TRACING POPULAR TASTES : US #1 SINGLES LEADERBOARD.
This post: 1955-89. More: tomorrow.
Caffè Lattè traces the shifts in popular music through the decades…
-THE LEADERBOARD-
The Rock Era is said to have begun in 1955 when “Rock Around The Clock” became the first rock ‘n’ roll disc to reach #1 on Billboard’s Singles Chart. Since then, pop music has spawned countless sub-genres, including: new wave, disco, Merseybeat, garage, hip hop, punk, grunge, funk, psychedelic soul, folk rock and Motown.
This series charts the changes in trends and how they have impacted the chart statistics from the American perspective. Every single that reached #1 in the U.S.A. since mid- 1955 to the present is taken into account. Acts are ranked according to how many chart-topping songs they have achieved and separated by number of weeks spent in the top position.
The Beatles moved into the top of this leaderboard in 1970 and have remained in front ever since. No other act has accumulated as many No. 1 singles. There has been much change in the lower ranks over subsequent decades.
As the 1980s came to an end, acts such as Madonna, Phil Collins and Prince continued accruing more number one singles.
PART TEN
July 1955-1989
1. THE BEATLES 20 59
2. ELVIS PRESLEY 17 77
3. THE SUPREMES 12 22
4. MICHAEL JACKSON* 11 29
5. THE BEE GEES 9 27
6. PAUL McCARTNEY 8 25
7. THE ROLLING STONES 8 17
8. STEVIE WONDER* 7 17
9. MADONNA 7 15
10.PHIL COLLINS 7 15
11.WHITNEY HOUSTON 7 13
12.DIANA ROSS* 6 20
13.GEORGE MICHAEL 6 16
14.HALL & OATES 6 14
15.LIONEL RICHIE 5 21
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