The Beatles boast the most No. 1s on Billboard’s premier all-genre song and album charts: 20 leading songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and 19 chart-topping albums on the Billboard 200.
While those records remain two of the most vaunted in Billboard chart history (dating to the first national songs survey in the July 27, 1940, issue), a select group of acts have earned 40 or more No. 1s on individual listings.
Madonna holds the mark for the most No. 1s on any Billboard chart: 50 on Dance Club Songs, from 1983 through 2020 (when the chart went on indefinite hiatus). The achievement even led to an album: In 2022, she released Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, itself a No. 1 on Top Dance Albums. “Dance is my first love,” she told Billboard upon becoming the only member of the 50 No. 1s club, “so every time one of my songs is celebrated in the clubs and recognized on the charts, it feels like home!”
Few other stars have each earned at least 40 No. 1s on singular Billboard charts — spanning pop, country, dance, K-pop, Latin and R&B/hip-hop. The honoree of the most recent induction ceremony? J Balvin, who notched his 40th leader on the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart (dated March 14, 2026) with “Si Te Vas,” with Jay Wheeler; a week later, it likewise became his 40th No. 1 on Latin Airplay. “To break another record and see the fans embrace the song like this means a lot,” J Balvin beamed to Billboard.
To hit No. 1 a Billboard chart even once is a feat to celebrated. Multiply that by 40 … or 50? Below, browse the elite acts that have reigned a staggering 40 more times each on individual rankings (dating to the Billboard 200’s launch in 1956).
