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Among signaling artists, The Beatles boast the astir No. 1 singles successful the Billboard Hot 100’s history: Mariah Carey ranks second, and paces each soloists, with 19 leaders.
Who has the astir No. 1s among songwriters and producers?
Paul McCartney, with 32, and John Lennon (26), of The Beatles, fertile archetypal and third, respectively, for having written the astir Hot 100 No. 1s, acknowledgment to their respective radical and solo outputs, with Max Martin successful 2nd spot with 28, from Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” successful 1999 through, astir recently, Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia.”
Max Martin, meanwhile, has passed George Martin for the most Hot 100 No. 1s among producers: 26. As with his penning history, the former’s No. 1 tally arsenic a shaper stretches from “…Baby One More Time” done “The Fate of Ophelia.” The latter, notably, produced 19 of The Beatles’ 20 No. 1s. The lone Fab Four No. 1 that helium didn’t produce? Their last, 1970’s “The Long and Winding Road,” connected which Phil Spector took the reins. His different 4 leaders arsenic a shaper are America’s “Sister Golden Hair” (1975), McCartney and Stevie Wonder’s “Ebony and Ivory” (1982), McCartney and Michael Jackson’s “Say, Say, Say” (1983-84) and Elton John’s “Candle successful the Wind 1997” (1997-98).
Here is an updated look astatine the songwriters and producers with the astir Hot 100 No. 1s all-time, done the illustration dated Oct. 18, 2025 (compiled via Billboard charts section probe and Fred Bronson’s invaluable The Billboard Book of Number One Hits).
Most Hot 100 No. 1s by Writers:
- 32, Paul McCartney
- 28, Max Martin
- 26, John Lennon
- 18, Mariah Carey
- 18, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald
- 16, Barry Gibb
- 15, James “Jimmy Jam” Harris III
- 15, Brian Holland
- 15, Terry Lewis
- 14, Lamont Dozier
Most Hot 100 No. 1s by Producers:
- 26, Max Martin
- 23, George Martin
- 18, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald
- 16, James “Jimmy Jam” Harris III
- 16, Terry Lewis
- 15, Mariah Carey
- 14, Barry Gibb
- 13, Lamont Dozier
- 13, Albhy Galuten
- 13, Brian Holland
- 13, Karl Richardson
As for different talents connected the lists above, Mariah Carey’s number climbed to 18 Hot 100 No. 1s arsenic a writer and 15 arsenic a producer, and 19 arsenic an artist, acknowledgment to her 25-years-in-the-making contiguous received erstwhile “All I Want for Christmas Is You” reached No. 1 successful December 2019. (Carey’s lone No. 1 that she didn’t author? Her 1992 screen of the Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There.”)