These Acts Scored Top 10 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Across Four (or More) Decades

The Beatles have become the latest act to achieve the fab feat.

Never mind 15 minutes of fame. How about four or more decades?

An elite 13 artists have achieved top 10 placements on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in four or more decades, led by Andy Williams and Michael Jackson, with top 10 ranks in five decades each.

Williams extended his top 10 Hot 100 run (1950s, ’60s, ’70s, 2010s and ’20s) thanks to his holiday perennial “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” while Jackson (’70s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s and ’10s) most recently ranked in the region via his featured turn on Drake‘s “Don’t Matter to Me” in 2018. (Jackson also appeared in the top 10 for a week in the ’60s, although not as a soloist; The Jackson 5, with him as a member, first reached the bracket with “I Want You Back” on the chart dated Dec. 27, 1969.)

Six acts have added a fourth distinct decade of appearing in the Hot 100’s top 10 in the ’20s (in addition to Williams’ haul stretching to a fifth decade): Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears and, most recently, The Beatles, whose aptly titled “Now and Then,” upon its No. 7 debut on the Nov. 18, 2023, chart, enhances their résumé to top 10s in the ’60s, ’70s, ’90s and ’20s.

Notably, Cher inaugurated the honor, when “Just Like Jesse James” held at its No. 8 Hot 100 high on the chart dated Jan. 6, 1990, earning the iconic entertainer top 10s in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.

With acts encompassing every decade of the Hot 100’s existence, dating to the chart’s start in August 1958, here’s a look at each enduring artist that has ranked in the top 10 in four or more distinct decades.

’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’10s, ’20s: Andy Williams

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First top 10: “Lonely Street,” 1959

Most recent top 10: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” 2021

Total top 10s: five
’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Michael Jackson

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First top 10: “Got To Be There,” 1971

Most recent top 10: “Don’t Matter to Me” (Drake feat. Michael Jackson), 2018

Total top 10s: 30
’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Mariah Carey

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First top 10: “Vision of Love,” 1990

Most recent top 10: “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” 2019-23

Total top 10s: 28
’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Jay-Z

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First top 10: “I’ll Be” (Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z), 1997

Most recent top 10: “Love All” (Drake feat. Jay-Z), 2021

Total top 10s: 22
’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Snoop Dogg

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First top 10: “What’s My Name?,” 1993

Most recent top 10: “Bad Decisions,” with benny blanco & BTS, 2022

Total top 10s: 12
’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Britney Spears

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First top 10: “…Baby One More Time?,” 1998

Most recent top 10: “Hold Me Closer,” with Elton John, 2022

Total top 10s: 14
’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’20s: Elton John

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First top 10: “Your Song,” 1971

Most recent top 10: “Hold Me Closer,” with Britney Spears, 2022

Total top 10s: 29
’60s, ’70s, ’90s, ’20s: The Beatles

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First top 10: “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” 1964

Most recent top 10: “Now and Then,” 2023

Total top 10s: 35
’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Whitney Houston

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First top 10: “You Give Good Love,” 1985

Most recent top 10: “I Will Always Love You,” 2012 (originally a 14-week No. 1 in 1992-93, the song returned and reached No. 3 in March 2012)

Total top 10s: 23
’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Madonna

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First top 10: “Borderline,” 1984

Most recent top 10: “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A., 2012

Total top 10s: 38
’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s: Aerosmith

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First top 10: “Dream On,” 1976

Most recent top 10: “Jaded,” 2001

Total top 10s: eight
’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Cher

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First top 10: “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” 1966

Most recent top 10: “Believe,” 1999

Total top 10s: 12
’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Barbra Streisand

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First top 10: “People,” 1964

Most recent top 10: “I Finally Found Someone,” with Bryan Adams, 1997

Total top 10s: 12

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These Acts Scored Top 10 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Across Four (or More) Decades

’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’10s, ’20s: Andy Williams

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Michael Jackson

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Mariah Carey

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Jay-Z

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Snoop Dogg

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Britney Spears

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’20s: Elton John

’60s, ’70s, ’90s, ’20s: The Beatles

’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Whitney Houston

’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Madonna

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s: Aerosmith

’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Cher

’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Barbra Streisand

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