rihanna has the most number one music hits.
who has the most number one music hits?
rihanna
during this time, the official charts company compiled the band's chart history which states that other than their number-ones they had, 25 uk top 10s, 26 uk top 40s, 27 uk top 75s, 20 weeks at number 1, 76 weeks in top 10, 189 weeks in top 40 and 282 weeks in top 75 in the uk singles chart. while 7 number 1s, 12 uk top 10s, top 40s, top 75s, 7 weeks at number 1, 92 weeks in top 10, 189 weeks in top 40, and 299 weeks in top 75 in the uk albums chart. they also had seven album number-ones in eight years. the most number ones with different albums by a music album act, group, pop group, and male group in uk albums chart in the 2000s and the second most number ones, tied with rod stewart, with different albums by a music album act, group, pop group and male group in uk clustered per decade since the beatles in the 1960s. third highest band, and highest pop band with most number ones and top tens in uk singles chart. they have fourteen number-one singles in eight years and seven number-two singles in ten years and in seven consecutive years. they are also the pop group and act, irish group and act, and male group and act with most number-one singles with all and most members are still living. runner-up to beatles with most number one hits with an individual credits by bands, and male bands. most number one hits with an individual credits by non-british bands. runner-up to beatles with most top 3 hits by a group and a male group. runner-up to take that with most consecutive top 3 hits by a group and a male group. most consecutive top 3 hits including debut single by a male group and tied with spice girls for the act, group, pop act and pop group categories. most consecutive top 5 hits of all-time in the uk by a debuting act and group and by an act, a group, a male group, a pop act and a pop group. runner-up to madonna with most consecutive top 10 hits of all-time in uk. they have the most consecutive top 10, top 20, top 40, and top 75 hits by a debuting act and group, and by an act, a group, a male group, a pop act and a pop group in uk. all 10 of westlife's studio albums made the top three, with six of them reaching number one, both records for boy bands. they are the top act, group, pop act and pop group from ireland in the uk singles and albums charts best-selling music artists lists after u2. on the best-selling boy bands of all time list, they are eighth currently worldwide, the biggest selling boy band from ireland in history globally, and the largest selling boy band not from the united states since bay city rollers from the 1970s and the highest and the only one on the list that didn't have had a major break in the united states. in the republic of ireland, they have fourteen number-one singles and ten number-one albums, the most for a pop band and act and male band and act next to u2.
westlife
"live at the royal albert hall" debuted at number one in the united states with 96,000 copies sold, the highest one-week tally for a music dvd in four years. after one week, "live at royal albert hall" became the best-selling music dvd of 2011. this makes adele the first artist in nielsen soundscan history to have the year's number one album, the year's number one single, and the year's number one music dvd. in its 16th week at number one in the united states, it became the longest-running video by a female artist since barbra streisand's "barbra- the concert" was number one for sixteen weeks in 1996. it is the first video to spend 17 consecutive weeks at number one since jay-z and linkin park's "collision course" in 2005. in april 2012, the album topped the us charts for an 18th week, making it the longest-running music video by a british artist since pink floyd's "pulse" in 1996. on 8 april 2012, the dvd spent its 19th consecutive week at number one in the united states, becoming the longest continuous run at number one for a music dvd since 1999. in may 2012, the dvd matched whitney houston's record for the most weeks spent by a music video release at number one by a female artist with 22 consecutive weeks at number one. houston had set the record in 1986 with the release of her "the #1 video hits" video. after returning to number one the week of 16 may 2012, the dvd set the record for the most weeks spent at number one for a music dvd by a female artist with 23 weeks at number one. in may 2013, the dvd logged its 28th week on top of the chart, extending its record for the longest-running #1 music video by a female artist.
live at the royal albert hall (adele album)