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MOST WEEKS AT NR. 1 - BY ARTIST

Randall Stevens | 02/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

" Elvis Presley hold the record (which will be hard to beat) for the most weeks spent at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. All those songs are on this incredible CD.Here is the top 20 all time list:MOST WEEKS AT NR. 1 - BY ARTISTPosition, Artist, Number of weeks 1 Elvis Presley 79
2 Mariah Carey 61
3 Beatles 59
4 Boyz II Men 50
5 Michael Jackson 37 (apart from The Jackson Five)
6 Madonna 32
7 Whitney Houston 31
8 Paul McCartney 30 (including Wings)
Elton John 30
10 BeeGees 27
11 Janet Jackson 26
12 George Michael 23 (including Wham!)
13 Supremes 22
Monica 22
Santana 22
16 Pat Boone 21
Stevie Wonder 21
Lionel Richie 21
19 Rod Stewart 20
Diana Ross 20 (apart from The Supremes) "

The Number One Hits

Jake Stitch | USA | 12/28/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

""The Number One Hits" is a nice collection of standard Presley hits such as "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", etc., and it's quite nice to have these on a single disc. Also noteable, though, are the lesser-known number ones that appear here ("Don't", "Hard Headed Woman", "A Big Hunk O'Love"). That said, one could argue that several number ones were omitted; this disc features only Billboard chart-toppers. Also, suprisingly, some Elvis favorites that made nunber one on several charts besides Billboard aren't here. In fact, according to RCA, every copy of "Way Down" sold out within days of Elvis's death, and yet it's not here. Like the recently released "The Beatles 1" for the Beatles, this album is full of great Elvis, but it's missing several hits. These eighteen songs (and several others by The King) will live forever."

"The King" is king for a reason!

Kendal B. Hunter | Provo, UT United States | 02/15/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the slimmed-down version of "Top Ten Hits," which means you're getting the "best of the best." Being "the King," and having a recording career covering two decades, there is a lot of good Elvis to choose from.We gauge the Beatles by their albums, but we gauge the King by his songs, since their careers and styles were different. None of the Beatles did time in the Army, or focused on a movie career like Elvis. Elvis was not a recording artist, or a composer/songwriter, but an entertainer. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that Elvis put the "E" in entertainment. This CD has the hits listed chronologically, so you are hearing the evolving Elvis, as he gets his feel for the studio, and adds that to his natural talents and irreplaceable voice. The only down-side it that you aren't getting some of his popular songs that were not #1 hits, such as "Kentucky Rain," or "In the Ghetto (the Vicious Circle)," which are better than some of the songs on this CD. If you want a deeper run into Graceland, then get the "Top Ten Hits," which should have anything you could ever want in a Elvis survey CD.The copies are flawless, and have a clean re-mastering process, so they tracks almost sound fresh. The linear notes are also helpful. It is a nice picture of the thin Elvis, which looks like a potage stamp, even though I prefer the later Elvis that I remember seeing on TV as a lad."