With how streaming has changed the industry, I can't imagine anyone getting 5 #1 hits from a single album again. Only Michael Jackson and Katy Perry have pulled that off.

Just now, Strawberry Bubble said:

With how streaming has changed the industry, I can't imagine anyone getting 5 #1 hits from a single album again. Only Michael Jackson and Katy Perry have pulled that off.

Taylor could, with 6 pre-released singles

Just now, TayDuaStan said:

Taylor could, with 6 pre-released singles

I think she prefers to put all her energy behind one single and try to make it a hit instead lol (Anti-Hero, Ophelia).

Edited June 9Jun 9 by Strawberry Bubble

18 consecutive top 10 singles on the Hot 100 held by Janet

https://web.archive.org/web/20220114140822/https://www.billboard.com/pro/janet-jackson-miss-you-much-top-10-streak-hot-100-rewinding-charts/

Even Billboard agrees that it will be hard to break in the streaming age

Now, when several long-standing Billboard records have succumbed to new challengers, changes in music release and consumption trends all but suggest this specific feat should be safe for a long, long time. Besides, of course, the rare career consistency needed to attain such a streak — this was a nine-year process, after all — streaming consumption has led to the highest class of superstars having entire albums gobble up more than a dozen spots on the Hot 100 at once. Though that is impressive in its own way, it creates a cycle in which the only artists with enough clout to mount a challenge to Jackson's streak effectively reset the count each album cycle.

Still, even if someone links 19 or 20 top 10s, they'll need to take a page from the Jackson playbook: seamless sonic shifts to keep up with current trends, master the timing and promotion to avoid both over or under-exposure, and, well, rinse and repeat that for nearly a decade. Good luck.

The Monster Ball by Lady Gaga has held the record for the highest grossing debut tour for 16 years now. I wonder if anyone can break it?

Unfortunately Thriller album sales.

Taylor Swift the most successful artist of all time to be named Taylor Swift

The swiftie with the self drag i

Biggest selling album will remain thriller.

Madonna holds the record for the most unsolicited Grindr messages in anticipation of a new era

Kelly Clarkson's record for biggest leap to #1 with My Life Would Suck Without You will (hopefully) never be broken (going from #97 to #1) [ref]. There was a moment where Taylor's ME! threatened this record and we thank Lil Nas X every day for blocking Taylor from jumping from #100 to #1.

5 minutes ago, Moth 2 The Flame said:

18 consecutive top 10 singles on the Hot 100 held by Janet

https://web.archive.org/web/20220114140822/https://www.billboard.com/pro/janet-jackson-miss-you-much-top-10-streak-hot-100-rewinding-charts/

Even Billboard agrees that it will be hard to break in the streaming age

This is largely because the record that Billboard talks about isn't technically just for fully-promoted singles, but for chart entries in general. Taylor, for instance, is about to get her tenth consecutive top ten single, and thirteenth as a lead artist, but is ineligible because her album bombs always yield at least a couple songs that peak outside the top ten. Someone would have to have a super unique career to get this - multiple albums in a row with ten or less tracks that all chart in the top ten, for example, with no standalone singles or featured credits in between. Or popular singles that all go top ten, but zero album cuts that ever make it to the top 100 on release week.

Edited June 9Jun 9 by blade bird

Hello by Adele selling 1.1M digital copies first week. That will never be broken, I think

I'm sure Taylor will make sure there is not much left

Her next victim is Mariah with her #1s

Adele's 25 holds the historic distinction of being the first album in the United States to sell over a million copies in three separate weeks.

Taylor's 4.002 million debut, good luck with anyone else coming close to that in future.

I hope Taylor beats The Beatles record of 20 #1s, OTHs can keep crying

Adele's "25" selling 1 million+ in 3 separate calendar weeks.

No album has achieved 3 weeks like that in music history to my knowledge

Best-selling Bajan artist of all time

3 minutes ago, Reflektor_Creep said:

Adele's 25 holds the historic distinction of being the first album in the United States to sell over a million copies in three separate weeks.

An insane record.

Crossing 8M pure in the span of 8 weeks is crazy.

There are a few records that might still stand the test of time:

Taylor having the most sales for a debut week / being the best- selling female artist of all time

Britney having the best-selling debut album by a female artist / being the best- selling teenage artist of all time

Gaga being the first RIAA diamond certified artist in the digital era

Hopefully, Mariah's No.1s

Records are meant to be broken, but I believe we're approaching the end of the charts era as people will start creating their own music and live experiences through AI

Dua's record for top weeks spent on TTH

Janet's 7 top 5 singles from Rhythm Nation.

25's record for selling 1 million in 3 separate weeks

Hello selling 1 million in 1 week

25's record in UK selling 800k units in 1 week, if Ed didn't break it with Divide, no one will, especially now that is harder.

Maybe Katy's record of consecutive weeks charting in the top 10 (Hot 100)? It's 60 weeks or something like that.

Sales records broken after MJ, The Beatles, Madonna, etc are pretty irrelevant today. Even if those records are surpassed, these artists will continue to be the benchmark.

Thriller that was already mentioned is pretty much the only I can't see being ever broken.

Every other records mentioned in this thread would have the possibility to be broken, even if under weird conditions imo.