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This is a comprehensive listing which highlights significant achievements and milestones based upon United States singles charts, before the inception of the Billboard Hot 100. This list spans the period from 1900 to December 31, 1954. Before the 1930s, only sporadic popular music charts appeared. In 1935, Your Hit Parade began publishing music charts, which were the first regular and consistently updated in the American music industry. Although Billboard magazine had featured charts before, in 1940, the trade paper began publishing them regularly, overtaking Your Hit Parade with its methodology and scope. Chart data is pulled from music historian Joel Whitburn, who, in addition to using Your Hit Parade and Billboard, has used historical sources such as press releases, news stories, and the earliest record company sales data to best represent what prospective charts would've looked like had they been published. The oldest chart data should be taken with a grain of salt, as his earliest renderings of popular music charts, paralleling the rise of the American record industry, have been criticized.

The Billboard Hot 100 began with the issue dated August 4, 1958, and is currently the standard popular music chart in the United States. For the list of achievements on the Billboard Hot 100, spanning from January 1, 1955, to present, see this page.

Most weeks at number one

 * 17 weeks
 * Francis Craig – "Near You" (1947)


 * 13 weeks
 * Glenn Miller –"In the Mood" (1940)
 * Patti Page – "The Tennessee Waltz" (1950)
 * Gordon Jenkins with The Weavers – "Goodnight Irene" (1950)
 * Harry James – "I've Heard That Song Before" (1943)
 * Artie Shaw – "Frenesi" (1940)
 * The Ink Spots – "The Gypsy" (1946)
 * Ted Weems – "Heartaches" (1947)


 * 12 weeks
 * Mills Brothers – "Paper Doll" (1943)
 * Jo Stafford – "You Belong to Me" (1952)
 * Vaughn Monroe – (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (1949)
 * Tommy Dorsey – "I'll Never Smile Again" (1940)


 * 11 weeks
 * Les Paul and Mary Ford – "Vaya Con Dios" (1953)
 * Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads – "Cry" (1951)
 * Anton Karas – "The "Third Man" Theme" (1950)
 * Guy Lombardo – "The 3rd Man Theme" (1950)
 * Frankie Carle – "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" (1946)
 * Bing Crosby – "White Christmas" (1942)

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Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one)

 * 10 weeks

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Most total weeks in the top ten

 * 30 weeks
 * Mills Brothers – "Paper Doll" (1943)


 * 28 weeks
 * Glenn Miller –"In the Mood" (1940)
 * Mills Brothers – "You Always Hurt the One You Love" (1944)


 * 27 weeks
 * Les Brown – "Sentimental Journey" (1945)
 * Ames Brothers – "You, You, You" (1953)


 * 26 weeks
 * Leroy Anderson – "Blue Tango" (1952)
 * Les Paul and Mary Ford – "Vaya Con Dios" (1953)


 * 25 weeks
 * Francis Craig – "Near You" (1947)


 * 24 weeks
 * Tony Bennett – "Because of You" (1951)
 * Freddy Martin – "Piano Concerto in B Flat" (1941)
 * The Harmonicats – "Peg o' My Heart" (1947)
 * Tommy Dorsey – "There Are Such Things" (1943)

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Most total weeks on Billboard's charts

 * 54 weeks: Bing Crosby – "White Christmas" (1942)
 * 38 weeks: Leroy Anderson – "Blue Tango" (1952)
 * 34 weeks: Mario Lanza – "Be My Love", "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (1951)
 * 33 weeks:

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Most number-one singles
Notes: Crosby had 39 number one career solo singles. This is counting the fact that "White Christmas" charted at number one three times. Source:

Most cumulative weeks at number one
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Most consecutive years charting a number-one single
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Most consecutive years charting a single
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Most number-one singles in a calendar year
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Most consecutive weeks in the top 10
94 – Glenn Miller (August 23, 1941 – June 5, 1943)

77 – Glenn Miller (May 20, 1939– November 2, 1940)

26 Bing Crosby (July 13, 1940 – January 4, 1941)

14 Glenn Miller

1900s

 * Jere Mahoney – "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" → "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (May 12, 1900)
 * Harry Macdonough – "The Tale of The Bumble Bee" → "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" (November 9, 1901)
 * J. W. Myers – "On A Sunday Afternoon" → "Way Down In Old Indiana" (July 21, 1902)
 * Arthur Collins – "Under The Bamboo Tree" → "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows" (January 17, 1903)
 * Harry Macdonough – "TIn the Sweet By-and-By" → "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" (November 9, 1901)
 * Arthur Collins – "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder"

1920s

 * Paul Whiteman
 * Paul Whiteman
 * Paul Whiteman
 * Paul Whiteman

1930s

 * Bing Crosby – "Please" → "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (November 26, 1932)


 * Bing Crosby – "It's Easy to Remember" → "Soon" (April 20, 1935)


 * Fred Astaire – "A Fine Romance" → "The Way You Look Tonight" (October 3, 1936)


 * Bing Crosby – "Sweet Leilani" → "Too Marvelous For Words" (April 24, 1937)


 * Guy Lombardo – "September in the Rain" → "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" (July 3, 1937)


 * Tommy Dorsey – "Once In A While" → "Dipsy Doodle" (November 27, 1937)


 * Glenn Miller – "Wishing (Will Make It So) → "Stairway to the Stars" → "Moon Love" (July 8 – August 12, 1939)


 * Glenn Miller – "Over the Rainbow" → "The Man with The Mandolin" → "Blue Orchids" (September 9 and 30, 1939)

1940s

 * Glenn Miller – "In The Mood" → "Tuxedo Junction" → "The Woodpecker Song" → "Imagination" (March 23 – June 22, 1940)


 * Bing Crosby – "Sierra Sue" → "Only Forever" (July 6 – June 20, 1940)


 * Jimmy Dorsey — "Amapola" → "My Sister and I" → "Maria Elena" (May 31 – June 14, 1941)


 * Jimmy Dorsey — "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) → "Blue Champagne" (September 27, 1941)


 * Glenn Miller — "Chattanooga Choo Choo" → "Elmer's Tune" → "A String of Pearls" (December 20, 1941 – February 7, 1942)


 * Harry James — "I Had the Craziest Dream" → "I've Heard That Song Before" (March 6, 1943)


 * Bing Crosby – "San Fernando Valley" → "I Love You" (May 6, 1944)


 * Bing Crosby — "I'll Be Seeing You" → "Swinging on a Star" (July 29, 1944)


 * The Ink Spots — "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" → "I'm Making Believe" (December 9, 1944)


 * The Andrews Sisters – "Don't Fence Me In" → "Rum and Coca-Cola" (February 10, 1945)


 * Bing Crosby –  "It's Been a Long, Long Time" → "I Can't Begin to Tell You" → "White Christmas" (December 22–29, 1945)

1950s

 * Tony Bennett — "Because of You" → "Cold, Cold Heart" (October 27, 1951)


 * Rosemary Clooney — "Hey There" → "This Ole House" (October 30, 1954)

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Simultaneously four or more singles in the top 10

 * Tommy Dorsey January 4 – January 18, 1936
 * Glenn Miller: December 26, 1941 – February 27, 1942 (Note: Glenn Miller had five in the top ten January 16 – January 30, 1942)
 * "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
 * "Elmer's Tune"
 * "Jingle Bells"
 * "The White Cliffs of Dover"
 * "A String of Pearls"
 * "Everything I Love"


 * Glenn Miller: April 24, 1942 – May 29, 1942 (Note: Miller had four in the top ten May 1 – May 29)
 * "Moonlight Cocktail"
 * "A String of Pearls"
 * "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
 * "Skylark"
 * "Always in My Heart"


 * Harry James: May 29, 1942 – June 5, 1942
 * "Sleepy Lagoon"
 * "One Dozen Roses"
 * "I Don't Want to Walk Without You"

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Posthumous number-ones

 * Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) — "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)

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Most weeks at number one
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Most number-one singles from a studio album
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Posthumous number-one albums

 * Glenn Miller (d. December 15, 1944) —
 * Glenn Miller (May 12, 1945)
 * Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Vol. II (November 8, 1947)
 * Glenn Miller Plays Selections from "The Glenn Miller Story" (May 22, 1954)

Songwriters with the most number-one singles
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Selected additional Pre-Hot 100 achievements
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Category:Billboard charts Category:Lists of record chart achievements