Artists/bands with most number 1 albums?

[achtung y'all]

In the UK, Beatles are credited with 15 No.1 albums, Elvis Presley has 10, Abba, Madonna, David Bowie, Michael Jackson (+ The Jacksons) and Led Zepplin all have 8 albums (everyhit.com).
So with 9 No.1 albums, are U2 the 3rd top act with top spot records? And what is their position in the US?

 

[Soldatti]

The Rolling Stones had 10 #1 in UK too, Queen had 9.
In US the Beatles got 19, Elvis 10, Stones 9 and U2 6.

 

[achtung y'all]

Is there any other artist/band with more than 6 no.1 albums in the US?

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

In US the Beatles got 19, Elvis 10, Stones 9 and U2 6.

 

[achtung y'all]

Sorry - obviously have to be more precise. Any other bands OTHER than Beatles, Stones and Elvis as this is apparent?

 

[Dr_Macphisto]

Is there any other artist/band with more than 6 no.1 albums in the US?

I am curious to hear an answer to this as well

 

[LPU2]

Is there any other artist/band with more than 6 no.1 albums in the US?

There might be others (Madonna?), but I know Sir Elton John had 7 consecutive number ones. In fact, Elton was the first artist in music history to debut an album at #1, which at the time, was an extraordinary feat, considering that the industry tallied sales differently then. Now, albums by superstar acts are considered failures if they DON'T debut at #1.

 

[Popmartijn]

BTW, not only was Elton John the first artist to debut at #1 in the USA, he was also the second artist to do it (thus, the first artist to have 2 consecutive debuts at #1). Oh and he had a song in the Billboard Hot 100 in every year between 1970 and 2001 (? not sure about the last year, could be 2000 or 2002), something no other artist even comes close to.

[/other artist trivia]

C ya!

Marty

 

[Soldatti]

UK ALL TIME TOP ARTISTS (ALBUMS)
[Points system]

1. The Beatles (1292 weeks, 32 albums on chart, 25 albums Top 10, 15 albums #1)
2. Elvis Presley (1270, 107, 45, 10)
3. Simon And Garfunkel (1118, 13, 8, 2)
4. Frank Sinatra (926, 64, 38, 4)
5. Queen (1303, 26, 22, 9)
6. Cliff Richard (812, 57, 37, 7)
7. The Rolling Stones (799, 44, 33, 10)
8. Elton John (976, 40, 25, 6)
9. Madonna (1057, 16, 16, 8)
10. Rod Stewart (895, 33, 27, 7)

16. U2 (1112, 18, 13, 9)


UK MOST #1 ALBUMS
1. The Beatles (15)
2. Elvis (10)
3. Rolling Stones (10)
4. Queen (9)
5. Abba (9)
6. U2 (9)
7. Madonna (8)
8. Michael Jackson (8)
9. Led Zeppelin (8)
10. David Bowie (8)


UK MOST WEEKS ON ALBUMS CHART
1. Queen (1303 weeks)
2. The Beatles (1292)
3. Elvis (1270)
4. Dire Straits (1138)
5. Simon And Garfunkel (1118)
6. U2 (1113)
7. Madonna (1057)
8. David Bowie (1018)
9. Elton John (976)
10. Michael Jackson (962)

 

[Soldatti]

US ALL TIME TOP ARTISTS (ALBUMS)
[Points system]

1. Frank Sinatra (2130 weeks, 79 albums on chart, 33 albums Top 10, 4 albums #1)
2. Johnny Mathis (2166, 66, 16, 2)
3. The Beatles (2091, 45, 29, 19)
4. Elvis Presley (2018, 104, 27, 10)
5. The Rolling Stones (1685, 43, 35, 9)
6. Barbra Streisand (1497, 46, 25, 7)
7. Mitch Miller (1348, 18, 13, 3)
8. The Kingston Trio (1260, 23, 14, 5)
9. Elton John (1486, 42, 15, 7)
10. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass (1227, 19, 9, 5)

31. U2 (1085, 17, 9, 6)


US MOST #1 ALBUMS

1. The Beatles (19)
2. Elvis (10)
3. Rolling Stones (9)
4. Garth Brooks (8)
5. Jay-Z (8) [counting the last one with Linkin' Park]
6. Barbra Streisand (7)
7. Elton John (7)
8. Led Zeppelin (7)
9. Bruce Springsteen (6)
10. U2 (6)

 

[BigMacPhisto]

19 #1 albums by The Beatles.......that record will still exist in the year 3000.