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FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST SIMULTANEOUS HIT SINGLES

 

As Whitney Houston has 12 Hits in the latest UK Singles Chart, she now holds the

Singles Chart Record for a Female with the Most Top 75 Hits at the same time.

 

(Although The Jam had more in 1983, & Michael Jackson had more in 2009).

 

WHITNEY HOUSTON - (12 Top 75 Hits at the same time)

 

W/E 25th February 2012

 

14) (R/E) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

20) (R/E) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

40) (R/E) ONE MOMENT IN TIME

42) (R/E) MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE

44) (RE) I HAVE NOTHING

56) (R/E) HOW WILL I KNOW

58) (R/E) THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

59) (R/E) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU

61) (R/E) IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY

62) (R/E) MILLION DOLLAR BILL

67) (R/E) RUN TO YOU

74) (R/E) WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO

 

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AMY WINEHOUSE - (8 Top 75 Hits at the same time)

 

W/E 6th August 2011

 

08) (81) BACK TO BLACK

27) (R/E) TEARS RUN DRY ON THEIR OWN

29) (R/E) REHAB

33) (R/E) LOVE IS A LOSING GAME

37) (R/E) YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD

41) (R/E) VALERIE

45) (R/E) VALERIE (Mark Ronson Featuring Amy Winehouse)

62) (N/E) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW

 

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RIHANNA - (7 Top 75 Hits at the same time - for 3 Consecutive Weeks)

 

W/E 4th June 2011

 

20) (36) CALIFORNIA KING BED

36) (37) S & M

47) (41) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists)

55) (49) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna)

58) (R/E) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna)

70) (95) WHAT’S MY NAME (Rihanna Feat. Drake)

74) (65) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)

 

W/E 11th June 2011

 

08) (20) CALIFORNIA KING BED

37) (36) S & M

52) (58) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna)

58) (47) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists)

61) (70) WHAT’S MY NAME (Rihanna Feat. Drake)

66) (55) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna)

74) (74) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)

 

W/E 18th June 2011

 

15) (08) CALIFORNIA KING BED

43) (37) S & M

63) (58) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists)

66) (52) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna)

68) (66) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna)

74) (74) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)

75) (N/E) MAN DOWN

Edited February 20, 201213 yr by zeus555

Thanks for the info! "All of the Lights" is a bit tricky as I've seen it on charts around the world with or, like in most cases, without other acts credited than Kanye.

 

That feat by Rihanna is impressive anyway.

 

 

Adele's Grammy record (tie) is only the female record - I think Michael Jackson got eight awards on one night for his Thriller era.

 

 

SKOB - I'm going by Wikipedia as regards Rihanna being credited on 'All Of The Lights'.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_of_the_Lights

 

Incidently, several sources also credit Drake on it. However, he wasn't on it.

He was going to be on it. He may even have recorded vocals for it. But, he

was not used on the final Single/Track.

 

Even The OCC think he was on it.....

I've still got "All of the Lights" credited to Kanye West & Various Artists as that was the way it seemed to be promoted at the time. Not inlcuding this in Rihanna's discography, she still managed to reach the 650 weeks in the Top 75 mark this week.

 

Another similar milestone reached this week was by Adele who reached 250 Top 75 weeks.

fchd - Apparently, the Single version of 'All Of The Lights' - the one released to Radio,

definitely credited both Kanye West & Rihanna as being on it. The Official Video for it

also credited Rihanna.

 

Here is what the last.fm Site says about the Track:,

 

"All of the Lights” is a song from Kanye West’s fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The track features drop-ins from Rihanna, Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John (on piano), Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams and La Roux singer Elly Jackson. The song was written by Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and produced by Kanye West and Jeff Bkasker. The video edit included only Rihanna and Kid Cudi’s vocals, but Rihanna was the only credited featured artist.

 

According to the All of the Lights Songfacts, Drake also recorded vocals for this track but was dropped from the final version. During an appearance on Shade 45’s morning show the rapper explained that despite not knowing why he was removed, he’s cool about it. Said Drake: “We make music differently. I make what comes to me and I hate changing it, whereas ‘Ye will change something 30 or 40 times to get it perfect. To each their own, and the change was to put all those people on it, and I wasn’t one of them. That’s completely OK.”

 

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Because of that source, & several others, I regard it as a Rihanna Hit. As does her Wikipedia Discography:,

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna_discography

Edited February 20, 201213 yr by zeus555

Thanks! I have no problem with her being credited because her hook is vital part of the song. It's just that she wasn't credited neither on the album booklet nor Billboard Hot 100.

I'm considering changing the credit of All Of The Lights on my chart spreadsheet to just 'Kanye West' - because that seems to be the way it's credited on the album, without a 'feat. Various Artists', so keeping the Various Artists credit clashes with my general rule of using the crediting as listed on the album unless there is an artist added specifically for the single release...

Bre - The Album version was just credited to Kanye West. But, the Single version was credited

to Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists. I go by the Single/Radio credit, as that is what

made the Singles Chart.

 

However, ever since all of this 'Featuring' has been increasingly happening on Hits, it certainly

confuses which Hit belongs to who. Drake is definitely not on 'All Of The Lights', no matter what

any other source says. Hopefully that misconception will not end up in UK Chart Books, as he

will then end up with 19 Top 75 Weeks, from a No.15 Hit, that he was not even on!

Edited February 21, 201213 yr by zeus555

Bre - The Album version was just credited to Kanye West. But, the Single version was credited

to Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists. I go by the Single/Radio credit, as that is what

made the Singles Chart.

 

However, ever since all of this 'Featuring' has been increasingly happening on Hits, it certainly

confuses which Hit belongs to who. Drake is definitely not on 'All Of The Lights', no matter what

any other source says. Hopefully that misconception will not end up in UK Chart Books, as he

will then end up with 19 Top 75 Weeks, from a No.15 Hit, that he was not even on!

 

It almost certainly will end up in the chart books, because presumably they just copy how the OCC officially credits it and it does appear on the OCC website as 'KANYE WEST FT DRAKE & RIHANNA'. I really don't get where the Drake credit came from though.

 

(I have now changed my credit of AOTL to just Kanye West in any case).