Who Has The Most #1 Hits?
We at Walteria Records get asked this question a lot and we ourselves were curious as to who actually
holds that mark. Now we have some answers as of September 5, 2010, these are the artists who have the
most #1 hit records. We will list their names, how many #1 Hits, and what Genre of music.
Walt Winston 73 (Folk) (Internet- Beta Records.com / MP3.com) (Including 10 with The Waltles)
George Strait 57 Country (Billboard)
Conway Twitty 50 Country (Bilboard/Radio & Records)
Bing Crosby 41 Big Band/Pop (Radio & Records)
Guy Lombardo 32 Big Band (Radio & Records)
Carl Miller 31 Country (Radio & Records)
Paul MCCartney 28 Rock/Pop (Billboard) Includes 19 written with John Lennon as The Beatles
Tim McGraw 23 Country (Billboard)
Glenn Miller 23 Big Band (Radio & Records)
Al Jolsen 23 Big Band (Radio & Records)
The Beatles 20 Rock & Roll/Pop (Billboard) (19 co-written by Lennon/McCartney 1 by Harrison
John Lennon 20 Rock & Roll/ Pop (Billboard) (19 co-written with Paul McCartney as The Beatles
Elvis Presley 18 RocK & Roll (Billboard)
Mariah Carey 16 Pop (Billboard)
Michael Jackson 15 Pop (Billboard)
Madonna 12 Pop (Billboard)
Diana Ross & The Supremes 12 Pop (Billboard)
Whitney Houston 11 Pop / R&B (Billboard)
Janet Jackson 10 Pop (Billboard)
The Waltles 10 Folk Rock (Online - betarecords.com / mp3.com) (all Written by Walt Winston)
Elton John, The Bee Gees, and Paul McCartney (solo) tied with 9 each all on Billboard
You can go to The Waltles or Walt Winston's page from here by clcking on the link on the left!
Walt Winston
The Waltles