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The music act with the most number one singles in the Official New Zealand Music Chart

The Beatles with 14 number ones "From Me to You" (1963) "She Loves You" (1963) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1964) "Twist & Shout" (1964) "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) "Love Me Do" (1964) "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) "I Feel Fine" (1964) "Paperback Writer" (1966) "Yellow Submarine" (1966) "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) "Penny Lane" (1967) "All You Need Is Love" (1967)

The music act with the most number one singles in the ARIA Charts

The Beatles with 26 number ones "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963) "I Saw Her Standing Here" / "Love Me Do" (1964) "Roll Over Beethoven" / "Hold Me Tight" (1964) All My Loving EP: "All My Loving" / "Ask Me Why" / "Money (That's What I Want)" / "P.S. I Love You" (1964) "Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That" (1964) Requests EP: "Long Tall Sally" / "Boys" / "I Call Your Name" (1964) "A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today" (1964) "I Should Have Known Better" / "If I Fell" (1964) "I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman" (1964) "Rock and Roll Music" / "Money Don't" (1965) "Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is" (1965) "Help" / "I'm Down" (1965) "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" (19...

The music act with the most number one singles in the Billboard Hot 100

The Beatles with 20 number ones "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964) "She Loves You" (1964) "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) "Love Me Do" (1964) "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) "I Feel Fine" (1964) "Eight Days a Week" (1965) "Ticket to Ride" (1965) "Help!" (1965) "Yesterday" (1965) "We Can Work It Out" (1965) "Paperback Writer" (1966) "Penny Lane" (1967) "All You Need Is Love" (1967) "Hello, Goodbye" (1967) "Hey Jude" (1968) "Get Back" (1969, with Billy Preston) "Come Together" / "Something" (1969) "Let It Be" (1970) "The Long and Writing Road" / "For You Blue" (1970)

The music act with the most number one singles in the UK Singles Chart

Elvis Presley with 21 number ones (five posthumously) "All Shook Up" (1957) "Jailhouse Rock" (1958) "One Night" / "I Got Stung" (1959) "As Fool Such As I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight" (1959) "It's Now or Never" (1960) "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (1960) "Wooden Heart" (1961) "Surrender" (1961) "Little Sister" / "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" (1961) "Rock-A-Hula Baby" / "Can't Help Falling in Love" (1962) "Good Luck Charm" (1962) "She's Not You" (1962) "Return to Sender" (1962) "(You're the Devil) in Disguise" (1963) "Crying in the Chapel" (1965) "The Wonder of You" (1970) "Way Down" (1977, posthumous) "A Little Less Conversation" (2002, posthumous, remix collaboration with Junkie XL aka JXL) "Jailhouse Rock" (2005,...

Highest grossing sequels of the 2010s

2010 – Toy Story 3 2011 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2012 – Skyfall 2013 – Iron Man 3 2014 – Transformers: Age of Extinction 2015 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016 – Captain America: Civil War 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War 2019 – Avengers: Endgame

Highest grossing sequels of the 2000s

2000 – Mission: Impossible 2 2001 – The Mummy Returns 2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004 – Shrek 2 2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2006 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2008 – The Dark Knight 2009 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Highest grossing sequels of the 1990s

1990 – Back to the Future Part III 1991 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1992 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1993 – Hot Shots! Part Deux 1994 – Beverly Hills Cop III 1995 – Die Hard with a Vengeance 1996 – Star Trek: First Contact 1997 – The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1998 – Lethal Weapon 4 1999 – Toy Story 2

Highest grossing sequels of the 1980s

1980 – The Empire Strikes Back 1981 – For Your Eyes Only 1982 – Rocky III 1983 – Return of the Jedi 1984 – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1985 – Rocky IV 1986 – Aliens 1987 – Beverly Hills Cop II 1988 – Crocodile Dundee II 1989 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Olympic football/FIFA World Cup winners of the 2010s

2010 (men's) – Spain 2011 (women's) – Japan 2012 (men's) – Mexico 2012 (women's) – United States 2014 (men's) – Germany 2015 (women's) – United States 2016 (men's) – Brazil 2016 (women's) – Germany 2018 (men's) – France 2019 (women's) – United States

Olympic football/FIFA World Cup winners of the 2000s

2000 (men's) – Cameroon 2000 (women's) – Norway 2002 (men's) – Brazil 2003 (women's) – Germany 2004 (men's) – Argentina 2004 (women's) – United States 2006 (men's) – Italy 2007 (women's) – Germany 2008 (men's) – Argentina 2008 (women's) – United States