American instrumental number ones

In the history of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart since the rock era, only 21 instrumentals have topped their chart and this year marks the 40 anniversay since the last one. Here is the full list of those 21 tracks. No. Title Artist Year 1 The Happy Organ Dave...

Groups with the most UK number one albums

Following on from last week’s solo artists with the most UK number one albums, here is the list of 35 groups/bands with five or more number one albums to their credit since the chart began back in 1956. Act Number of No.1 albums Comments Bon Jovi 5 Boyzone 5...

Solo acts with the most UK number one albums

Since the album chart began back in 1956, 21 solo artists have accumulated five or more chart-topping albums, here is the list. Artist No. Celine Dion 5 Prince 5 Phil Collins 6 Paul McCartney 7 Inc 1 with Wings Barbra Streisand 7 George Michael 7 Cliff Richard 7 inc 3...

Fire vs Water hits

During a recent quiz when I featured songs with fire and water in song titles, I was asked, out of interest, which word is more popular. So, narrowing down to top 20, here is the result. Artist Title Year Position Artist Title Year Position Rocky V Feat Joey B. Ellis...

Most Grammy awards

Here are the top 20 music-related people who have won 20 or more Grammys. Rank Artist Number of Grammys 1 Beyoncé 35 2 Sir Georg Solti 31 Hungarian-born conductor 3= Quincy Jones 28 3= Chick Corea 28 US jazz pianist 5 Alison Krauss 27 6= Pierre Boulez 26 French...