Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 70s?

The Bee Gees had the most no. one singles with 9 and also had the decade's longest charting hit, How deep is your love, with 33 weeks. James Brown had the most Hot 100 songs with 36 and not one Top 10 hit!
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Who had the most Top 10 hits in the 70's?

Number ones

The Bee Gees had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (9 songs). In addition, The Bee Gees also remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (27 weeks).
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Who has the most hits in the 70s UK?

Showaddywaddy had more UK hits in the 1970s than any other act, including Abba. From their winning appearance on an edition of 'New Faces', the 'Britain's Got Talent' of the day, it took just a matter of months until the band released and secured debut hit, Hey Rock And Roll, which reached no 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Who sold the most records in the 70's?

The top 10 selling artists of the 70s
  1. 1 Pink Floyd.
  2. 2 Eagles. ...
  3. 3 Led Zeppelin. ...
  4. 4 Queen. ...
  5. 5 Elton John. ...
  6. 6 ABBA. ...
  7. 7 Rod Stewart & Faces. ...
  8. 8 Bob Marley. ...
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Who was the biggest musician in the 70s?

Top 100 Artists of the 70s
  1. Stevie Wonder. Genres: Soul, pop R&B, funk, jazz. ...
  2. Led Zeppelin. Genres: Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, heavy metal. ...
  3. Elton John. Genres: Rock, pop rock, glam rock, soft rock, rhythm and blues. ...
  4. Pink Floyd. ...
  5. The Rolling Stones. ...
  6. Eagles. ...
  7. Marvin Gaye. ...
  8. Queen.
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Most Popular Song Each Month in the 70s



Who was the most successful band of the 70s?

The Beatles

You can't have a list of the best bands in the 70s without mentioning The Beatles. With 17 number one hit songs, they were one of the biggest bands on the planet. Their unprecedented success and millions of adoring fans coined the term Beatlemania.
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Who has the most Top 10 hits of all time?

Throughout his career, Drake has now charted 54 top 10 hits, by far the most among all artists.
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What was the biggest hit of the 70s?

Top 100 Songs of the 70s
  • HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE by Bee Gees.
  • I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING by Andy Gibb.
  • YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE by Debby Boone.
  • LE FREAK by Chic.
  • STAYIN' ALIVE by Bee Gees.
  • Y.M.C.A. by Village People.
  • SHADOW DANCING by Andy Gibb.
  • HOT STUFF by Donna Summer.
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Who has the most UK Top 10 hits?

Who has the most UK Top 10 hits of all time? The biggest artists ever revealed
  • Elvis Presley is the all-time winner, with a massive 76 top 10 hits, helped largely by his number one re-releases in 2005.
  • Cliff Richard is second with 68, while former backing band The Shadows come fifth with 41.
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Who has the most Top 10 hits in the 80s in the UK?

The Welsh rock 'n' roller, born Michael Barratt, was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s, and not just thanks to that festive perennial Merry Christmas Everyone. He had three other UK No. 1 singles, a chart-topping album and a track record proudly showing no fewer than 33 top 40 hits.
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What was the biggest selling album of the 1970's?

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  • “Abbey Road,” the Beatles' 1969 release, continued its success into 1970 with three more weeks at No. ...
  • “Led Zeppelin II” by Led Zeppelin reached No. ...
  • Simon & Garfunkel's “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was the best-selling album of 1970, spending 10 weeks at No.
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What is the #1 played song of all time?

Therefore, “Blinding Lights” surpassed Chubby Checker's 1960s classic “The Twist” as the all-time No. 1 song, spending 90 total weeks on the Hot 100 Chart.
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What is the most played song of all time?

Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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What was the last number 1 of the 70s?

Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters wrote Another Brick in the Wall, which was the last number-one single of the decade.
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Who is the #1 selling artist of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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Who has the most Top 10 hits on a single album?

Just four other albums have made it to seven top 10 singles, which currently stands as the most impressive performance among all albums in U.S. history: Michael Jackson's Thriller, Bruce Springsteen' Born in the U.S.A., Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 and Drake's Scorpion (which holds the record for ...
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Who has more #1 hits than The Beatles?

Over the years, many artists have topped the list of the country's most popular songs at the time, but none did so more often than The Beatles. With 20 no. 1 singles on the Hot 100 charts, the iconic British rock band are just one hit ahead of Mariah Carey, who has 19 notches in her belt.
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Who was the biggest rock band of the 70's?

1971: Led Zeppelin

There's a reason Zeppelin earned the nickname “The Biggest Band in the World” during a large portion of the 1970s.
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What rock band had the most hits in the 70s?

Here is a look at the artists that accumalated the most weeks on the singles chart between January 1970 and December 1979. The Bee Gees had the most no. one singles with 9 and also had the decade's longest charting hit, How deep is your love, with 33 weeks.
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Who was the most popular rock band in the 70s?

Top 10 Best Rock Bands of the '70s
  • Led Zeppelin (Hard Rock/Blues Rock)
  • Deep Purple (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal)
  • Black Sabbath (Heavy Metal)
  • The Who (Hard Rock/Rock)
  • The Eagles (Rock/Country Rock)
  • The Doors (Psychedelic Rock/Acid Rock)
  • Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock)
  • The Rolling Stones (Rock)
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