The Beatles have 20 #1 hits. Drake has 4. If you count guest appearances, he has 7. The stats haven't been all the way juked, and a #1 single still means something.
Per capita? Yeah, probably. When the Nazis came to town a couple of years ago, it was because locals were trying to get the big centrally located Robert E Lee one taken down. (It's still up because of court orders.)
Didn't wanna plug it in the body of the piece, but last year, my fellow chart-history chronicler Chris Molanphy had me on his Slate podcast to talk about "Stars On 45. " That's here, if you wanna hear it: https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2019/08/tom-breihan-joins-chris-molanphy-to-discuss-his-stereogum-project-the-number-ones
Oh hey, check out photog Michael D. Thorn's zine. It's thick and glossy and looks cool as hell. New issue up for preorder now. https://razorbladesandaspirin.bigcartel.com/product/razorblades-aspirin-9
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