List of records of the USA

List of records of the USA

This page lists national records achieved by people, groups or institutions from the United States of America, or achievements within a contest or chart limited to the USA, for instance the "Billboard" music charts.

Music

Number-ones

* Most #1 songs on the "Billboard" Hot 100: 20 (The Beatles)
* Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Male Artist: 17 (Elvis Presley)
* Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Female Artist: 18 (Mariah Carey)
* Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play: 38 (Madonna)
* Most #1 albums for a Female Artist: 8 (Barbra Streisand)
* Most #1 songs from a single album : 5 ("Bad" by Michael Jackson)
* Most songs to debut at #1 on the Hot 100: 3 (Mariah Carey)
* Most consecutive albums to debut at #1 on the Top 200: 4 Madonna, from "Music" to "Hard Candy)", and (Britney Spears, from "...Baby One More Time" to "In The Zone"
* Most consecutive singles to reach #1: 7 (Whitney Houston, from Saving All My Love For You to Where Do Broken Hearts Go)
* Most #1 covers: 4 (Whitney Houston)
* Oldest female artist to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Cher (52 years, with ("Believe")

Top 10s

* Most Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 over-all: 38 (Madonna)
* Most Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Male Artist: 36 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Duo/Group: 32 (The Beatles)
* Most Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Female Artist: 38 (Madonna)
* Most consecutive Top 10 singles: Madonna (17, from Borderline to Cherish)
* Most Top 10 songs from a single album : 7 ("Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, "Bad" by Michael Jackson, and "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" by Janet Jackson)

Top 40s

* Most Top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 over-all: 104 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Male Artist: 104 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Duo/Group: 51 (The Beatles)
* Most Top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Female Artist: 50 (Madonna)

Length

* Most weeks at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100: 16 ("One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men)
* Most cumulative weeks at #1 by a female artist on the "Billboard" Hot 100: 79 (Mariah Carey)
* Most cumulative weeks at #1 by a male artist on the "Billboard" Hot 100: 80 (Elvis Presley)
* Most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Billboad 200 by a female artist: 52 (Madonna)
* Most cumulative weeks at #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in a single year (male): 28 (Usher)
* Most cumulative weeks at #1 on "Billboard" Hot 100 in a single year (female): 17 (Beyoncé)
* Longest time spent on "Billboard" charts by a single album: "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd (591 consecutive weeks, 1,611 total. On Best Seller list for 741.)
* Longest run at #1 by a female solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100: 14 weeks (tie: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey and "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston)
* Longest run at #1 by a male group on the Billboard Hot 100: 14 weeks, "I'll Make Love To You" (Boyz II Men)
* Longest run at #1 by a female group on the Billboard Hot 100: 11 weeks, "Independent Women Part I" (Destiny's Child)
* Artist with the most albums to stay at #1 on the Billboard 200 for over 10 weeks: Whitney Houston (3 albums)
* Artist(s) with the most songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Boyz II Men (3 songs)
* Male artist with the most songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Carlos Santana (2 songs)
* Female artist with the most songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Mariah Carey (2 songs)
* Longest time spent on Billboard Rap/Hip Hop chart top 25 by a group: 48 weeks (Wu-Tang Clan)
* Longest run at #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart: 25 weeks ("La Tortura") (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz)
* Longest time spent at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart: "The Preacher's Wife" (Whitney Houston)
* Longest stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: 18 weeks, "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls)
* Longest stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Chart for a solo artist: 16 weeks, "We Belong Together" (Mariah Carey)
* Longest stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart: 14 weeks, "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)
* Longest stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot Hip/R&B Tracks Chart: 15 weeks, "Be Without You" (Mary J Blige)

ales

* Best selling album by a solo female artist: Come On Over (Shania Twain)
* Best Selling French Album of all time: D'eux (Celine Dion)
* Best Selling Album Artist: Garth Brooks (based on RIAA shipments)
* Best Selling Female Album Artist: Barbra Streisand (based on RIAA shipments)
* Best Selling Album Male Artist: Garth Brooks (67,402,000)(based on retail sales of Soundscan Era)
* Best Selling Female Album Artist: Shania Twain (49,937,000)(based on retail sales of Soundscan Era)
* Best Selling Group Album Artist : Beatles (55,695,000)(based on retail sales of Soundscan Era)
* Best Selling debut album by a Female Artist: ...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears) (14x Platinum)
* Best Selling single in a week: Hips Don't Lie (Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean)
* Best Selling Christmas Album by a Male Artist: "Noel" (Josh Groban) (4x Platinum)
* Best Selling Christmas Album by a Female Artist: Merry Christmas (album) (Mariah Carey) (5x Platinum)
* Best selling album by a Latin artist on the Billboard Pop 200 List in its first week of release: (Dreaming of You) (Selena) (321,000 copies)
* Artist with the Best Selling version of The Star Spangled Banner: Whitney Houston (Platinum)
* Best Selling Gospel album: The Preacher's Wife (Whitney Houston)
* Female Artist with the Most Diamond Certified albums: Shania Twain (3 albums)
* Fastest Selling Female Artist: Britney Spears (1,319,922 copies in first week sales and 587,009 copies in first day)
* Best Selling Artist in a week: Britney Spears (3,074,500 with 6 albums)
* Fastest Selling R&B Artist: Usher Raymond (1.1 million copies in first week sales)
* Fastest Selling Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keys (743,000 copies in first week sales)
* Fastest Selling Female Debut R&B Artist: Ashanti (504,000 copies in first week sales)
* Best Selling Holiday-themed digital Single: All I Want For Christmas Is You (1,000,000 downloads) (Mariah Carey)

Airplay

* Highest debut in the Hot 100 Airplay Chart: Erotica at #2 (Madonna)
* Highest ever one week audience on the BDS Chart for a female artist: 223m (Mariah Carey)
* highest ever one day audience on the BDS Chart (Male+Female): 32.8m (Mariah Carey)

Miscellaneous

* Most RIAA-certified singles by a Male Artist: 54 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Most RIAA-certified singles by a Duo/Group: 24 (The Beatles)
* Most RIAA-certified singles by a Female Artist: 27 (Madonna)
* Most Gold Singles for a Male Artist: 54 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Gold Singles for a Duo/Group: 24 (The Beatles)
* Most Gold Singles for a Female Arist: 27 (Madonna)
* Most Platinum Singles for a Male Arist: 27 (Elvis Presley)
* Most Platinum Singles for a Duo/Group: 6 (The Beatles)
* Most Platinum Singles for a Female Arist: 10 (Madonna)
* Largest Initial Certification for an made by the RIAA: 7x Platinum Carnival Ride (Carrie Underwood)
* Most Consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 Chart: 11 (Madonna)
* Song with the Most Measured Airplay Impressions on American Radio: No Scrubs (TLC) (228 million listeners)
* Longest song to reach #1 on Billboard: "American Pie" by Don McLean (8:36)
* Shortest song to reach #1 on Billboard: "Stay" by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (1:36)
* Most Successful Virtual Band: Gorillaz
* Artist with the most albums on The Billboard 200 simultaneously: Led Zeppelin (6)


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