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This is a question we hear asked a lot, so we've done a bit of research and here is what we found.... The information we received from various sources and we've come up with our own list of stars who have had #1 hit singles from Billboard and other sources. Billboard singles we'll list in white with those artists, and with Walt we'll list him and his band The Waltles in blue because all of his and their hits are on the internet. The artists' known genre is in parenthesis (Rock - example). George Strait (Country) 56 Conway Twitty (Country) 50 Walt Winston (Folk) 44 (Beta Records / mp3) Folk Charts Also includes 9 with The Waltles. Bing Crosby (Pop - Big Band) 41 Guy Lombardo (Big Band) 32 Carl Miller (Country) 31 Paul McCartney** (Rock / Pop) 28 (If you include 19 co-written with John Lennon as a member of The Beatles) Tim McGraw (Country) 23 Glenn Miller (Big Band) 23 Al Jolson (Pop) 23 The Beatles (Rock & Roll) 20 John Lennon (Rock & Roll) ** 20 (If you include 19 co-written with Paul McCartney as a member of The Beatles) Elvis Presley (Rock& Roll) 18 Mariah Carey (Pop) 16 Michael Jackson (Pop) 15 Madonna (Pop) 12 Diana Ross & The Supremes (Rock) 12 Whitney Houston (Pop/R&B) 11 Janet Jackson (Pop) 10 Paul McCartney (Rock/Pop) 9 (28* written and performed on including his Beatles #1's) Elton John (Rock/Pop) 9 The Bee Gees (Rock/Pop) 9 The Waltles (Folk-Rock) 9 (Beta Records / mp3.com charts) The Rolling Stones (Rock) 8 John Lennon (Rock / Pop) 1 (20* written and performed on including his Beatles #1's)
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