by Jon Kutner | Jun 15, 2025 | Did you know?
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...
by Jon Kutner | Jun 8, 2025 | Did you know?
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...
by Jon Kutner | Jun 1, 2025 | Did you know?
The music industry is not known for long-term marriages, but here is a list of 30 couple with 30 or more years of wedded bliss and are still going strong. Couple Years Dolly Parton & Carl Dean 59 Years John Paul Jones & Maureen Jones 58 Years Led Zeppelin John...
by Jon Kutner | May 25, 2025 | Did you know?
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...
by Jon Kutner | Apr 20, 2025 | Did you know?
Following a discussion in a pub about the best-selling albums in the UK, I thought I would update this feature especially as many of the albums in this list are still on the chart in the 2020s and the gap between the top two is ‘only’ 400,000 copies. With...
by Jon Kutner | Dec 15, 2024 | Did you know?
The EP was a popular format in the late 1950s through to mid 1960s. For record buyers who couldn’t afford an expensive LP, they could purchase at a reasonable price a 45rpm disc with four tracks from their favourite artist. An EP chart was first published in Melody...
