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LAST UPDATE: 9/26/08

 

NUMBER ONES

 

Longest-running #1’s:

Eight Easy Steps, Alanis Morissette (12 weeks, 2004)

Hollywood, Madonna (11 weeks, 2003)

Ordinary Day, Dolores O’Riordan (10 weeks, 2007)

World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (9 weeks, 2006)

Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (9 nonconsecutive weeks, 2005)

American Life, Madonna (8 weeks, 2003)

Workin’ Them Angels, Rush (8 weeks, 2008)

My Immortal, Evanescence (7 weeks, 2004)

It’s My Life, No Doubt (6 weeks, 2004)

Hand In My Pocket (acoustic), Alanis Morissette (6 weeks, 2005)

Acquiesce, Oasis (6 weeks, 2006)

The Shock Of The Lightning, Oasis (6 weeks, 2008)

Crazy, Alanis Morissette (6 nonconsecutive weeks, 2005)

Me Against The Music, Britney Spears featuring Madonna (5 weeks, 2003)

The Importance Of Being Idle, Oasis (5 weeks, 2005)

Coalmine, Armchair Cynics (5 weeks, 2006)

Life Wasted, Pearl Jam (5 weeks, 2006)

Headlines (Friendship Never Ends), Spice Girls (5 weeks, 2007)
Pacific Coast Highway, Courtney Love (5
nonconsecutive weeks, 2007)

Disturbia, Rihanna (5 nonconsecutive weeks, 2008)

 

Most #1 hits

8 – Madonna: American Life, Hollywood, Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley, Me Against The Music, Nothing Fails, Love Profusion, Jump, and 4 Minutes

6 – Oasis: Lyla, The Importance Of Being Idle, Let There Be Love, Acquiesce, Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, and The Shock Of The Lightning

5 – Tori Amos: Sleeps With Butterflies, Original Sinsuality, The Beekeeper, Cars And Guitars, and Bouncing Off Clouds

5 – Kelly Clarkson: Miss Independent, Low, Breakaway, Never Again, and Sober

4 – Alanis Morissette: Eight Easy Steps, Knees Of My Bees, Hand In My Pocket (acoustic), and Crazy

4 – Pearl Jam: World Wide Suicide, Life Wasted, Gone, and Love, Reign O’er Me

4 – Girls Aloud: I’ll Stand By You, I Think We’re Alone Now, Sexy! No, No, No…, and Call The Shots

4 – Dolores O’Riordan: Ordinary Day, When We Were Young, Loser, and In The Garden

4 – Paramore: Misery Business, Born For This, Crushcrushcrush, and That’s What You Get

3 – Evanescence: Bring Me To Life, Going Under, and My Immortal

3 – Christina Aguilera: Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley, Candyman, and Keeps Gettin’ Better

 

Quickest climb to #1:

2 weeks: Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (1/16/05)

2 weeks: Gone, Pearl Jam (9/3/06)

2 weeks: Headlines (Friendship Never Ends), Spice Girls (11/4/07)

2 weeks: Little Miss Obsessive, Ashlee Simpson (3/9/07)

3 weeks: Knees Of My Bees, Alanis Morissette (12/26/04)

3 weeks: Original Sinsuality, Tori Amos (5/1/05)

3 weeks: A Little Too Late, Delta Goodrem (5/29/05)

3 weeks: IRS, Guns N’ Roses (3/19/06)

3 weeks: World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (3/26/06)

3 weeks: Life Wasted, Pearl Jam (5/28/06)

3 weeks: Hater, Everclear (7/30/06)

3 weeks: Acquiesce, Oasis (10/1/06)

3 weeks: Love, Reign O’er Me, Pearl Jam (2/4/07)

3 weeks: Loser, Dolores O’Riordan (6/10/07)

3 weeks: Sober, Kelly Clarkson (7/1/07)

3 weeks: Keeps Gettin’ Better, Christina Aguilera (9/28/08)

 

Oldest song to hit #1:
8th World Wonder
, Kimberley Locke (#1 in 23rd week)

Honorable mention:

Let There Be Love, Oasis (#1 in 16th nonconsecutive week, 26 weeks after its debut)

 

Longest running #2 without hitting #1:
Sweet The Sting, Tori Amos (6 weeks)

Call Me When You’re Sober, Evanescence (6 weeks)

 

#1 debuts:

Like A Virgin & Hollywood Medley (MTV VMA’s 2003), Madonna/Britney/Christina/Missy (9/10/03)

Shiver, Natalie Imbruglia (3/6/05)

Hand In My Pocket (acoustic), Alanis Morissette (6/26/05)

Pacific Coast Highway, Courtney Love (12/24/06)

Ordinary Day, Dolores O’Riordan (2/25/07)

Crazy On You (VH1 Rock Honors 2007), Heart (6/3/07)

Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, Oasis (10/7/07)

Close My Eyes Forever (Live From Rocklahoma 2008), Lita Ford (7/20/08)

The Shock Of The Lightning, Oasis (8/17/08)

 

Biggest jump to #1:
16-1: Little Miss Obsessive, Ashlee Simpson (3/9/08)

11-1: A Little Too Late, Delta Goodrem (5/29/05)

9-1: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day (12/12/04)

Sober, Kelly Clarkson (7/1/07)

Unbreakable, Fireflight (12/23/07)

8-1: Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (1/16/05)

7-1: Better Days, Goo Goo Dolls (11/6/05)

6-1: Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson (8/15/04)

Push, Sarah McLachlan (2/13/05)

Original Sinsuality, Tori Amos (5/1/05)

Candyman, Christina Aguilera (2/18/07)

 

Biggest drop from #1:
1-20: Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley, Madonna/Britney/Christina/Missy (9/10/03)

1-15: Love Profusion, Madonna (12/31/03)

1-6: My Immortal, Evanescence (3/31/04)

I Think We’re Alone Now, Girls Aloud (12/24/06)

1-5: It’s My Life, No Doubt (2/11/04)

Incomplete, Backstreet Boys (5/29/05)

Hater, Everclear (8/13/06)

Crazy On You (From VH1 Rock Honors 2007), Heart (6/10/07)

 

Most weeks spent at #1 by artist:

Madonna (35 weeks)

Alanis Morissette (26 weeks)

Oasis (21 weeks)

Pearl Jam (19 weeks)
Tori Amos (17 weeks)

Dolores O’Riordan (16 weeks)

Kelly Clarkson (12 weeks)

Evanescence (10 weeks)

 

Artists with simultaneous occupation of top 2:

�.       Madonna held the top 2 between 11/19/03 and 12/10/03 with Me Against The Music (with Britney Spears) at #1 and Nothing Fails at #2. The next week, the two songs switched positions. The week after that, Love Profusion would be #1, and Nothing Fails #2. That gave Madonna the distinction of dominating the top 2 for six weeks with three different songs.

�.       Tori Amos dominated the entire top 3 on the week of 5/1/05, the only artist to ever do so. That week she was #1 with Original Sinsuality, #2 with Mother Revolution, and #3 with Sleeps With Butterflies. On 12/11/05 she took the top two with Cars And Guitars at #1 and Parasol at #2.

�.       Pearl Jam’s World Wide Suicide and Life Wasted held the top two positions between 5/14/06 and 5/28/06.

�.       Dolores O’Riordan’s Ordinary Day and When We Were Young held the top two positions between 4/1/07 and 5/6/07. Dolores just barely missed breaking the record for most weeks holding the top 2 positions, which she ties with Madonna; however, Dolores has spent the most time dominating the top 2 with the same two songs.

 

Most #1 hits from one album:

4 – American Life, Madonna

4 – The Beekeeper, Tori Amos

4 – Are You Listening?, Dolores O’Riordan

4 – RIOT!, Paramore

3 – Don’t Believe The Truth, Oasis

3 – Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam


Longest gap between #1 hits:

Ashlee Simpson – 3 years, 7 months (8/8/04 with Pieces Of Me to 3/9/08 with Little Miss Obsessive)

Christina Aguilera – 3 years, 5 months (9/10/03 with Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley to 2/18/07 with Candyman)

Kelly Clarkson – 2 years, 8 months (9/5/04 with Breakaway to 5/13/07 with Never Again)

Madonna – 2 years, 4 months (3/31/04 with Love Profusion to 8/13/06 with Jump)

 

Longest gap between first chart hit and first #1:

Maroon 5 - 3 years, 10 months (debuted 8/8/04 with She Will Be Loved, reached #1 6/27/08 with If I Never See Your Face Again)

Tim McGraw - 3 years (debuted 3/27/05 with Live Like You Were Dying, reached #1 4/6/08 with Nine Lives)

Natasha Bedingfield - 2 years, 9 months (debuted 5/15/05 with These Words, reached #1 2/24/08 with Pocketful Of Sunshine)

Sarah McLachlan - 2 years, 4 months (debuted 10/15/03 with Fallen, reached #1 2/13/05 with Push)

Rihanna - 2 years, 4 months (debuted 2/19/06 with SOS, reached #1 6/27/08 with If I Never See Your Face Again)

 

TOP 10

 

Longest amount of weeks in top 10 (consecutive or nonconsecutive):

Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (22 weeks including 9 weeks at #1)

Eight Easy Steps, Alanis Morissette (18 weeks including 12 weeks at #1)

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day (18 weeks including 2 weeks at #1)

Crazy, Alanis Morissette (18 weeks including 6 weeks at #1)

World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (18 weeks including 9 weeks at #1)

Hollywood, Madonna (17 weeks including 11 weeks at #1)

8th World Wonder, Kimberley Locke (17 weeks including 1 week at #1)

Ordinary Day, Dolores O’Riordan (17 weeks including 10 weeks at #1)

Extraordinary, Liz Phair (16 weeks)

Come Clean, Hilary Duff (15 weeks including 2 weeks at #1)

Incomplete, Backstreet Boys (15 weeks including 2 weeks at #1)

Life Wasted, Pearl Jam (15 weeks including 5 weeks at #1)

Disturbia, Rihanna (15 weeks including 5 weeks at #1)

 

Most top 10 hits:

16 – Tori Amos

13 – Madonna

11 – Sarah McLachlan

10 – Delta Goodrem

10 – Sugababes

10 – Girls Aloud

10 – Alanis Morissette

10 – Christina Aguilera

9 – Kelly Clarkson

8 – Daughtry

8 – Oasis

7 – Maroon 5

7 – Mariah Carey

7 – Kylie Minogue

6 – Melissa McClelland

6 – Beyonce

6 – Sheryl Crow

6 – Evanescence

6 – Garbage

6 – Fergie

6 – Britney Spears

6 – Paramore

6 – Lita Ford

 

Most consecutive top 10 hits:

16 – Tori Amos (Tombigbee to Almost Rosey)

13 – Madonna (American Life to Give It 2 Me)

11 – Sarah McLachlan (Fallen to River)

11 – Alanis Morissette (Everything to In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man)

8 – Daughtry (It’s Not Over to What About Now)

8 – Oasis (Lyla to Falling Down)

7 – Kelly Clarkson (Miss Independent to Because Of You)

6 – Melissa McClelland (Jaded to Passenger 24)

6 – Beyonce (Crazy In Love to Irreplaceable)

6 – Garbage (Why Do You Love Me to Tell Me Where It Hurts)

6 – Girls Aloud (Something Kinda Ooh to Can’t Speak French)

6 – Paramore (Emergency to That’s What You Get)

6 – Maroon 5 (Must Get Out to If I Never See Your Face Again)

6 – Lita Ford (Close My Eyes Forever to Can’t Catch Me)

5 – Delta Goodrem (Out Of The Blue to Be Strong)

5 – Sheryl Crow (The First Cut Is The Deepest to Always On Your Side)

5 – Sugababes (Hole In The Head to Easy)

5 – Pearl Jam (World Wide Suicide to Love, Reign O’er Me)

5 – Christina Aguilera (Ain’t No Other Man to Slow Down Baby)

5 – Goo Goo Dolls (Give A Little Bit to Before It’s Too Late)

5 – Dolores O’Riordan (Ordinary Day to In The Garden)

5 – Kylie Minogue (2 Hearts to The One)

 

Longest time to reach top 10:

15 weeks: U Should’ve Known Better, Monica

14 weeks: Wake Me Up When September Ends, Green Day

13 weeks: Sorry, Madonna

12 weeks: Truth Is, Fantasia

Let Me Go, 3 Doors Down

Let There Be Love, Oasis

11 weeks: With You, Jessica Simpson

The Trouble With Me, Lucy Woodward

In My Daughter’s Eyes, Martina McBride

Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson

Lips Of An Angel, Hinder

 

Most top 10 hits from one album:

9 – The Beekeeper, Tori Amos

7 – Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan

7 – Daughtry, Daughtry

6 – The Dutchess, Fergie

5 – Mistaken Identity, Delta Goodrem

5 – Bleed Like Me, Garbage

5 – Are You Listening?, Dolores O’Riordan

5 – American Doll Posse, Tori Amos

5 – RIOT!, Paramore

5 – It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5

5 – X, Kylie Minogue

 

Longest gap between top 10 hits:

Celine Dion – 4 years, 3 months (7/30/03 with Have You Ever Been In Love to 10/21/07 with Taking Chances)

Matchbox Twenty – 3 years, 9 months (12/3/03 with Bright Lights to 9/2/07 with How Far We’ve Come)

Britney Spears – 3 years, 6 months (4/7/04 with Toxic to 10/14/07 with Gimme More)

3 Doors Down – 3 years (4/3/05 with Let Me Go to 4/27/08 with It’s Not My Time)

 

TOP 40

 

Longest amount of weeks on chart:

Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (37 weeks)

World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (36 weeks)

Ordinary Day, Dolores O’Riordan (33 weeks)

Eight Easy Steps, Alanis Morissette (32 weeks)

The Importance Of Being Idle, Oasis (31 weeks)

Crazy, Alanis Morissette (31 weeks)

Crushcrushcrush, Paramore (30 weeks)

8th World Wonder, Kimberley Locke (28 weeks)

Coalmine, Armchair Cynics (28 weeks)

White Flag, Dido (27 weeks)

Acquiesce, Oasis (27 weeks)

When We Were Young, Dolores O’Riordan (27 weeks)

Let There Be Love, Oasis (27 nonconsecutive weeks)

The Pursuit, Evans Blue (25 weeks)
Workin’ Them Angels, Rush (25 weeks, so far)

Come Clean, Hilary Duff (24 weeks)

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day (24 weeks)

Lyla, Oasis (24 weeks)

Life Wasted, Pearl Jam (24 weeks)

 

Most consecutive weeks on top 40 by artist:

Daughtry (70 weeks – 11/5/06-3/9/08)

Paramore (64 weeks – 4/29/07-7/20/08)
Tori Amos (63 weeks – 1/9/05-3/19/06)

Sarah McLachlan (58 weeks – 8/15/04-10/2/05)

Madonna (45 weeks – 7/2/03-5/12/04)

Sarah McLachlan (44 weeks – 10/15/03-7/25/04)

Alanis Morissette (43 weeks – 6/26/05-4/16/06)

Pearl Jam (40 weeks – 3/12/06-12/10/06)

Girls Aloud (38 weeks – 8/5/07-4/20/08)

Fireflight (38 weeks – 12/2/07-8/17/08)

Dolores O’Riordan (37 weeks – 2/25/07-11/4/07)

 

Most songs to make the top 40:

16 – Tori Amos (Tombigbee to Almost Rosey)

16 – Delta Goodrem (Running Away to I Can’t Break It To My Heart)

14 – Madonna (American Life to Miles Away)

14 – Girls Aloud (I’ll Stand By You to The Promise)

13 – Sarah McLachlan (Fallen to U Want Me 2)

12 – Christina Aguilera (Can’t Hold Us Down to Keeps Gettin’ Better)

11 – Alanis Morissette (Everything to In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man)

11 – Mariah Carey (Bringin’ On The Heartbreak to Side Effects)

10 – Kelly Clarkson (Miss Independent to Sober)

10 – Sugababes (Hole In The Head to Denial)

10 – Sheryl Crow (The First Cut Is The Deepest to Love Is Free)

10 – Rihanna (SOS to Disturbia)

9 – Fergie (London Bridge to Party People)

9 – Natasha Bedingfield (These Words to Angel)

9 – Jessica Simpson (Sweetest Sin to Remember That)

9 – Oasis (Lyla to I’m Outta Time)

8 – Beyonce (Crazy In Love to Beautiful Liar)

8 – Daughtry (It’s Not Over to What About Now)

8 – Maroon 5 (She Will Be Loved to If I Never See Your Face Again)

8 – Britney Spears (Like A Virgin/Hollywood Medley to Radar)

8 – Avril Lavigne (Nobody’s Fool to Innocence)

8 – Kylie Minogue (Red Blooded Woman to The One)

8 – Ashlee Simpson (Pieces Of Me to Boys)

 

Most top 40 hits on one chart:

6: Lita Ford (7/20/08-8/10/08)

4: Tori Amos (5/8/05-5/29/04, 6/26/05-7/10/05)

4: Dolores O’Riordan (8/12/07)

4: Paramore (9/23/07-9/30/07)

*Kylie Minogue, Evans Blue, Fireflight, Pearl Jam, Oasis, Garbage, Delta Goodrem, Madonna, Naomi Striemer, Beyonce, and Green Day all tie for second with three songs on the chart at the same time.

 

Longest gap between top 40 hits:

Brandy – 4 years, 4 months (4/21/04 with Talk About Our Love to 8/24/08 with Right Here (Departed))

Matchbox Twenty – 3 years, 7 months (12/17/03 with Bright Lights to 7/29/07 with How Far We’ve Come)

Nelly – 3 years, 6 months (10/10/04 with (Tilt Ya Head Back to 5/4/08 with Party People)

Britney Spears – 3 years, 4 months (5/19/04 with Everytime to 9/9/07 with Gimme More)

The Exies – 3 years, 2 months (2/27/05 with Ugly to 4/13/08 with These Are The Days)

3 Doors Down – 2 years, 10 months (5/1/05 with Let Me Go to 3/9/08 with It’s Not My Time)

Tim McGraw – 2 years, 10 months (5/1/05 with Live Like You Were Dying to 3/9/08 with Nine Lives)

Cyndi Lauper – 2 years, 8 months (1/15/06 with Time After Time to 8/3/08 with Into The Nightlife)

 

Biggest chart leaps:

39-3 (36): Work, Jimmy Eat World feat. Liz Phair (1/30/05)

37-11 (26): A Little Too Late, Delta Goodrem (5/22/05)

34-9 (25): American Baby, Dave Matthews Band (5/15/05)

38-13 (25): Follow Me Home, Sugababes (5/14/06)

27-3 (24): World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (3/19/06)

37-13 (24): Marys Of The Sea, Tori Amos (8/28/05)

25-2 (23): Hater, Everclear (7/23/06)

35-12 (23): Heads Will Roll, Marion Raven (8/6/06)

36-13 (23): Crazy Chick, Charlotte Church (6/19/05)

   Biology, Girls Aloud (12/4/05)

37-14 (23): Ain’t No Other Man, Christina Aguilera (6/18/06)

39-16 (23): So Under Pressure, Dannii Minogue (5/14/06)

28-6 (22): Original Sinsuality, Tori Amos (4/24/05)

36-14 (22): Why Do You Love Me, Garbage (4/3/05)

40-18 (22): Good To Be Gone, Sugababes (12/24/06)

 

Biggest chart drops:

7-40 (33): Everytime I Hear Cascada, I Think Of Leigy, Sebastian Prospero & friends (9/10/06)

13-40 (27): Because You Live, Jesse McCartney (11/6/05)

14-39 (25): Have A Nice Day, Bon Jovi (10/30/05)

14-38 (24): Encinitas Rainstorm, Melissa McClelland (10/23/05)

17-40 (23): Holiday, Green Day (4/3/05)

18-40 (22): Everything To Me, Liz Phair (10/30/05)

15-36 (21): What I Say And What I Mean, The Like (1/15/06)

17-38 (21): What I Want, Daughtry feat. Slash (7/29/07)

5-25 (20): Flawful (Go To The Ghetto), Sebastian Prospero & friends (7/9/06)

19-39 (20): Better, Guns N’ Roses (11/19/06)

20-40 (20): Giving You Up, Kylie Minogue (3/13/05)

    Holiday, Green Day (6/12/05)

1-20 (19): Like A Virgin & Hollywood Medley (MTV VMA’s 2003), Madonna/Britney/Christina/Missy (9/24/03)

13-32 (19): Bossy, Lindsay Lohan (6/29/08)

18-37 (19): Tarantula, The Smashing Pumpkins (7/29/07)

20-39 (19): Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani (7/3/05)

                                   Nolita Fairytale, Vanessa Carlton (8/12/07)

21-40 (19): Bad Day, Daniel Powter (5/21/06)

 

Highest debuts (excluding #1 debuts):

#2: Life Wasted, Pearl Jam (5/14/06)

Loser, Dolores O’Riordan (5/27/07)

#3: Knees Of My Bees, Alanis Morissette (12/12/04)

#4: Gone, Pearl Jam (8/27/06)

When We Were Young, Dolores O’Riordan (3/25/07)

Headlines (Friendship Never Ends), Spice Girls (10/28/07)

#5: Immigrant Song, Ann Wilson (7/22/07)

#6: I Believe, Fantasia (6/16/04)

#7: Don’t Cry Out Loud, Diana DeGarmo (6/27/04)

Learning The Hard Way, Gin Blossoms (6/11/06)

#8: Shadow, Ashlee Simpson (8/8/04)

Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (1/9/05)

#10: Flying Without Wings, Ruben Studdard (6/18/03)

Crazy, Alanis Morissette (9/18/05)

Kiss Me Deadly (Live From Rocklahoma 2008), Lita Ford (7/20/08)

 

Highest re-entry:
#10: These Words, Natasha Bedingfield (8/8/05)

 

ALL TIME

 

Top hits of all time (as of 7/20/08):

1. Sleeps With Butterflies, Tori Amos (1/9/05-9/18/05, 9 weeks #1)

2. World Wide Suicide, Pearl Jam (3/12/06-11/12/06, 9 weeks #1)

3. Ordinary Day, Dolores O’Riordan (2/25/07-10/7/07, 10 weeks #1)

4. Crazy, Alanis Morissette (9/18/05-4/16/06, 6 weeks #1)

5. Eight Easy Steps, Alanis Morissette (8/15/04-3/20/05, 12 weeks #1)

6. 8th World Wonder, Kimberley Locke (12/3/03-6/9/04, 1 week #1)

7. Crushcrushcrush, Paramore (9/21/07-4/13/08, 2 weeks #1)

8. Come Clean, Hilary Duff (12/17/03-5/26/04, 2 weeks #1)

9. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day (11/14/04-4/24/05, 2 weeks #1)

10. Coalmine, Armchair Cynics (12/11/05-6/18/06, 5 weeks #1)

 

Top artists of all time (as of 7/20/08):

1. Tori Amos (11/7/04-4/6/08; 16 hits)

2. Madonna (7/2/03-present; 13 hits)

3. Sarah McLachlan (10/15/03-3/18/07; 12 hits)

4. Alanis Morissette (4/14/04-present; 9 hits)

5. Evanescence (7/2/03-5/27/07; 7 hits + 2 Amy Lee + 1 Ben Moody)

6. Girls Aloud (11/14/04-4/20/08; 13 hits)

7. Delta Goodrem (2/25/04-3/23/08; 15 hits)

8. Oasis (5/8/05-12/30/07; 6 hits)

9. Kelly Clarkson (7/2/03-8/26/07; 10 hits)

10. Daughtry (11/5/06-7/13/08; 8 hits)

 

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