This page lists national records achieved by people, groups or institutions from the United States of America, or achievements within a contest or chart limited to the USA, for instance the Billboard music charts.

Music

Numeber Ones

• Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100: 20 (The Beatles)
• Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Male Artist: 17 (Elvis Presley)
• Most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a Female Artist: 17 (Mariah Carey)
• Most #1 albums for a Female Artist: 8 (Barbra Streisand)
• Most #1 debuts: 3 (Mariah Carey)
• Most #1 consecutive songs for a new artist: 5 (Mariah Carey)
• Most consecutive singles to reach #1: 7 (Whitney Houston)
• Most #1 covers: 4 (Whitney Houston)
• Most #1 songs during the Christmas Season: 3 (Mariah Carey)
• Most expletives in a #1 song: "Fuck It" by Eamon
• Oldest female Singer at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Cher (52 years) ("Believe")

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool, Merseyside, England. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is a two-time Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, film producer and director. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer and actress. ... Fuck It (Dont Want You Back) is a single released by American pop singer Eamon in 2004. ... Éamon, Eamon, Éamonn or Eamonn is an Irish male given name meaning wealthy guard. The English equivalent is Edmund or Edmond (Old English: Eadmund). ... Cher[1] (born Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere on May 20, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entertainer. ... Believe can refer to: Believe (Cher single), album by Cher. ...

Length

• Most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 16 weeks (One Sweet Day) (Mariah Carey and Boys II Men)
• Most weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100: 11 weeks (Exhale (Shoop Shoop)) (Whitney Houston)
• Most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 79 weeks (Elvis Presley)
• Most cumulative weeks at #1 by a Female Artist on the Billboard Hot 100: 77 weeks (Mariah Carey)
• Most cumulative weeks at #1 on the Billboad 200 by a Female Artist: 50 weeks (Whitney Houston)
• Most cumulative weeks at #1 Billboard Hot 100 in a single year: 28 weeks (Usher Raymond)
• Most cumulative weeks at #1 by female artist on Billboard Hot 100 in a single year: 17 weeks (Beyonce Knowles)
• Longest time spent on billboard charts by a single album: The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd (591 consecutive weeks, 1,380 total. On Best seller list for 741.)Ř
• Longest run at #1 by a Female Solo Artist on the Billboard Hot 100: 14 weeks (tie: We Belong Together by Mariah Carey and I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston)
• Longest run at #1 by a Male Group on the Billboard Hot 100: 14 weeks I'll Make Love To You (Boys II Men)
• Longest run at #1 by a Female Group on the Billboard Hot 100: 11 weeks Independent Women Part I (Destiny's Child)
• Artist with the most albums to stay at #1 on the Billboard 200 for over 10 weeks: Whitney Houston (3 albums)
• Artist(s) with the Most Songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Boys II Men (3 songs)
• Male Artist with the Most Songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Carlos Santana (2 songs)
• Female Artist with the Most Songs to stay over 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Mariah Carey (2 songs)
• Longest time spent on Billboard Rap/Hip Hop chart top 25 by a group: 48 weeks (Wu Tang Clan)
• Longest run at #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart: 25 weeks ("La Tortura") (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz)
• Longest time spent at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart: The Preacher's Wife (Whitney Houston)

One Sweet Day is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey and quartet Boyz II Men and co-written by Carey, Walter Afanasieff and Boyz II Men members Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, and Michael McCary. ... Boyz II Men is a Motown vocal group from Philadelphia, founded in 1988, consisting of Wanya Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris. ... Exhale (Shoop Shoop) is a 1995 hit single by soul singer Whitney Houston, featured on the soundtrack of the film Waiting to Exhale, in which she also starred. ... Usher (born Usher Jamie Raymond, IV on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an African-American singer and actor. ... Beyoncé in 2004 with her five Grammys. ... The Dark Side of the Moon (titled in the 1993 CD release as Dark Side of the Moon) is a 1973 concept album by Pink Floyd. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and as they evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. ... Independent Women Part I was a popular Destinys Child song from 2000, on the album Survivor. ... Destinys Child was a Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. ... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... The Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hardcore rap group, originally from Staten Island, New York, USA (Staten Island is referred to as Shaolin in their lyrics). ... Recognizing the phenomenal growth of the U.S. market for Spanish music during the last decades Billboard magazine established the Hot Latin Tracks singles chart. ... (English: The Torture) is a Latin-pop song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian Latin pop singer-songwriter. ... Alejandro Sanz with three of his Latin Grammy awards. ... The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ...

Sales

• Best Selling Album Artist: Garth Brooks (based on RIAA shipments)
• Best Selling Female Album Artist: Barbra Streisand (based on RIAA shipments)
• Best Selling Album Artist: Garth Brooks (66 million) (based on retail sales)
• Best Selling Female Album- Artist: Mariah Carey (49.1 million) (based on retail sales)
• Best Selling debut album by a Female Artist: Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morrisette) (16x Platinum)
• Best Selling single in a week: Hips Don't Lie by Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
• Best Selling Christmas Album: "Elvis Christmas Album" (Elvis Presley) (9x Platinum)
• Best Selling Christmas Albm by a Female Artist: Merry Christmas (album) (Mariah Carey) (5x Platinum)
• Best selling album by a Latin artist on the Billboard Pop 200 List in its first week of release: (Dreaming of You 321,000 Selena)
• Artist with the Best Selling verion of The Star Spangled Banner: Whitney Houston (Platinum)
• Female artist with the most albums to sell over 9 million unitis: Tie: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Shannia Twain
• Best Selling Gospel album: The Preacher's Wife (Whitney Houston)
• Female Artist with the Most Diamond Certified albums: Shannia Twain (3 albums)

Jagged Little Pill is Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissettes third album in total and first to be released outside Canada, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, Canadian singer_songwriter and occasional actress. ... Hips Dont Lie is a Grammy Award-nominated Latin pop song performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian Latin pop singer-songwriter. ... Album cover of 2000s The Ecleftic Nelust Wyclef Jean (IPA pronunciation: ) (born October 17, 1972) is an American rapper, reggae artist, producer, and member of the superstar hip hop trio The Fugees, known now for a series of high-profile hit singles in the 1990s. ... Merry Christmas is the fifth album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on November 1, 1994 (see 1994 in music) by Columbia Records. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... Dreaming of You was the last studio album recorded by Selena. ... Selena Quintanilla Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), best known as Selena, was a Mexican-American singer who has been called the queen of Tejano music. ...

Miscellaneous

• Most Platinum Singles for a Female Arist: 13 (Mariah Carey)
• Largest Initial Certification made by the RIAA: 6x Platinum (the Bodyguard Soundtrack)
• Most Consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 Chart: 10 (Mariah Carey)
• Most Consecutive Top 5 debuts on the Billboard 200 Chart: 9
• Song with the Most Measured Airplay Impressions on American Radio: We Belong Together (Mariah Carey) (223 million listeners)
• Song with the Most Measured Airplay Impressions on American Radio: We Belong Together (Mariah Carey) (223 million listeners)
• Only Female Artist to occupy the #1 and #2 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart simultaneously: Mariah Carey (We Belong Togther and Shake It Off)
• Most Successful Virtual Band: Gorillaz
• Artist with the most albums on The Billboard 200 list at one time: Selena in 1995 had Dreaming of You, Amor Prohibido, 12 Super Hits, Live, Entre a mi mundo, Ven Conmigo.