Elvis Presley

:"Elvis" redirects here. For other persons and things named Elvis, see Elvis (disambiguation).

Musical milestones

During his lifetime, Elvis Presley:

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• recorded 104 singles that hit the Top 40 of the Billboard pop chart.
• had 17 number 1 Billboard hits, including four singles in 1956 that occupied the top of the charts for a cumulative total of 25 weeks. The total (17) is surpassed only by The Beatles, who had 20 number 1 hits. His closest competitor is Mariah Carey with a total of 16 number 1 hits.
• has spent a total of 79 Weeks at the number 1 position. His closest competitor is Mariah Carey with 75 weeks.
• had 38 Top 10 Billboard hits. This total is currently unchallenged; the closest competitor, Madonna, has 35. The Beatles had 34 Top 10 hits during their career.

Until the record was broken by Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" in November 1992, Elvis Presley's double-side "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" was the undisputed champion of singles in terms of weeks spent at number one. The record spent 11 weeks at the top starting on August 18, 1956.

Related Topics:
Boyz II Men - 1992 - August 18 - 1956

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These are other records set by Presley's recordings:

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• From March 1956 to November 1959, every week there was at least one Elvis song on the singles chart.
• From 1956 to 1962, Elvis set the record with 24 consecutive top 5 hit singles (singles listed with B-side songs and original U.S.A. release dates), each of which sold in excess of one million copies. Since 1962, the closest anyone has come to matching this was Madonna in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with 19 consecutive top 5 hits.

Also, on the official United Kingdom Top 40 chart, "It's Now Or Never" reached number one in the week of Sunday, January 30, 2005, 27 years after Presley's death.

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Elvis Presley has 116.5 million albums and approximately 50 million singles certified by RIAA in the United States, making his total US record sales aproximately 167 million.

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Discography:

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• For a detailed discography see: Elvis Presley discography.
• For a list of Elvis' singles see: Elvis Presley hit singles.
• For a list of all of his songs see: Alphabetical list of all of Elvis Presley's songs.