The artists with the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ranked

A 13-year-old Stevie Wonder had his first No. 1 hit in 1963 with Fingertips. After that there was Superstition in 1972, You Are the Sunshine of My Life in 1973, You Haven't Done Nothin' in 1974, I Wish in 1976, Sir Duke in 1977, Ebony and Ivory in 1982, I Just Called to Say I Love You in 1984, and Part-Time Lover and That's What Friends Are For in 1985.Jackson's reign began with 1986's When I Think of You when she was 20 years old. Then, there was 1989's Miss You Much, 1990's Escapade, Black Cat, and Love Will Never Do (Without You), 1993's That's the Way Love Goes and Again, 1997's Together Again, 2000's Doesn't Really Matter, and 2001's All for You.Houston has no shortage of iconic songs, and her first No. 1 was Saving All My Love for You in 1985 when she was 22. That same year, she also had How Will I Know. After that, she released The Greatest Love of All in 1986, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), Didn't We Almost Have It All and So Emotional in 1987, Where Do Broken Hearts Go in 1988, I'm Your Baby Tonight and All the Man That I Need in 1990, I Will Always Love You in 1992, and Exhale (Shoop Shoop) in 1995.The Queen of Pop has been giving us No. 1 hits for decades, and it all began with 1984's Like a Virgin when she was 26.The next 11 No. 1 singles go as follows: Crazy for You in 1985, Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, and Open Your Heart in 1986, Who's That Girl in 1987, Like a Prayer in 1989, Vogue and Justify My Love in 1990, This Used to Be My Playground in 1992, Take a Bow in 1994, and Music in 2000.The Supremes are still the best-selling girl group of all time, and with 12 No. 1 hits, it's easy to see why. They had five No. 1 singles in a row: Where Did Our Love Go, Baby Love, and Come See About Me in 1964, then Stop! In the Name of Love and Back in My Arms Again in 1965.Afterwards, there was I Hear a Symphony, also in 1965, You Can't Hurry Love and You Keep Me Hangin' On in 1966, Love Is Here and Now You're Gone and The Happening in 1967, Love Child in 1968, and Someday We'll Be Together in 1969.This is just as a solo artist — Jackson had even more as part of his childhood band, The Jackson 5.But as a solo artist, he had 13 No. 1 songs, including five all from one album, a record. As follows, his chart-topping songs are: Ben in 1972 (when he was 14), Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock with You in 1979, Billie Jean, Beat It, and Say Say Say in 1983, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Bad, and The Way You Make Me Feel, in 1987, Man in the Mirror and Dirty Diana in 1988, Black or White in 1993, and You Are Not Alone in 1995.In just 14 years, Rihanna has had 14 No. 1 songs, a staggering feat — her first being 2006's SOS. She was just 18 years old.Next there was Umbrella in 2007, Take a Bow, Live Your Life, and Disturbia in 2008, Rude Boy, Love the Way You Lie, Only Girl (In the World), and What's My Name in 2010, S&M and We Found Love in 2011, Diamonds in 2012, The Monster in 2013, and Work in 2016. The King had five No. 1 songs in 1956 alone: Heartbreak Hotel, I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, Don't Be Cruel, Hound Dog, and Love Me Tender. He was 21 at the time.The next year, there was Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, and Jailhouse Rock. In 1958, he had Don't and Hard Headed Woman. In 1959, there was just A Big Hunk o' Love.His reign continued into the '60s: Stuck on You, Now or Never, and Are You Lonesome Tonight in 1960, Surrender in 1961, Good Luck Charm in 1962, and Suspicious Minds in 1969. That's 18 chart-topping songs in 13 years.Besides being the second best-selling artist of all time, the best-selling solo artist of all time, and the best-selling female artist of all time (in terms of No. 1s), Carey has plenty of other records under her belt.Her first song to top the Hot 100 was also her debut single, Vision of Love, in 1990 when she was 20 years old. Her next three singles would also top the charts — 1990's Love Takes Time, and 1991's Someday and I Don't Wanna Cry. Emotions would also top the chart in 1991.Then came 1992's I'll Be There, 1993's Dreamlover and Hero, 1994's All I Want For Christmas Is You (which didn't actually top the charts until 2019), 1995's Fantasy and One Sweet Day, 1996's Always Be My Baby, 1997's Honey, 1998's My All, 1999's Heartbreaker, 2000's Thank God I Found You, 2005's We Belong Together and Don't Forget About Us, and 2008's Touch My Body.Though unclear for how long, the Beatles still reign supreme as the artist with the most No. 1 songs of all time.In chronological order, they topped the charts with: Love Me Do in 1962, She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand in 1963, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, and I Feel Fine, in 1964, Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, and We Can Work It Out in 1965, Paperback Writer in 1966, Penny Lane All You Need Is Love, and Hello, Goodbye in 1967, Hey Jude in 1968, Get Back and Something in 1969, and Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road in 1970.That means they had 20 No. 1 songs in eight years.Read more:22 of the most iconic record-breaking songs in pop music historyCan you guess the first No. 1 hit for these 10 musical legends?16 iconic musicians who have never had a No. 1 songOnly 43 songs have debuted at No. 1 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 — here they all are

The artists with the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ranked

10 (tie). Stevie Wonder was just 13 when he scored his first No. 1 on the Hot 100. He's had nine more since then.

10 (tie). Janet Jackson has also had 10 No. 1 hits — she's been in the No. 1 spot in three different decades.

8. Whitney Houston's 11 chart-toppers put her in eighth.

6 (tie). Madonna has 12 No. 1 hits.

6 (tie). The Supremes also had 12 No. 1 songs, all in a span of five years.

5. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, topped the charts 13 times.

4. Whenever Rihanna releases her next album, she'll surely rise, but for now she's in fourth with 14.

3. Elvis Presley's 18 No. 1 hits put him in third place.

2. Mariah Carey's 19 chart-topping songs put her just one behind the all-time record.

1. The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20.