1. The Monkees
   Led Zeppelin
2. The Rolling Stones
   The Beatles

Perhaps one of the most iconic bands of all time, in the short time they had together, The Beatles collected 20 number ones in the Billboard Hot 100. These chart-toppers stayed in the number one slot for a collective 61 weeks.

1. George Michael
   Ringo Starr
2. Paul McCartney
   David Bowie

That is correct: David Bowie only had two songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100! It will surprise no one familiar with his music that those tracks were "Fame" and "Let's Dance," which are both classic Bowie.

1. 21 Savage
   George Harrison
2. Ringo Starr
   Phil Collins

Ringo Starr is one of the more recognizable British music icons, having provided the Beatles with percussion. He also gave the U.S. charts with hits "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen" in 1973 and 1974, respectively.

1. Rick Roll
   Rick Asley
2. Rick Rastly
   Rick Astley

Rick Astley's immortal "Never Gonna Give You Up" may be something of a meme today, but it was a lot bigger than that in 1988 when it hit number one in the U.S. Don't worry. We won't Rick Roll you.

1. EMF
   The Police
2. The Monkees
   Coldplay

Coldplay has always had a considerable degree of success in the U.S., but it was not until 2008 that the band achieved their first Billboard Hot 100 hit in the U.S. "Viva la Vida" hit number one in June of 2008.

1. Bananarama
   The Rolling Stones
2. The Spice Girls
   Coldplay

With eight singles that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, The Rolling Stones can paint it whatever color they want. In order, those hits are "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off of My Cloud," "Paint It Black," "Ruby Tuesday," "Honky Tonk Women," "Brown Sugar," and "Angie."

1. Paul McCartney
   Billy Idol
2. George Michael
   Elton John

In October of 1997, Elton John released "Candle in the Wind 1997", a tribute to the late Princess Diana, which rocketed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, staying in the number one spot for fourteen weeks. It was released as part of a single "track" with "Something About the Way You Look Tonight."

1. Mark Ronson
   Zayn
2. George Michael
   Phil Collins

Zayn's single "Perfect" hit number one on Billboard's Hot 100 in February 2016. The song was his first solo single, on his first solo album, and signaled Zayn's rise as a solo artist, following his departure from band One Direction.

1. Billy Idol
   Ed Sheeran
2. Zayn
   Ringo Starr

Ed Sheeran achieved two number one Hot 100 Billboard hits in the U.S. — one with "Shape of You" in January of 2017, and one with his collaboration with Beyoncé on "Perfect" later that year. Surely, more number ones are on their way from the young singer.

1. The Spice Girls
   Right Said Fred
2. The Human League
   Bananarama

The year 1997 saw the rise of the phenomenon that was The Spice Girls. Their hit "Wannabe" hit the U.S. charts like a hurricane, sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.

1. Phil Collins
   Donovan
2. Lewis Capaldi
   Dave Clark

Phil Collins is a massively successful artist, with number one hits in the U.S. including "Against All Odds," "One More Night," "Sussudio," "Separate Lives," "Groovy Kind of Love," "Two Hearts," and "Another Day in Paradise."

1. Mark Ronson
   George Harrison
2. 21 Savage
   Lewis Capaldi

Mick Jones's son Mark Ronson was raised in New York City and born in England, but the truth is that he was born to make music. 2015 saw his collaboration with Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk," reach number one in the U.S.

1. James Blunt
   George Harrison
2. 21 Savage
   George Michael

Post Malone's "Rockstar" hit number one on Billboards Hot 100 in the U.S. in October 2017. British rapper 21 Savage was featured on the track, though rap fans unfamiliar with him might not know that he was born in the UK, as he spent most of his young life in Atlanta, Georgia.

1. Kyla
   Lauren Bennett
2. Bonnie Tyler
   Sheena Easton

One shouldn't be expected to know Kyla unless one is very fond of house music. In that case, you would likely know the German-born DJ from her track "Do You Mind." Drake sampled this hit for his single "One Dance," which made the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S.

1. James Blunt
   Joe Cocker
2. Donovan
   Dave Clark

James Blunt's 2006 hit "You're Beautiful" was not only a number one hit in the U.S. in March of 2006 but also one of the first music videos distributed on the then-new iPod Video platform, a forerunner of all mobile video platforms. It spent one week at number one.

1. Kim Wilde
   Sheena Easton
2. Lauren Bennett
   Adele

If Adele retired from music today, she would have already cemented her legacy with several number one hits in the U.S., including "Rolling in the Deep" (2011), "Someone Like You" (2011), "Set Fire To The Rain" (2012) and "Hello" (2015).

1. Donovan
   Joe Cocker
2. Petula Clark
   George Harrison

Former Beatle George Harrison was no slouch, hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January of 1988 with "Got My Mind Set on You." It was his third solo to reach number one in the U.S. charts, following "My Sweet Lord," "Isn't It a Pity," and "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" in the 1970s.

1. Andy Gibb
   Calvin Harris
2. Petula Clark
   Paul McCartney

Calvin Harris is famous for his collaborations, but it was his collaboration with Rihanna that hit number one in the U.S. in 2011. "We Found Love" hit number one after six weeks and became one of the longest-running number-one hits on Billboard for the year.

1. Lauren Bennett
   Bonnie Tyler
2. Leona Lewis
   Kim Wilde

Lauren Bennett has been a part of many collaborations over her career, but it was her turn with LMFAO and GoonRock that resulted in "Party Rock Anthem." That track peaked at number one in July 2011, just in time to be the hit of the summer.

1. John Waite
   Joe Cocker
2. Taio Cruz
   Andy Gibb

2010's Billboard Hot 100 hit "Break Your Heart" was a collaboration on the inaugural album of Taio Cruz, who had been a producer until then. A collaboration with Ludacris, it hit number one in March 2010.

1. Billy Ocean
   Seal
2. Rod Stewart
   Jay Sean

Jay Sean's album "All or Nothing" gave birth to the hit single Down, a collaboration with Lil Wayne. On October 17, 2009, the track reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100, giving Jay Sean his first number one U.S. hit.

1. Kim Wilde
   Leona Lewis
2. Bonnie Tyler
   Sheena Easton

Leona Lewis's hit "Bleeding Love" achieved number one status on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. on the 27th of March, 2008. It is her first and so far only U.S. number one hit on that chart and marked her pop immortality. It was number one for four weeks!

1. Seal
   Maxi Priest
2. John Waite
   Billy Ocean

The summer of 1995 was the time when Seal reached the apex of his popularity with the single "Kiss from a Rose." A track from his second album, it would go on to be used in the "Batman Forever" soundtrack.

1. Lewis Capaldi
   Dave Clark
2. James Blunt
   Donovan

Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, whose father is a cousin of Peter Capaldi of "Doctor Who" fame, scored a U.S. number one hit in 2019 with his song "Someone You Loved." This is quite an achievement, given that this is from his first album.

1. Billy Ocean
   John Waite
2. Maxi Priest
   Rod Stewart

1994 was a good year for Rod Stewart and fellow British artist Sting. The pair collaborated with Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams on the song "All For Love," written by Adams, Robert Lange, and composer Michael Kamen for the film "The Three Musketeers."

1. Whitesnake
   Pink Floyd
2. EMF
   Def Leppard

The saga that is the story of Def Leppard would take too long to tell in this medium, but suffice it to say that any band whose drummer can chop as hard as anyone, after losing an arm, is worth reckoning with. Their hit "Love Bites" made it to number one in the U.S. in 1988.

1. Ace of Base
   EMF
2. The Animals
   UB40

"Can't Help Falling in Love" took UB40 to the top of the U.S. charts in 1993, with the track spending seven weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The Birmingham-based Reggae band remained hot in the U.S. for some time after that.

1. Fine Young Cannibals
   Right Said Fred
2. Whitesnake
   Fleetwood Mac

Perhaps the only song U.S. audiences are familiar with by the band, Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" took a few weeks to reach number one in the U.S., but once it did, it stayed there for a solid three weeks. The song, the band claims, was inspired by fellow members of the band's gym.

1. The Bee Gees
   EMF
2. Fine Young Cannibals
   Fleetwood Mac

Alternative band EMF made their mark on the American pop charts with their single "Unbelievable." It only spent one week at number one, but as part of the huge wave of alternative artists, EMF found itself in good company.

1. Pink Floyd
   Billy Ocean
2. Leo Sayer
   Maxi Priest

Maxi Priest came into 1990 with the number one hit "Close to You." The single stood atop the Billboard Hot 100 for only one week, but he is the only reggae fusion artist to achieve this level of popularity.

1. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
   Acker Bilk
2. Whitesnake
   Simply Red

If "Stranger on the Shore" doesn't sound familiar to you, then you probably weren't alive in 1962. Acker Bilk was the first British artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with a number one hit.

1. Peter and Gordon
   Fine Young Cannibals
2. Fleetwood Mac
   Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Fine Young Cannibals' album "The Raw & The Cooked" had two major hits reach number one in the U.S. charts. "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing" each spent a week at number one in 1989.

1. Eric Clapton
   Manfred Mann
2. Genesis
   Simply Red

Former Cream guitarist and musical genius Eric Clapton only ever topped the Billboard Hot 100 once, with his single "I Shot the Sheriff" in 1974. It was by no means his only U.S. hit, but it's one of his more memorable ones.

1. Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
   Fleetwood Mac
2. The Bee Gees
   Peter and Gordon

Fleetwood Mac was at times dysfunctional, at times sublime rock band with one foot in America and one in the UK. While the band had more popular songs than "Dreams," it was their one number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

1. Simply Red
   The Police
2. Paper Lace
   Manfred Mann's Earth Band

While the song was originally by Bruce Springsteen, it is Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of the iconic "Blinded by the Light" that one would hear on the radio all the time. Between Springsteen's arcane lyricism and Manfred Mann's pronunciation, no one could agree on the words.

1. The Bee Gees
   Peter and Gordon
2. Simple Minds
   Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders

The Brothers Gibb, aka The Bee Gees, were a Manx-born, English band with eight hits over their many years recording music. These included "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" "Jive Talkin'," "You Should Be Dancing," "How Deep Is Your Love," "Too Much Heaven," "Tragedy," "Love You Inside Out," and, of course, "Stayin' Alive."

1. Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
   The Eurythmics
2. Paper Lace
   Peter and Gordon

Peter and Gordon were among the first groups of UK artists to chart with a number one hit in the U.S. They were friends with Paul McCartney, and some of their early hits were written with McCartney, who used a pen name to test if he could write a popular song without using his name.

1. Paper Lace
   Simple Minds
2. The Eurythmics
   Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders

Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders would go their separate ways one day, but in the meantime, the group recorded "Game of Love." The song only spent a week at number one but ranked 34th in the year among the Billboard Hot 100.

1. Paper Lace
   The Police
2. The Eurythmics
   Simple Minds

Paper Lace is a one-hit-wonder band from Nottingham whose one big hit was a song called "The Night Chicago Died," which makes perfect sense when you see the way they wore their hair in 1974. It only spent a week at number one, but the band is still around.

1. Sheena Easton
   Kim Wilde
2. Kiki Dee
   Bonnie Tyler

Scottish singer Sheena Easton had a number one hit in the U.S. with "Morning Train," sometimes also called "9 to 5," but not the song by Dolly Parton. Written by Florrie Palmer, the song took Sheena Easton to number one in the U.S. for the only time.