Republic - 2021 - 78 weeks
9 Stay - Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
Grade A Productions / Columbia - 2021 - 76 weeks
10 Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Asylum / Atlantic - 2017 - 74 weeks
 

TRACKS WITH MOST POINTS IN A WEEK (SINCE 1999)   SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Hello - Adele
XL Recordings - 1.531.000 points - week 45/2015
2 Hello - Adele
XL Recordings - 1.021.000 points - week 46/2015
3 Sayonara Crawl - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 898.000 points - week 23/2013
4 Hello - Adele
XL Recordings - 860.000 points - week 47/2015
5 Labrador Retriever - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 854.000 points - week 23/2014
6 Bokutachi Wa Tatakawanai - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 842.000 points - week 23/2015
7 Manatsu No Sounds Good! - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 832.000 points - week 23/2012
8 Tsubasa Wa Iranai - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 812.000 points - week 24/2016
9 Flying Get - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 770.000 points - week 36/2011
10 Everyday, Kachûsha - AKB 48
King Records Japan - 755.000 points - week 23/2011
 

BEST SELLING TRACKS IN THE USA  SOURCES: RIAA / WIKIPEDIA  (AUGUST 2021)



1 Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
Rocket - 1997 - 8,8 million copies
2 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Interscope - 2009 - 8,7 million copies
3 Rolling In The Deep - Adele
XL Recordings - 2011 - 8,4 million copies
4 Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett
Interscope - 2011 - 8,1 million copies
5 We Are The World - U.S.A. For Africa
Columbia - 1985 - 8 million copies
6 Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Interscope - 2013 - 7,9 million copies
7 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye & Kimbra
Vertigo / Universal - 2011 - 7,9 million copies
8 Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz
Macklemore - 2012 - 7,7 million copies
9 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Interscope - 2012 - 7,6 million copies
10 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharell
Interscope - 2013 - 7,4 million copies
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRACKS 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 TRACKS IN UNITED KINGDOM  SOURCE: OCC  (JULY 2013)



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 - 3,7 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 TRACKS IN GERMANY  SOURCES: 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

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Asylum / Atlantic - 2017 - 1,8 million copies

8 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Universal Music Latino - 2017 - 1,6 million copies
9 Il Silenzio - Nini Rosso
Hansa - 1965 - 1,6 million copies
10 Conquest Of Paradise - Vangelis
Eastwest - 1994 - 1,5 million copies
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRACKS IN FRANCE  SOURCE: SNEP



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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