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My Top 20 Male Music Artists

1
James Joseph Brown

May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006

91 US Hot 100 Hits
17 #1's

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (1965)
It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1966)
Cold Sweat (1967)
Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968)
Mother Popcorn (You've Got To Have A Mother For Me) (1969)
Hot Pants (1971)

I Got You (I_Feel_Good) (1966)
Out_Of_Sight (1968)
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (1970)
Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (1970)
Super Bad (1971)

2
Sir Elton John

March 25, 1947

67 US Hot 100 Hits
24 #1's

Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting (1973)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Candle in the Wind (1974)
Bennie And The Jets (1974)
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (1974)
Philadelphia Freedom (1975)
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (1976)
Little Jeannie (1980)
I'm Still Standing (1983)
That's What Friends Are For (1985)
The One (1992)
Believe (1995)

Burn Down The Mission (1970)
Madman Across the Water (1971)
Friends (1971)
Your Song (1971)
Levon (1971)
Tiny Dancer (1972)
Rocket Man (1972)
Elderberry Wine (1972)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (1975)
Pinball Wizard (1976)
Empty_Garden (1982)
Take Me To The Pilot (1988)
The Last Song (1992)
Circle of Life (1994)
This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (2002)
Electricity (2005)
Sacrifice (1989)

63 US Hot 100 Hits
25 #1's


Fingertips - Part 1 and 2 (1963)
I Was Made To Love Her (1967)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (1970)
Superstition (1972)
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1973)
Higher Ground (1973)
Living For The City (1973)
I Just Called To Say I Love You (1984)
That's What Friends Are For (1985)

For Once In My Life (1968)
My Cherie Amour (1969)
You and I (1969)
I Believe (When I Fall In Love) (1972)
All in Love Is Fair (1973)
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (1974)
He's Misstra Know It All (1974)
Lately (1981)

4
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr.

April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984

56 US Hot 100 Hits
11 #1's

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (1968)
You're All I Need to Get By (1968)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (1969)
What's Going On (1971)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (1971)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (1971)
Let's Get It On (1973)
I Want You (1976)
Got to Give It Up (1977)
Sexual Healing (1982)

Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1967)
Your Precious Love (1967)
If This World Were Mine (1968)

5
"Prince" Rogers Nelson

June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016

55 US Hot 100 Hits
10 #1's

I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979)
Controversy (1981)
1999 (1982)
When Doves Cry (1984)
Let's Go Crazy (1984)
Purple Rain (1984)
Kiss (1986)

Little Red Corvette (1983)
I Would Die 4 U (1985)
Raspberry Beret (1985)

54 US Hot 100 Hits
9 #1's

Without Me (2002)
Lose Yourself (2002)
Not Afraid (2010)
Love the Way You Lie (2010)
The Monster (2013)

Till I Collapse (2002)

7
Michael Joseph Jackson

August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009

51 US Hot 100 Hits
27 #1's

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1979)
Billie Jean (1983)
Beat It (1983)
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin (1983)
Thriller (1983)
Bad (1987)
Man in the Mirror (1988)
Smooth Criminal (1988)

She's Out of My Life (1979)
Human Nature (1983)
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (1983)

8
"Usher" Raymond IV

October 14, 1978

50 US Hot 100 Hits
14 #1's

You Make Me Wanna... (1997)
Nice & Slow (1998)
My Way
U Remind Me (2001)
U Got It Bad (2001)
Yeah! (2004)
Burn (2004)
Confessions Part II (2004)
My Boo (2004)
Love in This Club (2008)
OMG (2010)

One Day You'll Be Mine (1997)
Can U Help Me (2001)
His Mistakes (2008)
DJ Got Us Fallin in Love (2010)

9
Armando Christian Perez

Pitbull

January 15, 1981

43 US Hot 100 Hits
5 #1's

Give Me Everything (2011)
Timber (2013)
Time of Our Lives (2014)

Fireball (2014)
Freedom (2016)

10
Justin Randall Timberlake

January 31, 1981

30 US Hot 100 Hits
7 #1's

SexyBack (2006)
My Love (2006)
What Goes Around... Comes Around (2006)
Can't Stop the Feeling! (2016)

Cry Me a River (2002)

11
Barry Manilow

June 17, 1943

28 US Hot 100 Hits
9 #1's

Mandy (1974)
I Write the Songs (1975)
Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again (1976)
This One's for You (1976)
Weekend in New England (1976)
The Old Songs Melody (Live) (1981)

Could It Be Magic (1975)
All the Time (1976)
Looks Like We Made It" (1977)
Ready to Take a Chance Again (1978)
Somewhere in the Night (1978)
I Made It Through the Rain (1981)
Keep Each Other Warm (1989)
If Tomorrow Never Comes (2004)
The Best of Me (2008)

27 US Hot 100 Hits
8 #1's

In The Air Tonight (1981)
Against All Odds (1984)
One More Night (1985)
Separate Lives (1985)
Sussudio (1985)
Two Hearts (1988)
Another Day in Paradise (1989)

Take Me Home (1985)
Can't Stop Loving You (2002)
Tearing and Breaking (2004)
Testify (2004)

25 US Hot 100 Hits
10 #1's

Careless Whisper (1984)
I Want Your Sex (1987)
Faith (1987)
Father Figure (1988)
One More Try (1988)
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (1991)

Freedom 90 (1990)

14
Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr.

April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005

20 US Hot 100 Hits
7 #1's

Stop To Love (1986)
There's Nothing Better Than Love (1987)
Any Love (1988)
Here And Now (1989)
Endless Love (1994)

The Glow of Love (1980)
A House Is Not A Home (1981)
Never Too Much (1981)
She's A Super Lady (1981)
If This World Were Mine (1982)
For the Sweetness of Your Love (1983)
I Wanted Your Love (1983)
The Night I Fell In Love (1985)
'Til My Baby Comes Home (1985)
It's Over Now (1985)
Give Me the Reason (1986)
See Me (1986)
I Really Didn't Mean It (1987)
Are You Gonna Love Me (1988)
Love Won't Let Me Wait (1988)
Treat You Right (1989)
For You to Love (1989)
Sometimes It's Only Love (1991)
I (Who Have Nothing) (1991)
The Rush (1991)
Don't Want to Be a Fool (1991)
Emotional Love (1991)
I'm Gonna Start Today (1991)
She Doesn't Mind (1991)
Little Miracles (Happen Every Day) (1993)
Never Let Me Go (1993)
Medley - How Deep Is Your Love/Love Don't Love Nobody (1993)
Emotion Eyes (1993)
Hustle (1993)
All The Woman I Need (1994)
The Impossible Dream (1994)
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (1995)
Goin' Out Of My Head (1996)
Knocks Me Off My Feet (1996)
It's All About You (1997)
Love Is on the Way (Real Love) (1998)
Dance with My Father (2003)
Buy Me a Rose (2003)
Hit it Again (2003)
If I Didn't Know Better (2003)
Lovely Day (2003)
When You Call On Me (2012)

15
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr.

June 20, 1949

26 US Hot 100 Hits
20 #1's

Three Times a Lady (1978)
Still (1979)
Endless Love (1981)
Truly (1982)
You Are (1983)
My Love (1983)
All Night Long (All Night) (1983)
Hello (1984)
Penny Lover (1984)
My Destiny (1992)

Running with the Night (1983)
Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
I Call It Love (2006)
I Love You (2006)
Out Of My Head (2006)
Reason To Believe (2007)

19 US Hot 100 Hits
3 #1's

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981)
Every Breath You Take (1983)

Fields of Gold (1993)
A Thousand Years (1999)
After the Rain Has Fallen (1999)
Brand New Day (1999)
Desert Rose (2000)
When We Dance (2001)

17
Barry Eugene Carter

Barry White

September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003

18 US Hot 100 Hits
6 #1's

I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby (1973)
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe (1974)
You're the First, the Last, My Everything (1974)
What Am I Gonna Do with You (1975)
It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me (1977)

Love's Theme (1973)
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (1973)

18
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley

July 22, 1947

15 US Hot 100 Hits
5 #1's

The Boys of Summer (1984)
All She Wants to Do Is Dance (1985)
The End of the Innocence (1989)

The Heart of the Matter (1990)

19
Kenneth Brian Edmonds

Babyface

April 10, 1959

12 US Hot 100 Hits
5 #1's

Ready or Not (1989)
Whip Appeal (1989)
Can't Stop (1989)
Soon as I Get Home (1989)
A Bit Old-Fashioned (1993)
And Our Feelings (1993)
Illusions (1993)
When Can I See You (1993)
Never Keeping Secrets (1993)
Every Time I Close My Eyes (1996)
Reason For Breathing (2000)
There She Goes (2001)
With Him (2001)
Can't Stop Now (2005)
Drama Love and Lationships (2005)
She (2005)
Sorry For The Stupid Things (2005)
The Loneliness (2005)
Tonight Its Goin Down (2005)

20
Brian McKnight

June 5, 1969

12 US Hot 100 Hits

The Way Love Goes (1992)
Never Felt This Way (1992)
My Prayer (1992)
One Last Cry (1993)
Love Is (1993)
Every Beat Of My Heart (1995)
Anytime (1997)
You Should Be Mine (1997)
The Only One For Me (1998)
Whenever You Call (1998)
Back At One (1999)
Cherish (1999)
Home (1999)
Lonely (1999)You Could Be The One (1999)
Stay (1999)
Stay or Let It Go (1999)
Win (2000)
Get Over You (2001)
Groovin Tonight (2001)
The Way I Do (2002)
Good Enough (2003)
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda (2003)
All Over Now (2005)
Every Time You Go Away (2005)
A Little Too Late (2006)
Find Myself In You (2006)
Used To Be My Girl (2006)