Most number-one singles in the CN Music Chart

1. U2: 30 number 1 singles

• "All I Want is You" (1990)
• "The Fly" (1991)
• "Mysterious Ways" (1991)
• "One" (1992)
• "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (1992)
• "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (1992)
• "Numb" (1993)
• "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (1994)
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (1995)
• "Miss Sarajevo" (1996)
• "Discothèque" (1997)
• "If God Will Send His Angels"/"Mofo" (1998)
• "Sweetest Thing" (1999)
• "Beautiful Day" (2000)
• "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (2001)
• "Elevation" (2001)
• "Walk On"/"New Year's Dub" (2002)
• "Electrical Storm"/"The Hands That Build America" (2003)
• "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (2004)
• "Vertigo" (2004)
• "All Because of You"/"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (2005)
• "City of Blinding Lights"/"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (2005)
• "Original of the Species"/"One" (2006)
• "The Saints Are Coming" (2006)
• "Window in the Skies" (2007)
• "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (2008)
• "Magnificent" (2009)
• "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" (2009)
• "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (2010, Bono/The Edge solo single with Rihanna and Jay-Z)
• "I Will Follow (Live at Glastonbury)" (2011)

2. Westlife: 22 number 1 singles

• "Swear it Again" (1999)
• "If I Let You Go" (1999)
• "Flying Without Wings" (1999)
• "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" (1999)
• "Fool Again" (2000)
• "Against All Odds" (2000, with Mariah Carey)
• "My Love" (2000)
• "What Makes a Man" (2000, Christmas number 1 single)
• "Uptown Girl" (2001)
• "Queen of My Heart" (2001)
• "World of Our Own" (2002)
• "Bop Bop Baby" (2002)
• "Unbreakable" (2003)
• "Mandy" (2003)
• "Smile" (2004)
• "You Raise Me Up" (2005)
• "The Rose" (2006)
• "Home" (2007)
• "Us Against the World" (2008)
• "What About Now" (2009)
• "Safe" (2010)
• "Lighthouse" (2011)

3. Spice Girls: 20 number 1 singles

• "Wannabe" (1996)
• "Say You'll Be There" (1996)
• "2 Become 1" (1996, Christmas number 1 single)
• "Who Do Think You Are?" (1997)
• "Mama" (1997)
• "Spice Up Your Life" (1997)
• "Step to Me" (1997)
• "Move Over (Generation Next)" (1997)
• "Too Much" (1997)
• "Stop" (1998)
• "Viva Forever" (1998)
• "Never Give Up on the Good Times" (1998)
• "Goodbye" (1999)
• "Holler" (2000)
• "Let Love Lead the Way" (2000)
• "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" (2001)
• "Tell Me Why" (2001)
• "Weekend Love" (2002)
• "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" (2007)
• "Voodoo" (2008)

4. Michael Jackson: 18 number 1 singles

• "Black or White" (1991)
• "Heal the World" (1992)
• "Gone Too Soon" (1993)
• "Dangerous" (1994)
• "You Are Not Alone" (1995)
• "Stranger in Moscow" (1996)
• "You Rock My World" (2001)
• "Cry" (2001, Christmas number 1 single)
• "One More Chance" (2003)
• "Cheater" (2004)
• "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" (2008, with Akon)
• "Thriller Megamix" (2009)
• "Earth Song" (2009, posthumous)
• "This Is It" (2009, posthumous)
• "Hold My Hand" (2010, posthumous with Akon)
• "Behind the Mask" (2011, posthumous)
• "Mind Is The Magic" (2011, posthumous)
• "Immortal Megamix" (2011, posthumous)

5. Madonna: 18 number 1 singles

• "Take a Bow" (1995)
• "Bedtime Story" (1995)
• "You'll See" (1996)
• "Frozen" (1998)
• "Ray of Light" (1998)
• "Beautiful Stranger" (1999)
• "Music" (2000)
• "Don't Tell Me" (2001)
• "Die Another Day" (2002)
• "Hollywood" (2003)
• "Love Profusion" (2004)
• "Hung Up" (2005)
• "Sorry" (2006)
• "Hey You" (2007)
• "4 Minutes" (2008, with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake)
• "Celebration" (2009)
• "Revolver" (2010, with Lil Wayne)
• "Give All Your Luvin'" (2012, with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.)

6. No Doubt: 16 number 1 singles

• "Just A Girl" (1995)
• "Spiderwebs"/"Doghouse" (1996)
• "Don't Speak" (1996)
• "Excuse Me Mr."/"Squeal" (1997)
• "Happy Now?"/"Sunday Morning" (1997)
• "Oi to the World"/"Hey You!" (1998)
• "New" (1999)
• "Ex-Girlfriend" (2000)
• "Bathwater" (2000)
• "Simple Kind of Life" (2001)
• "Hey Baby" (2001, with Bounty Killer)
• "Hella Good" (2002)
• "Underneath It All" (2002, with Lady Saw)
• "Running"/"Trapped in a Box" (2003)
• "It's My Life"/"Bathwater (Invincible Overlord remix)" (2004)
• "Stand and Deliver" (2009)

7. Garbage: 16 number 1 singles

• "Vow"/"Subhuman" (1995)
• "Only Happy When It Rains" (1995)
• "Queer" (1996)
• "Stupid Girl"/"Supervixen" (1996)
• "Milk"/"#1 Crush" (1997, "Milk" with Tricky)
• "Push It" (1998)
• "I Think I'm Paranoid" (1998)
• "Special" (1999)
• "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"/"When I Grow Up" (1999)
• "You Look So Fine"/"Temptation Waits" (1999)
• "The World Is Not Enough" (2000)
• "Androgyny"/"Cherry Lips" (2001)
• "Breaking Up the Girl"/"Shut Your Mouth" (2002)
• "Why Do You Love Me"/"Bleed Like Me" (2005)
• "Sex Is Not the Enemy"/"Run Baby Run" (2006)
• "Tell Me Where It Hurts" (2007)

8. Mariah Carey: 16 number 1 singles

• "Vision of Love" (1990)
• "Emotions" (1991)
• "I'll Be There" (1992)
• "Hero" (1993)
• "Without You" (1994)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994, Christmas number 1)
• "Fantasy" (1995)
• "Underneath the Stars" (1996)
• "Honey" (1997)
• "When You Believe" (1998, with Whitney Houston)
• "Heartbreaker" (1999)
• "Against All Odds" (2000, with Westlife)
• "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" (2001)
• "Through the Rain" (2002)
• "I'm That Chick" (2008)
• "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" (2011)

9. Nelly Furtado: 16 number 1 singles

• "I'm Like a Bird" (2000)
• "Turn Off the Light" (2001)
• "Hey, Man!" (2002)
• "Powerless (Say What You Want)" (2003)
• "Força" (2004)
• "Explode" (2005)
• "Promiscuous" (2006, with Timbaland)
• "Maneater" (2006)
• "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (2007)
• "Say It Right" (2007)
• "Give It to Me" (2007, with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake)
• "Do It" (2007)
• "In God's Hands" (2008, with Keith Urban)
• "Broken Strings" (2008, with James Morrison)
• "Morning After Dark" (2009, with Timbaland and SoShy)
• "Night is Young" (2010)

10. "Weird Al" Yankovic: 16 number 1 singles

• "Smells Like Nirvana" (1992)
• "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (1992)
• "Taco Grande" (1993)
• "Jurassic Park" (1993)
• "Bedrock Anthem" (1994)
• "Acky Breaky Song" (1994)
• "Gump" (1996)
• "The Night Santa Went Crazy" (1996)
• "The Saga Begins" (1999)
• "It's All About the Pentiums" (1999)
• "Bob" (2004)
• "White & Nerdy" (2006)
• "Do I Creep You Out?" (2006)
• "Whatever You Like" (2008)
• "Craigslist" (2009)
• "Perform This Way" (2011)

11. Take That: 14 number 1 singles

• "A Million Love Songs" (1992)
• "Could It Be Magic?" (1992)
• "Why Can't I Wake Up with You?" (1993)
• "Babe" (1993, Christmas number 1)
• "Love Ain't Here Anymore" (1994)
• "Sure" (1994)
• "Back for Good" (1995)
• "Never Forget" (1995)
• "Patience" (2006)
• "Shine" (2007)
• "Rule the World" (2007)
• "Greatest Day" (2008)
• "Said It All" (2009)
• "The Flood" (2010)

12. Robbie Williams: 14 number 1 singles

• "Freedom" (1996)
• "Old Before I Die" (1997)
• "Angels" (1997)
• "Millenium" (1998)
• "No Regrets" (1998)
• "Strong" (1999)
• "She's the One" (1999)
• "Rock DJ" (2000)
• "Kids" (2000, with Kylie Minogue)
• "Eternity" (2001)
• "Better Man" (2001)
• "Somethin' Stupid" (2001, with Nicole Kidman)
• "Feel" (2002)
• "Something Beautiful" (2003)

13. Kylie Minogue: 12 number 1 singles

• "Put Yourself in My Place" (1994)
• "Where Is the Feeling?" (1995)
• "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1996, with Nick Cave)
• "Breathe"/"German Bold Italic" (1998, "German Bold Italic" with Towa Tei)
• "Spinning Around" (2000)
• "Kids" (2000, with Robbie Williams)
• "Can't Get You Around My Head" (2001)
• "Love at First Sight" (2002)
• "Slow" (2003)
• "I Believe in You" (2004)
• "2 Hearts" (2007)
• "Higher" (2010, with Taio Cruz)

14. Rihanna: 12 number 1 singles

• "Pon de Replay" (2005)
• "SOS" (2006)
• "Unfaithful" (2006)
• "Umbrella" (2007)
• "Take A Bow" (2008)
• "Disturbia" (2008)
• "Rehab" (2009)
• "Russian Roulette" (2009)
• "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (2010, with Bono, The Edge and Jay-Z)
• "Te Amo" (2010)
• "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010)
• "California King Bed" (2011)

15. Alanis Morrisette: 12 number 1 singles

• "You Ougtha Know" (1995)
• "Hand in My Pocket" (1995)
• "You Learn" (1996)
• "Ironic" (1996)
• "Head over Feet" (1997)
• "Thank U" (1998)
• "Unsent" (1999)
• "So Pure" (1999)
• "That I Would Be Good" (2000)
• "Hands Clean" (2002)
• "Out Is Through" (2004)
• "Crazy" (2005)

16. Nirvana: 10 number 1 singles

• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
• "Come As You Are" (1992)
• "Lithium" (1992)
• "In Bloom" (1993)
• "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993)
• "All Apologies" (1993)
• "Pennyroyal Tea" (1994, posthumous)
• "About a Girl" (1994, posthumous)
• "Aneurysm" (1996, posthumous)
• "You Know You're Right" (2002, posthumous)

17. Anastacia: 10 number 1 singles

• "I'm Outta Love" (2000)
• "Not That Kind" (2001)
• "Paid My Dues" (2001)
• "One Day in Your Life" (2002)
• "You'll Never Be Alone" (2003)
• "Left Outside Alone" (2004)
• "Sick and Tired" (2004)
• "Everything Burns" (2005, with Ben Moody)
• "Pieces of a Dream" (2006)
• "I Can Feel You" (2008)

18. Queen: 8 number 1 singles

• "The Show Must Go On" (1991, posthumous)
• "Five Life EP" (1992, posthumous)
• "Heaven for Everyone" (1995, posthumous)
• "A Winter's Tale" (1995, posthumous)
• "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (1996, posthumous)
• "You Don't Fool Me" (1996, posthumous)
• "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (1997)
• "We Will Rock You" (2000)

19. Bootleg: 8 (2002-2009)

• "Living the Dream" (2002)
• "You Can Charge" (2003)
• "Hold On" (2004)
• "Energise" (2005)
• "Time Vortex" (2006)
• "Adrenaline" (2007)
• "Andromeda" (2008)
• "Reversical" (2009)

20. Miranda Cosgrove: 8 (2008-2011)

• "Leave It All to Me" (2008, with Drake Bell)
• "Stay My Baby" (2008)
• "Headphones On" (2008)
• "About You Know"/"Christmas Wrapping" (2008)
• "Raining Sunshine" (2009)
• "Kissin' U" (2010)
• "Dancing Crazy" (2011)
• "High Maintenance" (2011, with Rivers Cuomo)

21. Whitney Houston: 8 (1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2002, 2012)

• "I Will Always Love You" (1992)
• "I'm Every Woman" (1993)
• "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995)
• "Step by Step" (1996)
• "When You Believe" (1998)
• "My Love Is Your Love" (1999)
• "Whatchulookinat" (2002)
• "Million Dollar Bill" (2012, posthumous)

22. The Black Eyed Peas: 6 (2003, 2006, 2009-2010)

• "Where Is The Love?" (2003)
• "Shut Up" (2003)
• "Pump It" (2006)
• "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
• "Meet Me Halfway" (2009)
• "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (2010)

23. Katy Perry: 6 (2008-2011)

• "I Kissed A Girl" (2008)
• "Thinking of You" (2009)
• "Starstrukk" (2009)
• "Teenage Dream" (2010)
• "Firework" (2010)
• "E. T." (2011)

24. Big Time Rush: 6 (2009-2010)

• "Big Time Rush" (2009)
• "Any Kind of Guy" (2010)
• "Halfway There" (2010)
• "Famous" (2010)
• "City Is Ours" (2010)
• "Boyfriend" (2010)

25. Bruno Mars: 6 (2010-2011)

• "Nothin' on You" (2010)
• "Billionaire" (2010)
• "Just the Way You Are" (2010)
• "Grenade" (2010)
• "The Lazy Song" (2011)
• "It Will Rain" (2011)

26. Adele: 6 (2008-2012)

• "Chasing Pavements" (2008)
• "Make You Feel My Love" (2009)
• "Rolling in the Deep" (2010)
• "Someone Like You" (2011)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011)
• "Rumour Has It" (2012)

27. Foo Fighters: 6 number 1 singles

• "I'll Stick Around" (1995)
• "Everlong" (1997)
• "Learn to Fly" (1999)
• "All My Life" (2002)
• "Best of You" (2005)
• "The Pretender" (2007)

28. Girls Aloud: 5 (2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2008)

• "Sound of the Underground" (2002)
• "I'll Stand By You" (2004)
• "See the Day" (2005)
• "Call the Shots" (2007)
• "The Promise" (2008)

29. 'NSYNC: 5 (1998-2002)

• "I Want You Back" (1998)
• "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You" (1999)
• "Bye Bye Bye" (2000)
• "Pop" (2001)
• "Girlfriend" (2002, with Nelly)

30. Celine Dion: 5 (1994, 1996-1997, 2002, 2007)

• "Think Twice" (1994)
• "All By Myself" (1996)
• "My Heart Will Go On" (1997, Christmas number 1 single)
• "I'm Alive" (2002)
• "Taking Chances" (2007)

31. Cee Lo Green: 5 (2010-2011)

• "Forget You" (2010)
• "It's OK" (2011)
• "Bright Lights Bigger City" (2011)
• "Cry Baby" (2011)
• "I Want You" (2011)

32. Christina Aguilera: 5 (1999, 2003-2004, 2006, 2010)

• "Genie in a Bottle" (1999)
• "Fighter" (2003)
• "The Voice Within" (2004)
• "Hurt" (2006)
• "Not Myself Tonight" (2010)

33. Peter Kay: 4 (2005, 2008, 2011)

• "Is This the Way to Amarillo" (2005)
• "The Winner's Song" (2008)
• "Once Upon A Christmas Song" (2008)
• "I Know Him So Well" (2011)

34. Leona Lewis: 4 (2006-2009)

• "A Moment Like This" (2006)
• "Bleeding Love" (2007)
• "Footprints in the Sand" (2008)
• "Happy" (2009)

35. Bjork: 4 (1994-1995, 2002, 2007)

• "Violently Happy" (1994)
• "It's Oh So Quiet" (1995)
• "Cocoon" (2002)
• "Wanderlust" (2007)

36. Michael Buble: 4 (2005, 2007, 2009-2010)

• "Home" (2005)
• "Everything" (2007)
• "Haven't Met You Yet" (2009)
• "Hollywood" (2010)

37. Pink: 4 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008)

• "There You Go" (2000)
• "Family Portrait" (2002)
• "Nobody Knows" (2006)
• "So What" (2008)

38. Tokio Hotel: 4 (2007-2008)

• "Monsoon" (2007)
• "Ready, Set, Go!" (2007)
• "Scream" (2008)
• "Don't Jump" (2008)

39. Kesha: 4 (2009-2010)

• "Right Round" (2009, with Flo Rida)
• "Tik Tok" (2009)
• "Take It Off" (2010)
• "We R Who We R" (2010)

40. Ace of Base: 4 (1993, 1995, 1998, 2002)

• "All That She Wants" (1993)
• "Lucky Love" (1995)
• "Life Is a Flower" (1998)
• "Beautiful Morning" (2002)

41. Gnarls Barkley: 4 (2006)

• "Crazy" (2006)
• "Smiley Faces" (2006)
• "Who Cares?" (2006)
• "Gone Daddy Gone" (2006)

42. Britney Spears: 4 (1999-2000, 2004, 2008)

• "You Drive Me Crazy" (1999)
• "Oops... I Did It Again!" (2000)
• "Everytime" (2004)
• "Break the Ice" (2008)

43. Blue: 4 (2001-2003, 2011)

• "All Rise" (2001)
• "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (2002, with Elton John)
• "Guilty" (2003)
• "I Can" (2011)

44. Aerosmith: 4 (1997-2000)

• "Hole in My Soul" (1997)
• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998)
• "Pink" (1999)
• "Jaded" (2000)

45. Nickelback: 4 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)

• "How You Remind Me" (2001)
• "Someday" (2003)
• "Photograph" (2005)
• "Rockstar" (2007)

46. Red Hot Chili Peppers: 4 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2011)

• "Californication" (2000)
• "The Zephyr Song" (2002)
• "Dani California" (2006)
• "The Adventures of Rain Dancing Maggie" (2011)

47. Coldplay: 4 (2000, 2002, 2005, 2008)

• "Yellow" (2000)
• "In My Place" (2002)
• "Speed of Sound" (2005)
• "Viva la Vida" (2008)

48. Amy Winehouse: 4 (2007-2008, 2011)

• "Back to Black" (2007)
• "Tears Dry on Their Own" (2008)
• "Love Is a Losing Game" (2008)
• "Rehab" (2011, posthumous)

49.White Stripes: 4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

• "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (2002)
• "The Hardest Button to Button" (2004)
• "My Doorbell" (2006)
• "Conquest" (2008)

50. Evanescence: 4 (2003-2004)

• "Bring Me to Life" (2003)
• "Going Under" (2003)
• "My Immortal" (2004)
• "Everybody's Fool" (2004)

51. Nine Inch Nails: 4 number 1 singles

• "Hurt" (1995)
• "We're in This Together" (1999)
• "The Hand That Feeds" (2005)
• "Survivalism" (2007)

52. Blur: 4 number 1 singles

• "Parklife" (1994)
• "Country House" (1996)
• "Song 2" (1997)
• "Coffee and TV" (1999)

Updated May 8, 2012

• U2 (nationality: Irish, genre: alternative rock, post-punk) - 30 number ones (1990-2011)

1. "All I Want is You" (1990)
2. "The Fly" (1991)
3. "Mysterious Ways" (1991)
4. "One" (1992)
5. "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (1992)
6. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (1992)
7. "Numb" (1993)
8. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (1994)
9. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (1995)
10. "Miss Sarajevo" (1996)
11. "Discothèque" (1997)
12. "If God Will Send His Angels"/"Mofo" (1998)
13. "Sweetest Thing" (1999)
14. "Beautiful Day" (2000)
15. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (2001)
16. "Elevation" (2001)
17. "Walk On"/"New Year's Dub" (2002)
18. "Electrical Storm"/"The Hands That Build America" (2003)
19. "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (2004)
20. "Vertigo" (2004)
21. "All Because of You"/"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (2005)
22. "City of Blinding Lights"/"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (2005)
23. "Original of the Species"/"One" (2006)
24. "The Saints Are Coming" (2006)
25. "Window in the Skies" (2007)
26. "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (2008)
27. "Magnificent" (2009)
28. "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" (2009)
29. "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" (2010, Bono/The Edge solo single with Rihanna and Jay-Z)*
30. "I Will Follow (Live at Glastonbury)" (2011)

• Westlife (nationality: Irish, genre: pop) - 22 number ones (1999-2011)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (nationality: American, genre: alternative rock, rap rock, funk rock, punk rock, funk metal, hard rock) - 22 number ones (1991-1993, 1995-1996, 1999-2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2011-2012)

1. "Give It Away" (November 1991)
2. "Under the Bridge" (April 1992)
3. "Breaking the Girl" (August 1992)
4. "Behind the Sun" (November 1992)
5. "Soul to Squeeze" (March 1993)
6. "My Friends" (November 1995)
7. "Aeroplane" (March 1996)
8. "Scar Tissue" (June 1999)
9. "Around the World" (October 1999)
10. "Otherside" (March 2000)
11. "Californication" (August 2000)
12. "By the Way" (July 2002)
13. "The Zephyr Song" (December 2002)
14. "Can't Stop" (March 2003)
15. "Universally Speaking" (July 2003)
16. "Fortune Faded" (January 2004)
17. "Dani California" (May 2006)
18. "Tell Me Baby" (August 2006)
19. "Snow (Hey Oh)" (January 2007)
20. "Desecration Smile" (March 2007)
21. "The Adventures of Rain Dancing Maggie" (September 2011)
22. "Look Around" (May 2012)

• Spice Girls (nationality: British, genre: pop) - 20 number ones (1996-2002, 2007-2008)
• Michael Jackson (nationality: American, genre: pop rock, R&B) - 18 number ones (1991-1996, 2001, 2003-2004, 2008-2011)
• Madonna (nationality: American, genre: pop rock, dance pop, R&B) - 18 number ones (1995-1996, 1998-2010, 2012)
• Garbage (nationality: American, genre: alternative rock, post-grunge, electronica) - 17 number ones (1995-2002, 2005-2007, 2012)
• No Doubt (nationality: American, genre: ska punk, alternative rock, pop rock, New Wave) - 16 number ones (1995-2004, 2009)
• Mariah Carey (nationality: American, genre: pop, R&B) - 16 number ones (1990-2002, 2008, 2011)
• Nelly Furtado (nationality: Canadian, genre: pop, folk, pop rock, R&B) - 16 number ones (2000-2010)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (nationality: American, genre: comedy rock, comedy pop, polka, parody) - 16 number ones (1992-1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2008-2009, 2011)
• Take That (nationality: British, genre: pop) - 14 number ones (1992-1995, 2006-2010)
• Robbie Williams (nationality: British, genre: pop, pop rock, post-britpop) - 14 number ones (1996-2003)
• The Smashing Pumpkins (nationality: American, genre: alternative rock, dream pop, alternative metal) - 14 number ones (1992-2001)

1. "I Am One" (1992)
2. "Cherub Rock" (1993)
3. "Today" (1993)
4. "Disarm" (1994)
5. "Rocket" (1994)
6. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (1995)
7. "1979"/"Zero" (1996)
8. "Tonight, Tonight" (1996)
9. "Thirty-Three"/"Muzzle" (1996)
10. "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (1997)
11. "Ava Adore" (1998)
12. "Perfect" (1999)
13. "The Everlasting Glaze"/"Stand Inside Your Love" (2000)
14. "Untitled" (2001)

• Kylie Minogue (nationality: Australian, genre: pop, dance pop, nu disco) - 12 number ones (1994-1996, 1998, 2000-2004, 2007, 2010)
• Rihanna (nationality: Barbadian, genre: pop rock, R&B) - 12 number ones (2005-2011)
• Alanis Morrisette (nationality: Canadian-American, genre: pop rock, alternative rock) - 12 number ones (1995-2000, 2002, 2004-2005)
• Guano Apes (nationality: German, genre: alternative rock, nu metal, alternative metal, hard rock, rap rock, hardcore punk, post-grunge, pop rock) - 12 number ones (1997-2004, 2012)

1. "Open Your Eyes" (October 1997)
2. "Rain" (March 1998)
3. "Lords of the Boards" (May 1998)
4. "Don't You Turn Your Back on Me" (April 1999)
5. "Big in Japan" (April 2000)
6. "No Speech" (July 2000)
7. "Living in a Lie" (January 2001)
8. "Dodel Up" (March 2001)
9. "Kumba Yo!" (February 2002)
10. "You Can't Stop Me" (January 2003)
11. "Break the Line" (October 2004)
12. "When the Ships Arrive" (April 2012)

• Eminem (nationality: American, genre: hip hop) - 12 number ones (1999-2005, 2009-2010)
• Nirvana (nationality: American, genre: grunge, alternative rock) - 10 number ones (1991-1994, 1996, 2002)
• Anastacia (nationality: American, genre: pop rock, R&B, dance pop) - 10 number ones (2000-2006, 2008)
• Queen (nationality: British, genre: rock, pop rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal) - 8 number ones (1991-1992, 1995-1997, 2000)
• Bootleg (nationality: Portuguese, genre: pop rock, alternative rock, rap rock, hard rock) - 8 number ones (2002-2009)
• Miranda Cosgrove

*"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" is credited as U2 featuring Jay-Z and Rihanna in the CN Music Chart, however only Bono and The Edge perform in the song.
*Three singles by the Spice Girls were released during their seven-year indefinite hiatus
*Six singles by Michael Jackson were released after his death.
*Four singles by Nirvana were released after Kurt Cobain's death.
*The first six singles by Queen were released after Freddie Mercury's death. The seventh single was a new recording by the band as a trio and the eighth single was a single by Five featuring Queen as a duo, though Queen did only the drums and guitar parts on the single. The second single counts as a posthumous number one as the EP contains the 1974 song "Dear Friends", however the EP also topped the albums charts since according to the rules in 1992, an single lasting over 25 minutes shall be counted as an album as the EP was 28 minutes and 46 seconds long. To qualify as a single, "Somebody to Love" was released as the lead single from the EP, later the second single "Killer"/"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by George Michael became number one two weeks later.