Billboard simply revealed a listing of which artists have spent the most time at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and fairly just a few large rock artists made the reduce.
The record options artists from all totally different musical backgrounds, together with rap and hip-hop, pop and nation, along with rock. Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift are among the heavy-hitters from different genres which have all spent over 50 weeks at No. 1 on the chart.
In a world the place rock ‘n’ roll normally would not come out on high anymore, it is good to see that the artist who’s spent essentially the most time on the high of the chart was truly from the rock world — The Beatles. They could not have been onerous rock, but when it weren’t for his or her legacy, among the hardest rock bands now we have in the present day could by no means have existed.
As famous by Billboard, The Beatles spent a complete of 132 weeks at No. 1, with the primary time being the week of Feb. 15, 1964. The album that spent the longest on the chart consecutively was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band for 15 weeks in 1967.
Elvis Presley was the subsequent artist who spent the longest on the Billboard 200 with a rock background. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll spent 67 weeks atop the chart, and the soundtrack he did for the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii was his longest-running effort.
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Elton John was subsequent in line, having spent 39 weeks at No. 1. The Rolling Stones got here after, with a complete of 38 weeks on the high. Their 1981 album Tattoo You, which options the hit “Begin Me Up,” was their longest-running chart topper. Fleetwood Mac truly tied the Stones at 38 weeks, The Monkees totaled 37 weeks, Prince totaled 35 weeks and The Eagles 30 weeks.
There are a whole lot of different rock and metallic bands who’ve spent a very long time on the Billboard 200, together with Metallica, Queen, Pink Floyd and Weapons N’ Roses. However spending over 30 weeks at No. 1 is a really distinctive feat, and we’re rattling happy with the rock illustration this time round.
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These bands have been bought and streamed greater than every other rockers. Sellouts!
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