There’s only one Queen

In the course of charting over a half-century of music, the Billboard Hot 100, now celebrating its 55th anniversary, has seen some songs transform into hits, but it has also chronicled major chart feats.

As part of the Hot 100 55th anniversary celebrations <Billboard.com have delved into the chart’s rich history to take a look, by the numbers, at the list’s Top 100 artists, the artists with the most Hot 100 No. 1’s and top tens, the artists with the most overall Hot 100 hits, the biggest No. 2 hits, and more. Madonna is the Number One solo artist in the list and overall comes at the second spot following The Beatles. Have a look at the rundown:

Hot 100: Top 100 Artists

1 The Beatles
2 Madonna
3 Elton John
4 Elvis Presley
5 Mariah Carey
6 Stevie Wonder
7 Janet Jackson
8 Michael Jackson
9 Whitney Houston
10 The Rolling Stones

Hot 100: Most No. 1s By Artist

The all-time list of the artists with the most Hot 100 No. 1 hits

The Beatles 20
Mariah Carey 18
Michael Jackson 13
Madonna 12
Rihanna 12
The Supremes 12
Whitney Houston 11
Janet Jackson 10
Stevie Wonder 10
Bee Gees 9
Elton John 9
Paul McCartney 9
Usher 9

Most Top 10 Hits By Artist
The artists with the most top 10 hits on the Hot 100
Madonna 38
The Beatles 34
Michael Jackson 28
Stevie Wonder 28
Mariah Carey 27
Janet Jackson 27
Elton John 27
Elvis Presley 25
Rihanna 24
Whitney Houston 23
The Rolling Stones 23

Most Weeks at No. 1 By Artist
The artists who have spent the most weeks at the Hot 100’s pole position
Mariah Carey 79
The Beatles 59
Boyz II Men 50
Rihanna 47
Usher 47
Michael Jackson 37
Beyonce 36
Elton John 34
Janet Jackson 33
Madonna 32

The 55th anniversary edition of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and Artists charts are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, since the chart’s inception in August 1958 through the July 27, 2013 rankings. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the Hot 100’s 55 years (i.e., the inclusion of Nielsen Entertainment airplay monitoring and point-of-sales tracking and the recent inclusion of streaming data, among earlier modifications), certain eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. The Artist chart utilizes the same point system and adjusted weighting as the Songs list, but aggregates all titles for each act that charted over the course of its career.

Source: Billboard.com.