![]() ![]() Now let’s take a look at the individual performance of each performer’s “Top/Hot 100” records. They averaged nearly 9 singles chart entries per year over their 7 years as a group. Although The Beatles’ total chart records can’t compete with Elvis’ total, the group’s average per year is much higher. They debuted with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” on January 18, 1964, and made their final bow with “The Long and Winding Road,” which last appeared on the Billboard chart on July 25, 1970. ![]() It was still on the chart when Elvis died less than two months later.ĭuring their career as a group, The Beatles placed a total of 62 titles on the “Hot 100” between 19. His final entry on the Billboard singles chart came when “Way Down” debuted on June 25, 1977. His first chart record, “Heartbreak Hotel,” entered the chart on March 3, 1956. That’s an average of a little over 6 chart titles per year over 22 years. Between 19, Presley put 134 sides in the “Top/Hot 100” charts. In total chart songs, Elvis more than doubled up on The Beatles. Then we’ll break it down into top 40, top 20, top 10, top 5, and #1 records for each. Now let’s take a look at the raw Billboard chart numbers, starting with the total of recordings by the two acts on the “Top/Hot 100” during their respective careers. And, of course, The Beatles are not given credit for the chart records of each former Beatle after the breakup. Not counted in the comparison below are the few records that each had in the “Top/Hot 100” after their careers ended that is, after Elvis’ death in 1977 and after The Beatles broke up in 1970. One disclaimer before we start looking at the chart history of Elvis and The Beatles. Elvis and The Beatles: a raw number comparison.Let’s call that combined chart the “Top/Hot 100.” So, simply recognizing the continuous flow from Billboard’s “Top 100” into its “Hot 100” allows a direct comparison of Elvis Presley’s and The Beatles’ chart history. The ratings continued to be based basically on a mixture of commercial sales and disc jockey airplay reports. In reality, the magazine simply jazzed up the name of its main singles chart by changing its title to the “Hot 100.” A comparison of the final “Top 100” chart on July 28, 1958, and the first “Hot 100” chart the following week indicates that there was no substantive change in how the two charts were compiled. He went on to dominate that chart until Billboard replaced it with the “Hot 100” in August 1958. Elvis’s first hit single, “Heartbreak Hotel,” made its debut on the “Top 100” in March 1956. The origins of the “Hot 100” go back to November 1955, when Billboard launched its “Top 100” chart. And a fair, head-to-head assessment of the music chart history of both acts is easy to compile. Beatles competition too seriously, I know that many long time fans of both do. That means 30 Elvis chart records, including 13 top 10 sides and 7 #1 songs were not counted in the Billboard list that placed Elvis well behind The Beatles. Since the rankings include only entries in the “Hot 100,” they ignore all of Presley’s hit single records before August 4, 1958. On the surface, a few of those placings are counter-intuitive (Janet ahead of Michael?), but for now let’s just consider how The Beatles finished so far ahead of Elvis on the list. The Beatles topped the list, followed in order by (2) Madonna, (3) Elton John, (4) Elvis Presley, (5) Stevie Wonder, (6) Mariah Carey, (7) Janet Jackson, (8) Michael Jackson, (9) Whitney Houston, and (10) The Rolling Stones. ![]()
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