Billboard Mainstream Top 40

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The mainstream top 40 are US - Airplay that of forex charts Billboard be created. The charts are often referred to as pop songs . The list is available for a fee on billboard.com. Another Night of the German group The Real McCoy is at number 1 on the all-time list of the charts .

Records

Highest chart entry

Mariah Carey holds the record for the highest chart entry with Dreamlover , which entered at number 12. Lady Gaga's Born This Way follows in 14th place. Britney Spears Hold It Against Me and Madonnas Frozen follow in 16th place.

Most weeks in 1st place

14 weeks

• Ace of Base - The Sign

11 weeks

• Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day
• Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever
• Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
• Nelly feat. Tim McGraw - Over and Over

10 weeks

• Dionne Farris - I Know
• No Doubt - Don't Speak
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
• * NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
• Nickelback - How You Remind Me
• Mariah Carey - We Belong Together

9 weeks

• Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
• Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes
• Ace of Base - All That She Wants
• Seal - Kiss from a Rose
• Chumbawamba - tub thumping
• Christina Aguilera feat. Pink , Mýa and Lil 'Kim - Lady Marmalade
• OutKast - Hey Ya!
• Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
• Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA

8 weeks

• Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
• The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
• Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
• Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
• Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas - Smooth
• Shaggy feat. Rayvon - Angel
• Avril Lavigne - Complicated
• Beyoncé - Irreplaceable
• Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous

7 weeks

• Spin Doctors - Two Princes
• Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
• Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
• Alanis Morissette - Ironic
• Alanis Morissette - You Learn
• The Cardigans - Lovefool
• Hanson - MMMBop
• Barenaked Ladies - One Week
• Ricky Martin - Livin 'La Vida Loca
• Sugar Ray - Every Morning
• Eminem - Lose Yourself
• The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love?
• Hoobastank - The Reason
• Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
• Chris Brown - Run It!
• Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
• The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
• Kesha - Tik Tok
• Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

Most played song within a week

• Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry (12,468)
• ET - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West (12,361)
• California Gurls - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg (12,159)
• Give Me Everything - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer (12,107)
• Firework - Katy Perry (11,857)
• Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (11,841)

Artist with the most number one hits

• Rihanna (9)
• Katy Perry (8)
• Lady Gaga , Pink (7)
• Britney Spears , Beyoncé , Justin Timberlake , Mariah Carey (6)
• Christina Aguilera , Nelly , Avril Lavigne (5)
• Kelly Clarkson , Jennifer Lopez , Bruno Mars (4)

Artist with the most top 10 hits

• 1.) Mariah Carey (17)
• 2.) Rihanna (15)
• 3.) Madonna (14)
• 3.) Pink (14)
• 3.) Britney Spears (14)
• 6.) Christina Aguilera (12)

Artist with the most chart entries

• 1.) Rihanna (30)
• 2.) Mariah Carey (29)
• 3.) Britney Spears (28)
• 4.) Madonna (27)
• 5.) Akon (24)

Other records

• Rihanna has the most number one hits with nine.
• Lady Gaga , P! Nk and Katy Perry have the second most number one hits with seven.
• Mariah Carey and Beyoncé have the third most number one hits with six.
• Justin Timberlake , Avril Lavigne , Britney Spears and Nelly have the fourth most number one hits with five.
• Boyz II Men , Ace of Base , The Black Eyed Peas and 3 Doors Down are the most successful groups with three number one hits.
• At the age of 13, JoJo is the youngest performer who has ever had a number one hit, she achieved this with Leave (Get Out) .
• Lady Gaga is the only performer whose first six singles all consecutively went to number 1.
• Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are the only ones to have had a run of six number-one hits in a row.
• Katy Perry is the only one who has releasedsix number one hitsfrom her album Teenage Dream .
• Britney Spears holds the record for the longest time span between number one hits (12 years, 7 months, 4 days).

See also

• List of number one hits in the mainstream top 40
• Billboard
• Billboard Hot 100
• Rhythmic Airplay Charts (urban music: R&B and hip-hop)
• Hot Dance Airplay (Electronic Music)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-s-born-blasts-off-with-huge-sales-1005035102.story#/news/lady-gaga-s-born-blasts-off- with-huge-sales-1005035102.story
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/katy-perry-notches-record-fifth-no-1-from-1005299782.story
3. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-jeff-bridges-christina-1005329582.story
4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/weekly-chart-notes-adele-rihanna-guy-lombardo-1005809762.story?page=2
5. ^ Billboard Magazine Lady Gaga, Beyonce Match Mariah's Record . Accessed on 17th March 2010
6. ^ Gary Trust: Britney Spears 'Sustained Success' Go'-es On At Pop Radio . Billboard (magazine) . September 12, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.

Web links

• http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/pop-songs