document_title: The X-Files (season 11)

question_text: when is the new x-files coming on tv

question_tokens: when is the new x-files coming on tv

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text: The X-Files (season 11)

text: Plot overview[edit]

text: Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) wakes up in the hospital after having a seizure, now realizing the events of My Struggle II were a vision and haven't actually happened yet. Mulder initially presumes Scully’s ramblings are a product of her illness but leaves the hospital to investigate. Agent Jeffrey Spender later appears at Scully’s bedside, revealing that someone is looking for William. He first balks at telling her the location of her son, revealing only the name of the family that adopted him - Van De Kamp. Mulder tails a henchman who he believes will take him to The Smoking Man, but he arrives somewhere else with mysterious conspirators; Mr. Y (A.C. Peterson) and Erika Price (Barbara Hershey). They try to negotiate with Mulder into turning over his son but Mulder refuses. Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) tries to meet with Scully, but can't find her. As he goes to his car, he is met inside by The Smoking Man and Reyes. Meanwhile, Scully tries to leave the hospital but her seizures return causing her to crash her car. She is rescued by Agent Einstein and Agent Miller, and is readmitted to the hospital. Both agents leave the room. An assassin sent by Mr. Y and Erika enters and tries to suffocate Scully, but Mulder steps in and saves her by slicing the assassin's neck. As Skinner comes in, Mulder confronts him since he smells like smoke. In a flashback to when Skinner was in the car with the Smoking Man, the latter reveals (in a further flashback to 17 years, "En Ami") that he, not Mulder, artificially impregnated Scully.[3]

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text: Scully opens her eyes in the dark, laying on her side on a bed in a mysterious house. She explores the mysterious house and ends up in a endless pattern of the same room. Mulder theorizes that the experience as a type of sleep paralysis. She goes back to her memories of her sleep paralysis, where she grabs a snow globe with a model of the boat in it. Mulder and Scully get to the dock, meeting with Detective Costa (Louis Ferreira). Later, Scully’s attention is drawn to a man that observes them intently from one of the portable walkways. Costa informs them that the victims asked if they found Ghouli. When Scully turns to check if the mystery guy is there, he’s gone. Both agents investigate the two teenagers about the slashing. Both of them go on about the experience and their boyfriend, Jackson Van De Kamp. The agents arrive at the Van De Kamp household, the same house Scully saw in her dream. Two gunshots are heard with a third coming from upstairs. Scully goes up and finds the bleeding corpse of Jackson Van De Kamp. As they leave the room and the door clicks closed, the zipper opens slowly. Jackson sits up and escapes the room. Mulder meets with Skinner at the Chimera, telling him to drop the investigation. Mulder confirms that Jackson's DNA matches Scully's. At the hospital, Jackson explains to Brianna that he’s been hiding because there are people after him. He reveals that Ghouli doesn't exist and it's just something he "made up". Jackson escapes the hospital after the death of the DOD members. The next day, Scully spots a rural gas station that has a windmill just outside. Scully meets with Peter Wong with Wong mentioning that he wishes he could know her better. The agents ask to see the recording tapes. In the recording, Scully is having a conversation with William. She smiles as Mulder holds her while they see their son, alive.[4]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, an FBI special agent assigned to the newly reopened X-Files division. He remains a believer in the paranormal and the existence of extraterrestrial life, though, throughout the series, his faith begins to waver.
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, a medical doctor and FBI special agent assigned to the X-Files. Although an initial skeptic, after Mulder's abduction, she became more open-minded about the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner, an assistant director at the FBI and an ally of Mulder and Scully's.[a]

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text: Jump up ^ Only credited for the episodes he appears in.

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text: Recurring cast[edit]

text:
William B. Davis as Cigarette Smoking Man, a former government official, and nemesis of Mulder and Scully, who worked to cover up the truth of the existence of aliens and their plan to colonize the Earth. Jeremy Schuetze portrays a younger version of this character in flashbacks.[5]
Annabeth Gish as Monica Reyes, a former FBI agent previously assigned to the X-Files division.
Barbara Hershey as Erika Price[6]
James Pickens Jr. as Alvin Kersh, the Deputy Director of the FBI
Miles Robbins as Jackson Van De Kamp/William Scully, the son of Dana Scully who was given up for adoption.

text: Guest cast[edit]

text:
Lauren Ambrose as Agent Liz Einstein, a medical doctor, Miller's partner, and a hard-skeptic.
Robbie Amell as Agent Kyd Miller, an open-minded FBI agent who believes in the paranormal, and is Einstein's partner.
Chris Owens as Jeffrey Spender[7]
Dean Haglund as Langly, one of The Lone Gunmen.[7]
Haley Joel Osment as Davey James[8]
Joel McHale as Tad O'Malley

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Episodes marked with a double dagger () are episodes in the series' alien mythology arc.[2]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

209
1
"My Struggle III"
Chris Carter
Chris Carter
January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)
2AYW01
5.15[9]

Scully is hospitalized after having a seizure brought on by a vision of the future that involved William, her and Mulder's son. Mulder sets out to investigate, inadvertently crossing paths with former Syndicate members Mr. Y and Erika Price, whose mission is to colonize the universe. Walter Skinner is detained by Monica Reyes and the Smoking Man, who offers protection against the coming human-alien war. Skinner seems only interested in helping Mulder and Scully, by looking for William. The Smoking Man reveals that he fathered William by pairing his DNA with aliens and impregnating Scully.

210
2
"This"
Glen Morgan
Glen Morgan
January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10)
2AYW02
3.95[10]

Mulder and Scully are contacted by the virtual consciousness of Richard Langly, which is part of an NSA simulation designed to come to life when participants die. Langly asks his friends to shut down the program because the entities there have become digital slaves and their ideas are being harvested. Mulder discovers that Erika Price is responsible for the simulation and is using it to aid with her own agenda. He buys some time for Scully, who manages to turn off the simulation's servers, which later cannot be found once an FBI team returns to investigate.

211
3
"Plus One"
Kevin Hooks
Chris Carter
January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17)
2AYW03
3.95[11]

Following up on several deaths in which the victims were being stalked by their doppelgängers, Mulder and Scully investigate the Poundstone twins, whose telepathic game of Hangman using people's names proves deadly.

212
4
"The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat"
Darin Morgan
Darin Morgan
January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24)
2AYW04
3.87[12]

Reginald Murgatroid covertly meets with Mulder and Scully to discuss the Mandela Effect, their perceived reality, and the origins of The X-Files, including his being part of their team.

213
5
"Ghouli"
James Wong
James Wong
January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31)
2AYW05
3.64[13]

Two teenagers attack one another, each believing the other is a monster; Scully experiences sleep paralysis. The two events are connected, leading Mulder and Scully to their son William.

214
6
"Kitten"
Carol Banker
Gabe Rotter
February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)
2AYW06
3.74[14]

Mulder and Scully travel to Mud Lick, a small town in rural Kentucky in search of Walter Skinner, who has disappeared without warning. There they find the town on the verge of hysteria following a series of suspicious deaths, unexplained illnesses and rumours of a monster lurking on the town's outskirts.

215
7
"Rm9sbG93ZXJz"[nb 1]
Glen Morgan
Shannon Hamblin & Kristen Cloke
February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)
2AYW07
3.23[16]

216
8
"Familiar"[17]
Holly Dale
Benjamin Van Allen
March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)
2AYW09
TBD

217
9
"Nothing Lasts Forever"[18]
James Wong
Karen Nielsen
March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)
2AYW08
TBD

218
10
"My Struggle IV"[19]
Chris Carter
Chris Carter
March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)
2AYW10
TBD

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text: Production[edit]

text: In May 2015, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-star David Duchovny stated that if the 2016 revival were successful, he would be interested in another renewal, stating, "I would be open to doing another cycle. I don't know that I could do a 20-episode version of this show at this point in my life, and I don't know that Gillian could. But I think everybody is open ended on what happens after this. Certainly, we didn't bring it back with the idea of ending it."[20] At the 2016 Television Critics Association panel for the series, creator Chris Carter stated, "If we do well in the ratings, I can't imagine we wouldn't be asked to do more."[21] Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Gary Newman stated that he and fellow executive Dana Walden would be open to another renewal, stating, "We would love to do this again, so we'd be on board if schedules can be worked out."[22] In an interview with Variety prior to the premiere, co-star Gillian Anderson, Duchovny, and Walden stated their willingness for another renewal.[23] In an interview with TV Guide, Carter reaffirmed plans for more episodes, but stressed that everyone involved is waiting on the success of the season.[24] In May 2016, Walden confirmed that there had been conversations about an eleventh season possibly for the 2017–18 television season.[25]

text: On April 20, 2017, Fox officially announced that The X-Files would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which would air in the 2017–18 television season after filming in mid-2017.[26]

text: Writing[edit]

text: The writing staff for the eleventh season consists of Chris Carter, Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan, James Wong, and newcomers who were all previously part of The X-Files production staff, Gabe Rotter (writers assistant), Benjamin Van Allen (writers assistant) and Brad Follmer (Carter's personal assistant).[27] In August 2017, it was announced that three female writers were added to the staff; Karen Nielsen (who worked as a script coordinator on season 10) wrote one episode, and Kristen Cloke and Shannon Hamblin wrote another episode based on a story by Glen Morgan.[28][29] The season, consisting of 10 episodes, has three mythology episodes and eight standalone episodes.[2]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In addition to Duchovny and Anderson, Mitch Pileggi was confirmed to reprise his role, as Walter Skinner.[30] Also returning are William B. Davis as Cigarette Smoking Man and Annabeth Gish as Monica Reyes.[2][31] In August 2017, it was confirmed that Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose would reprise their roles Agents Miller and Einstein from season ten.[32] In September 2017, it was announced that Karin Konoval–who played Mrs. Peacock in the fourth-season episode "Home"–would play new characters in the eleventh season, in what Carter described as a "tour-de-force performance".[33] Anderson commented that this is her final season of The X-Files, saying, "I've said from the beginning this is it for me."[34] However, Chris Carter affirmed he would not do The X-Files without her character, saying, "For me, The X-Files is Mulder and Scully. I think if it were without Scully, I wouldn't do it. That's not my X-Files."[35] The writers intended to bring back Robert Patrick as his character John Doggett, but he was unavailable due to scheduling issues as he was filming for his TV series Scorpion.[36] In February 2018, Carter stated in an interview that he could see the show continuing without Anderson.[37]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming began in August 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the previous season was filmed, along with the show's original five seasons.[38] After controversy sparked regarding the lack of female writers or directors on the series, it was announced in August 2017 that Carol Banker, a script supervisor on the original series who also directed an episode of The Lone Gunmen and Holly Dale were added as directors.[28]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reviews[edit]

text: The eleventh season has received generally positive reviews from critics and currently has a Metacritic score of 67 out of 100 based on 18 reviews.[39] On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 83% with an average rating of 6.99 out of 10 based on 30 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "Though it may not make many new believers, The X-Files' return to business as usual is a refreshing upgrade from the show's underwhelming previous outing."[40]

text: Based on the first five episodes available for review, Liz Shannon Miller of IndieWire gave the season a positive review with a "B+" grade. While Miller wrote that the season premiere "is not good", she was much more positive of the following four standalone episodes, writing that "there are some intriguing mysteries, some eerie moments, solid action" and praised Darin Morgan's comedy installment, calling it "fantastic". Overall, she concluded, "Season 11 so far isn't flawless, but it's a lively, character-focused affair that feels far more unified than we'd ever anticipated, a massive improvement over Season 10 that gives us genuine hope for the second half. For the first time in a while, we're truly excited to see more."[41] Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture stated that compared to the previous season, "This new batch of episodes is considerably stronger. Even the ones that don't really do much but spin their wheels do so with feeling, and when the show is great — as it is, yet again, in Darin Morgan's episode — it's downright sublime."[42]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"My Struggle III"
January 3, 2018
1.3/5
5.15[9]
2.34
7.49[43]

2
"This"
January 10, 2018
1.0/4
3.95[10]
1.99
5.94[44]

3
"Plus One"
January 17, 2018
1.1/4
3.95[11]
N/A
N/A

4
"The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat"
January 24, 2018
1.0/4
3.87[12]
1.75
5.62[45]

5
"Ghouli"
January 31, 2018
0.9/3
3.64[13]
TBD
TBD

6
"Kitten"
February 7, 2018
0.9/4
3.74[14]
TBD
TBD

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ This is Base64 for "Followers".[15]


document_title: List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

question_text: who has the most number one hits ever

question_tokens: who has the most number one hits ever

text: List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

text: All-Time Hot 100 achievements (1958–2015)

text: In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists.[1][2] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition.[3] In 2015, Billboard revised the rankings again.[4] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 57-year period of the Hot 100, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.

text: Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Rank
Single
Year(s) released
Artist(s)
Peak and duration

1.

"The Twist"

1960, 1961*

Chubby Checker
#1 for 3 weeks

2.

"Smooth"

1999

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
#1 for 12 weeks

3.

"Mack the Knife"

1959

Bobby Darin
#1 for 9 weeks

4.

"How Do I Live"

1997

LeAnn Rimes
#2 for 4 weeks

5.

"Party Rock Anthem"

2011

LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
#1 for 6 weeks

6.

"I Gotta Feeling"

2009

The Black Eyed Peas
#1 for 14 weeks

7.

"Macarena (Bayside Boys mix)"

1996

Los Del Rio
#1 for 14 weeks

8.

"Physical"

1981

Olivia Newton-John
#1 for 10 weeks

9.

"You Light Up My Life"

1977

Debby Boone
#1 for 10 weeks

10.

"Hey Jude"

1968

The Beatles
#1 for 9 weeks

text:
* – re-released
Source:[5]

text: Top 10 artists of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Rank
Artist

1.

The Beatles

2.

Madonna

3.

Elton John

4.

Elvis Presley

5.

Mariah Carey

6.

Stevie Wonder

7.

Janet Jackson

8.

Michael Jackson

9.

Whitney Houston

10.

The Rolling Stones

text: Artists with the most songs on Billboard's Top 100 Hits of All-Time (1958–2015)

text:
Number of
songs
Artist
Songs (ranking)

3

Lionel Richie
"Endless Love" (16), "Say You, Say Me" (89), "All Night Long" (91)

Boyz II Men
"I'll Make Love to You" (20), "One Sweet Day" (35), "End of the Road" (52)

Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love" (23), "Night Fever" (39), "Stayin' Alive" (56)

Paul McCartney
"Silly Love Songs" (37), "Say Say Say" (41), "Ebony and Ivory" (73)

2

The Black Eyed Peas
"I Gotta Feeling" (6), "Boom Boom Pow" (53)

The Beatles
"Hey Jude" (10), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (45)

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together" (11), "One Sweet Day" (35)

Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk" (12), "Just the Way You Are" (79)

Diana Ross
"Endless Love" (16), "Upside Down" (77)

Andy Gibb
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (27), "Shadow Dancing" (46)

Marvin Gaye
"Let's Get It On" (38), "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (81)

Michael Jackson
"Say Say Say" (41), "Billie Jean" (83)

Pharrell Williams
"Blurred Lines" (48), "Happy" (76)

Elton John
"Candle In the Wind 1997" (49), "That's What Friends Are For" (75)

Stevie Wonder
"Ebony and Ivory" (73), "That's What Friends Are For" (75)

text: Song milestones

text: Most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)

16

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
"One Sweet Day"
1995–96

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
"Despacito"
2017

14

Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"
1992–93

Boyz II Men
"I'll Make Love to You"
1994

Los del Río
"Macarena" (Bayside Boys mix)
1996

Elton John
"Candle in the Wind 1997" /
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
1997

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together"
2005

The Black Eyed Peas
"I Gotta Feeling"
2009

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk"
2015

13

Boyz II Men
"End of the Road"
1992

Brandy and Monica
"The Boy Is Mine"
1998

12

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
"Smooth"
1999–2000

Eminem
"Lose Yourself"
2002–03

Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
"Yeah!"
2004

The Black Eyed Peas
"Boom Boom Pow"
2009

Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
"Blurred Lines"
2013

Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
"See You Again"
2015

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
"Closer"
2016

Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You"
2017

11

All-4-One
"I Swear"
1994

Toni Braxton
"Un-Break My Heart"
1996–97

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
"I'll Be Missing You"
1997

Destiny's Child
"Independent Women Part I"
2000–01

Drake
"God's Plan"
2018

10

Debby Boone
"You Light Up My Life"
1977

Olivia Newton-John
"Physical"
1981–82

Santana featuring The Product G&B
"Maria Maria"
2000

Ashanti
"Foolish"
2002

Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"Dilemma"

Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
"Gold Digger"
2005

Beyoncé
"Irreplaceable"
2006–07

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
"Low"
2008

Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
"We Found Love"
2011–12

Pharrell Williams
"Happy"
2014

Adele
"Hello"
2015–16

Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
"One Dance"
2016

text: Pre-Hot 100 Notes:

text:
In 1956, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts for 11 weeks.
In 1955, The McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" was number 1 on the "Most Played by Jockeys" chart for 10 weeks.
In 1955, Pérez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" was number 1 on the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart for 10 weeks.

text: Most weeks at number two (without hitting number one)

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)
Kept off of number-one by

10

Foreigner
"Waiting for a Girl Like You"
1981–82
"Physical" (Olivia Newton-John), "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (Hall & Oates) [8]

Missy Elliott
"Work It"
2002–03
"Lose Yourself" (Eminem) [9]

9

Donna Lewis
"I Love You Always Forever"
1996
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)" (Los del Río) [10]

Shania Twain
"You're Still the One"
1998
"Too Close" (Next),[11] "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica) [9]

8

Shai
"If I Ever Fall in Love"
1992–93
"I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)

Deborah Cox
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
1998–99
"I'm Your Angel" (R. Kelly featuring Celine Dion), "Have You Ever?" (Brandy)

Brian McKnight
"Back at One"
1999–2000
"Smooth" (Santana featuring Rob Thomas) [9]

Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy
"I Don't Wanna Know"
2004
"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), "Burn" (Usher)

Ed Sheeran
"Thinking Out Loud"
2015
"Uptown Funk!" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars) [9]

text: Most total weeks in the top ten

text: The following songs have spent 26 or more weeks in the top ten.

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist(s)
Song
Year(s)
Source

33

Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You"
2017
[13]

32

LeAnn Rimes
"How Do I Live"
1997–98
[13]

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
"Closer"
2016–17
[13]

31

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk"
2014–15
[13]

30

Santana featuring Rob Thomas
"Smooth"
1999–2000
[13]

29

LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
"Party Rock Anthem"
2011–12
[13]

28

Jewel
"Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me"
1997–98
[13]

Bruno Mars
"That's What I Like"
2017
[13]

27

Ed Sheeran
"Perfect"
2017–18
[14]

26

Savage Garden
"Truly Madly Deeply"
1997–98
[13]

text: Most total weeks on the Hot 100

text:
87 weeks – Imagine Dragons – "Radioactive" (2014)
79 weeks – Awolnation – "Sail" (2014)
76 weeks – Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours" (2009)
69 weeks – LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" (1998)
68 weeks – LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – "Party Rock Anthem" (2012), OneRepublic – "Counting Stars" (2014)
65 weeks – Jewel – "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" (1998), Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (2012)
64 weeks – Carrie Underwood – "Before He Cheats" (2007)
62 weeks – Lifehouse – "You and Me" (2006), The Lumineers – "Ho Hey" (2013)

text: Note: The year displayed is the year the songs ended their respective chart runs.

text: Source: [15]

text: Number-one debuts

text:
Michael Jackson – "You Are Not Alone" (September 2, 1995)
Mariah Carey – "Fantasy" (September 30, 1995)
Whitney Houston – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (November 25, 1995)
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men – "One Sweet Day" (December 2, 1995)
Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You" (June 14, 1997)
Mariah Carey – "Honey" (September 13, 1997)
Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (October 11, 1997)
Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" (February 28, 1998)
Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (September 5, 1998)
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (November 14, 1998)
Clay Aiken – "This Is the Night" (June 28, 2003)
Fantasia Barrino – "I Believe" (July 10, 2004)
Carrie Underwood – "Inside Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005)
Taylor Hicks – "Do I Make You Proud" (July 1, 2006)
Britney Spears – "3" (October 24, 2009)
Eminem – "Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)
Kesha – "We R Who We R" (November 13, 2010)
Britney Spears – "Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
Katy Perry – "Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)
Baauer – "Harlem Shake" (March 2, 2013)
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" (September 6, 2014)
Justin Bieber – "What Do You Mean?" (September 19, 2015)
Adele – "Hello" (November 14, 2015)
Zayn Malik – "Pillowtalk" (February 20, 2016)
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" (May 28, 2016)
Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (January 28, 2017)
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One" (May 20, 2017)
Drake – "God's Plan" (February 3, 2018)
Drake – "Nice for What" (April 21, 2018)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (May 19, 2018)

text: Since 2009, at least one song debuted at number one per year. In 1995, four songs debuted at number one (a record amount).

text: Biggest jump to number one

text:
97–1 – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)[17]
96–1 – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)[18]
80–1 – T.I. featuring Rihanna – "Live Your Life" (October 18, 2008)[19]
78–1 – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent – "Crack a Bottle" (February 21, 2009)[20]
77–1 – Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (September 16, 2017)[21]
72–1 – Taylor Swift – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (September 1, 2012)[22]
71–1 – T.I. – "Whatever You Like" (September 6, 2008)[23]
64–1 – Maroon 5 – "Makes Me Wonder" (May 12, 2007)
60–1 – Rihanna featuring Drake – "What's My Name?" (November 20, 2010)[24]
58–1 – Flo Rida – "Right Round" (February 28, 2009)[25]

text: Biggest single-week upward movements

text:
97–1 (96 positions) – Kelly Clarkson – "My Life Would Suck Without You" (February 7, 2009)[26]
96–1 (95 positions) – Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (October 25, 2008)[27]
94–3 (91 positions) – Beyoncé and Shakira – "Beautiful Liar" (April 7, 2007)[28]
95–7 (88 positions) – Akon featuring Eminem – "Smack That" (October 14, 2006)[29]
97–9 (88 positions) – Drake featuring Nicki Minaj – "Make Me Proud" (November 5, 2011)[30]
96–11 (85 positions) – Carrie Underwood – "Cowboy Casanova" (October 10, 2009)[31]
100–15 (85 positions) – A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger – "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (March 14, 2009)[32]
85–2 (83 positions) – Katy Perry – "Roar" (August 31, 2013)[33]
86–4 (82 positions) – Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – "Breaking Free" (February 11, 2006)[34]
92–10 (82 positions) – Nicki Minaj – "Chun-Li" (April 28, 2018)[35]

text: Longest climbs to number one

text:
33rd week – Los del Río – "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" (1995–96)[37]
31st week – Lonestar – "Amazed" (1999–2000)
30th week – John Legend – "All of Me" (2013–14)[38]
27th week – Creed – "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
26th week – Vertical Horizon – "Everything You Want" (2000)
25th week – UB40 – "Red Red Wine" (1988)
23rd week – Patti Austin and James Ingram – "Baby, Come to Me" (1983), Sia featuring Sean Paul – "Cheap Thrills" (2016), Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – "Havana" (2017–18)
22nd week – Vangelis – "Chariots of Fire" (1982), Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance" (2008–09)
21st week – Nick Gilder – "Hot Child in the City" (1978), Robert John – "Sad Eyes" (1979), Outkast – "The Way You Move" (2003–04), Adele – "Set Fire to the Rain" (2011–12)

text: Biggest drop from number one

text:
1–15 – Billy Preston – "Nothing from Nothing" (October 26, 1974)
1–15 – Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners – "Then Came You" (November 2, 1974)
1–12 – Simon & Garfunkel – "The Sound of Silence" (January 29, 1966)
1–12 – Barry White – "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (September 28, 1974)
1–12 – Andy Kim – "Rock Me Gently" (October 5, 1974)
1–12 – Stevie Wonder – "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (November 9, 1974)
1–12 – Bachman–Turner Overdrive – "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (November 16, 1974)
1–12 – John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band – "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (November 23, 1974)
1–11 – Diana Ross – "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (January 31, 1976)
1–10 – Phil Collins – "Two Hearts" (February 4, 1989)

text: Biggest single-week downward movements

text:
17–96 (79 positions) – Javier Colon – "Stitch by Stitch" (July 23, 2011)[40]
21–99 (78 positions) – Jordan Smith – "Somebody to Love" (January 2, 2016)[41]
16–93 (77 positions) – 5 Seconds of Summer – "Amnesia" (July 26, 2014)[42]
17–92 (75 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Die in Your Arms" (June 23, 2012)[43]
23–96 (73 positions) – Colbie Caillat – "I Do" (March 5, 2011)[44]
21–94 (73 positions) – Justin Bieber – "Never Let You Go" (March 27, 2010)[45]
21–94 (73 positions) – Glee Cast – "Empire State of Mind" (October 16, 2010)[46]
16–89 (73 positions) – Jonas Brothers – "Pushin' Me Away" (August 9, 2008)[47]
13–86 (73 positions) – Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton – "Hallelujah" (February 20, 2010)[48]
20–92 (72 positions) – The Beatles – "The Beatles Movie Medley" (June 5, 1982)[49]

text: Biggest drops off the Hot 100

text:
From #4 – Prince and The Revolution – "Purple Rain"† (May 21, 2016)
From #8 – Prince – "When Doves Cry"† (May 21, 2016)
From #9 – Soko – "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow" (April 5, 2014)[51]
From #11 – Jonas Brothers – "A Little Bit Longer" (August 30, 2008),[51][52] Taylor Swift – "Mean" (November 13, 2010),[53] One Direction – "Diana" (December 14, 2013),[54] Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas is You" (January 16, 2016)††[55]
From #12 – Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"* (November 29, 2008),[56] Lady Gaga – "Hair" (June 11, 2011),[57] One Direction – "Midnight Memories" (December 14, 2013)[54]

text: † – "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" reappeared on the Hot 100 for two weeks in 2016, and the above reflects their re-entries only. When the songs originally charted in 1984, their chart positions in their final week on the Hot 100 were well below the top 10.

text: †† – A recurring holiday song charting during the Christmas season.

text: * – "You Belong with Me" later re-entered the Hot 100 as a single in 2009 to reach a peak of #2. The recurring song's final week on the Hot 100 was in 2010, when it was low as possible on the chart.

text: Number-one songs covered by different artists

text:
"Go Away Little Girl" – Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971)
"The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974)
"Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975)
"Venus" – Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
"Lean on Me" – Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" – The Supremes (1966) and Kim Wilde (1987)
"When a Man Loves a Woman" – Percy Sledge (1966) and Michael Bolton (1991)
"I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 (1970) and Mariah Carey (1992)
"Lady Marmalade" – Labelle (1975) and Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mýa / Pink (2001)

text: Non-English language number-ones

text:
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (Italian – August 18, 1958 for five non-consecutive weeks)
"Sukiyaki" – Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese – June 15, 1963 for three weeks)
"Dominique" – The Singing Nun (French – December 7, 1963 for four weeks)
"Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (English/German – March 29, 1986 for three weeks)
"La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – August 29, 1987 for three weeks)
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" – Los del Río (English/Spanish – August 3, 1996 for fourteen weeks)
"Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (English/Spanish – May 27, 2017 for sixteen weeks)

text: Instrumental number-ones

text:
"The Happy Organ" – Dave "Baby" Cortez (May 11, 1959 for one week)
"Sleep Walk" – Santo & Johnny (September 21, 1959 for two weeks)
"Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (February 22, 1960 for nine weeks)
"Wonderland by Night" – Bert Kaempfert (January 9, 1961 for three weeks)
"Calcutta" – Lawrence Welk (February 13, 1961 for two weeks)
"Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk (May 26, 1962 for one week)
"The Stripper" – David Rose (July 7, 1962 for one week)
"Telstar" – The Tornados (December 22, 1962 for three weeks)
"Love Is Blue" – Paul Mauriat (February 10, 1968 for five weeks)
"Grazing in the Grass" – Hugh Masekela (July 20, 1968 for two weeks)
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini (July 28, 1969 for two weeks)
"Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group (May 26, 1973 for one week)
"Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra (February 9, 1974 for one week)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" – MFSB and The Three Degrees † (April 20, 1974 for two weeks)
"Pick Up the Pieces" – Average White Band † (February 22, 1975 for one week)
"The Hustle" – Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony † (July 26, 1975 for one week)
"Fly, Robin, Fly" – Silver Convention † (November 29, 1975 for three weeks)
"Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (February 28, 1976 for one week)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (October 9, 1976 for one week)
"Gonna Fly Now" – Bill Conti † (July 2, 1977 for one week)
"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco (October 1, 1977 for two weeks)
"Rise" – Herb Alpert (October 20, 1979 for two weeks)
"Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis (May 8, 1982 for one week)
"Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer (November 9, 1985 for one week)
"Harlem Shake" – Baauer † (March 2, 2013 for five weeks)

text: † – Contains vocal part, but is considered an instrumental. See Instrumental#Borderline cases for more.

text: Artist achievements

text: Most number-one singles

text:
Number of singles
Artist
Biggest number-one†

20

The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[5]

18

Elvis Presley ‡
"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"[61][62]

Mariah Carey
"We Belong Together"[5]

14

Rihanna
"We Found Love"[5]

13

Michael Jackson
"Say Say Say" (duet with Paul McCartney)[5]

12

The Supremes
"Love Child"[63]

Madonna
"Like a Virgin"[64]

11

Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"[5]

10

Stevie Wonder
"Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney)[5]

Janet Jackson
"Miss You Much"[65]

text: † The biggest number-one listed by each artist reflects its overall performance on the Hot 100, as calculated by Billboard, and may not necessarily be the single which spent the most weeks at #1 for the artist, such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for "Take a Bow"), Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (fourteen weeks at #1, compared to sixteen for her duet with Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day") and Michael Jackson's duet with Paul McCartney, "Say Say Say" (six weeks at #1, compared to seven for both his solo singles "Billie Jean" and "Black or White").

text: ‡ Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

text: Billboard now credits the dual #1 Presley single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as a single chart entity, and credits Presley with 17 number one singles.[66] "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" spent 11 weeks at #1, "Hound Dog" for 6 weeks, "Don't Be Cruel" for 5 weeks. Many chart statisticians however, such as Joel Whitburn still lists Presley as having 18 number ones.

text: Source:[67][68] [69][70]

text: Most cumulative weeks at number one

text:
Weeks at
number one
Artist

79

Elvis Presley †

Mariah Carey

60

Rihanna

59

The Beatles

50

Boyz II Men

47

Usher

41

Beyoncé

37

Michael Jackson

35

Drake

34

Elton John

text: Much of Presley's total factors in pre-Hot 100 data. If counting from the August 1958 Hot 100 inception, Presley totaled 22 weeks at #1.

text: Most consecutive number-one singles

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
First hit and date
Final hit and date
Streak-breaking song

7

Whitney Houston
"Saving All My Love for You"
(October 26, 1985)
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
(April 23, 1988)
"Love Will Save the Day"
(#9 – August 27, 1988)

6

The Beatles
"I Feel Fine"
(December 26, 1964)
"We Can Work It Out"
(January 8, 1966)
"Nowhere Man"
(#3 – March 26, 1966)

Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love"
(December 24, 1977)
"Love You Inside Out"
(June 9, 1979)
"He's A Liar"
(#30 – October 24, 1981)

5

Elvis Presley
"A Big Hunk o' Love"
(August 10, 1959)
"Surrender"
(March 20, 1961)
"I Feel So Bad"
(#5 – May 1961)

The Supremes
"Where Did Our Love Go"
(August 22, 1964)
"Back in My Arms Again"
(June 12, 1965)
"Nothing but Heartaches"
(#11 – September 4, 1965)

Michael Jackson
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(with Siedah Garrett)
(September 19, 1987)
"Dirty Diana"
(July 2, 1988)
"Another Part of Me"
(#11 – September 10, 1988)

Mariah Carey
"Vision of Love"
(August 4, 1990)
"Emotions"
(October 12, 1991)
"Can't Let Go"
(#2 – January 25, 1992)

"Fantasy"
(September 30, 1995)
"My All"
(May 23, 1998)
"When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston)
(#15 – January 30, 1999)

Katy Perry
"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
(June 19, 2010)
"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
(August 17, 2011)
"The One That Got Away"
(#3 – January 7, 2012)

text: Sources:[72][73][74][75][76][77][77][78]

text: Most consecutive weeks simultaneously topping the Hot 100 and Billboard 200

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist
Year(s)
charted
Singles
Albums

12

The Beatles

1964

"I Want to Hold Your Hand",
"She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love"
Meet the Beatles!,
The Beatles' Second Album

Whitney Houston

1992–93

"I Will Always Love You"
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

7

Michael Jackson

1983

"Billie Jean"
Thriller

Drake

2016

"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)
Views

The Monkees

1966–67

"I'm a Believer"
The Monkees, More of the Monkees

text: Most consecutive years charting a number-one single

text:
Number of
years
Artist
First number-one hit and week
Final number-one hit and final week

11

Mariah Carey
"Vision of Love"
(August 4, 1990)
"Thank God I Found You"
(February 19, 2000)

7

Elvis Presley †
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(March 17, 1956)
"Good Luck Charm"
(April 28, 1962)

The Beatles
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
(February 1, 1964)
"The Long and Winding Road"
(June 20, 1970)

6

The Supremes
"Where Did Our Love Go"
(August 22, 1964)
"Someday We'll Be Together"
(December 27, 1969)

Lionel Richie
"Endless Love"
(August 15, 1981)
"Say You, Say Me"
(January 11, 1986)

text: † Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100.

text: Most number-one singles in a calendar year

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
Year
charted
Singles

6

The Beatles

1964

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

"She Loves You"

"Can't Buy Me Love"

"Love Me Do"

"A Hard Day's Night"

"I Feel Fine"

5

1965

"I Feel Fine"

"Eight Days a Week"

"Ticket to Ride"

"Help!"

"Yesterday"

4

Elvis Presley †

1956

"Heartbreak Hotel"

"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"

"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"

"Love Me Tender"

1957

"Too Much"

"All Shook Up"

"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"

"Jailhouse Rock"

The Supremes

1965

"Come See About Me"

"Stop! In the Name of Love"

"Back in My Arms Again"

"I Hear a Symphony"

Jackson 5

1970

"I Want You Back"

"ABC"

"The Love You Save"

"I'll Be There"

George Michael

1988

"Faith"

"Father Figure"

"One More Try"

"Monkey"

Usher

2004

"Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)

"Burn"

"Confessions Part II"

"My Boo" (Duet with Alicia Keys)

Rihanna

2010

"Rude Boy"

"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)

"Only Girl (In the World)"

text:
† Pre-Hot 100 charts.
Chart notes: If counting Presley's dual hit song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" separately then Elvis has 5 for 1956. Some Presley songs included here charted #1 on Cashbox, but not on the Billboard Top 100, the precursor to the Billboard Hot 100.

text: Most top 10 singles

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
Source

38

Madonna
[67]

36†

Elvis Presley
[86]

34

The Beatles
[67]

31

Rihanna
[87]

29

Michael Jackson
[87]

28

Stevie Wonder
[67]

Mariah Carey
[88]

27

Elton John
[67]

Janet Jackson
[67]

26

Drake
[89]

text: † This total includes Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100. Elvis Presley's total for the Hot 100 top 10 singles is 25.[67]

text: Most consecutive weeks in the top 10

text:
Number of
weeks
Artist
Years
charted
Singles

69

Katy Perry

2010–11

"California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)

"Teenage Dream"

"Firework"

"E.T." (featuring Kanye West)

"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"

61

The Chainsmokers

2016–17

"Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Daya)

"Closer" (featuring Halsey)

"Paris"

"Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)

51

Drake

2015–16

"Hotline Bling"

"Work" (Rihanna featuring Drake)

"Summer Sixteen"

"One Dance" (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)

48

Ace of Base

1993–94

"All That She Wants"

"The Sign"

"Don't Turn Around"

46

Rihanna

2010–11

"Love the Way You Lie" (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

"Only Girl (In the World)"

"What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)

"S&M"

text: Most top 10 debuts

text:
Number
Artist
Source

14

Taylor Swift
[94]

12

Drake
[94]

8

Eminem
[94]

7

Justin Bieber
[94]

Lil Wayne
[94]

6

Ariana Grande
[94]

Lady Gaga
[94]

Rihanna
[94]

text: Most top 40 singles

text:
80 – Elvis Presley†
72 – Drake
71 – Lil Wayne
57 – Elton John
56 – Taylor Swift
51 – Glee Cast
50 – The Beatles, Rihanna
49 – Madonna
48 – Jay-Z

text: † If his career before the Hot 100 inception is included, Presley is credited with 114 Top 40 entries.[68]

text: Most Hot 100 entries

text:
Entries
Artist
Source

207

Glee Cast
[96]

163

Drake
[96]

137

Lil Wayne
[96]

108

Elvis Presley †
[96]

97

Jay-Z
[96]

91

James Brown
[96]

90

Chris Brown
[96]

88

Nicki Minaj
[96]

83

Kanye West
[96]

77

Taylor Swift
[96]

text: † Elvis Presley's career predated the inception of the Hot 100 by two years. He has charted 149 singles on Billboard if tracking his entire career.

text: Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100

text:
431 – Drake
326 – Lil Wayne
216 – Rihanna
207 – Nicki Minaj
161 – Chris Brown
159 – Jay-Z
152 – Nelly
141 – Kenny Chesney
139 – Destiny's Child
139 – Taylor Swift
139 – Katy Perry

text: Self-replacement at number one

text:
The Beatles † – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" → "She Loves You" (March 21, 1964); "She Loves You" → "Can't Buy Me Love" (April 4, 1964)
Boyz II Men – "I'll Make Love to You" → "On Bended Knee" (December 3, 1994)
Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112) → "Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) (August 30, 1997)
Ja Rule – "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti) → "Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule) (March 9, 2002)
Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland) (August 17, 2002)
OutKast – "Hey Ya!" → "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (February 14, 2004)
Usher – "Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) → "Burn" (May 22, 2004); "Burn" → "Confessions Part II" (July 24, 2004)
T.I. – "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (October 18, 2008); "Whatever You Like" → "Live Your Life" (November 15, 2008)
The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" → "I Gotta Feeling" (July 11, 2009)
Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off" → "Blank Space" (November 29, 2014)
The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" → "The Hills" (October 3, 2015)
Justin Bieber – "Sorry" → "Love Yourself" (February 13, 2016); "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) → "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (May 27, 2017)
Drake – "God's Plan" → "Nice for What" (April 21, 2018)

text: † The Beatles are the only act in history to have three consecutive, self-replacing #1s.

text: Simultaneously occupying the top two positions

text: Elvis Presley: October 20 – November 3, 1956 (Pre-Hot 100 charts)

text:
"Hound Dog" / "Don't Be Cruel"
"Love Me Tender" ("Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played by Jockeys" charts)

text: The Beatles: From February 22, 1964 until April 25, 1964 the Beatles held the top two positions, with various singles. In some of the weeks, the band held the top three or top four slots, the only act in chart history to do so. On April 4, 1964, The Beatles occupied the entire top five.[100]

text:
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Twist and Shout"
"She Loves You"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Please Please Me"

text: Bee Gees: March 18 – April 15, 1978

text:
"Night Fever"
"Stayin' Alive"

text: Puff Daddy: August 9–30, 1997

text:
"I'll Be Missing You" (Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112)
"Mo Money Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase)

text: Ja Rule: March 9–23, 2002

text:
"Ain't It Funny" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule)
"Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)

text: Ashanti: April 20 – May 18, 2002

text:
"Foolish"
"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)

text: Nelly: August 10–31, 2002

text:
"Hot in Herre"
"Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland, songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)

text: OutKast: December 20, 2003 – February 7, 2004

text:
"Hey Ya!"
"The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown)

text: Usher: June 26 – July 3, 2004; July 17, 2004

text:
"Burn"
"Confessions Part II"

text: 50 Cent: April 16–30, 2005

text:
"Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
"Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)

text: Mariah Carey: September 10, 2005

text:
"We Belong Together"
"Shake It Off"

text: Akon:

text: December 2, 2006

text:
"I Wanna Love You" (Akon featuring Snoop Dogg)
"Smack That" (Akon featuring Eminem)

text: April 14, 2007

text:
"Don't Matter"
"The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)

text: T.I.: October 18, 2008; November 1–29, 2008

text:
"Live Your Life" (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
"Whatever You Like" (songs switched positions several times)

text: Black Eyed Peas: June 27[101] – July 18, 2009[102]

text:
"Boom Boom Pow"
"I Gotta Feeling" (songs switched positions on July 11, 2009)

text: Pharrell Williams: June 29[103] – July 27, 2013

text:
"Blurred Lines" (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell)
"Get Lucky" (Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams)

text: Iggy Azalea: June 7[104] – July 5, 2014[105][106][107][108]

text:
"Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)

text: The Weeknd: September 26, 2015[109]

text:
"Can't Feel My Face"
"The Hills"

text: Justin Bieber:

text: February 6–13, 2016[110][111]

text:
"Sorry"
"Love Yourself" (songs switched positions on February 13, 2016)

text: July 1–22, 2017[112][113][114][115]

text:
"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)
"I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne)

text: Drake: April 21–May 5, 2018[87][35][116]

text:
"Nice for What"
"God's Plan"

text: Simultaneously three or more singles in the top 10

text:
The Beatles: February 29 – May 2, 1964 (Note: The Beatles had as many as five in the top ten April 4–11, 1964)

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"She Loves You"
"Please Please Me"
"Twist and Shout"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret"

The Bee Gees: February 25 – March 4, 1978

"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Stayin' Alive"
"Night Fever"

Ashanti: March 30 – April 6, 2002

"Always On Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)
"Foolish"

50 Cent:

May 31 – June 7, 2003

"In Da Club"
"21 Questions" (50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg)
"Magic Stick" (Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent)

February 19 – April 30, 2005; May 14–21, 2005 (Note: 50 Cent had as many as four in the top ten April 2–9, 2005)

"Disco Inferno"
"How We Do" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Candy Shop" (50 Cent featuring Olivia)
"Hate It or Love It" (The Game featuring 50 Cent)
"Just a Lil Bit"

Usher: June 5 – July 10, 2004

"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris)
"Burn"
"Confessions Part II"

Akon: May 5, 2007 and May 19, 2007

"The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon)
"Don't Matter"
"I Tried" (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon)

T-Pain: November 3 – December 29, 2007 (Note: All four titles below were in the top ten November 24 – December 8, 2007)

"Good Life" (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
"Cyclone" (Baby Bash featuring T-Pain)
"Kiss Kiss" (Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
"Low" (Flo Rida featuring T-Pain)

Chris Brown: April 5, 2008 and May 10, 2008 (Note: The first two titles below were in the top ten on both charts)

"With You"
"No Air" (Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown)
"Shawty Get Loose" (Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain)
"Forever"

Lil Wayne: September 27, 2008

"Got Money" (Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain)
"Can't Believe It" (T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne)
"Swagga Like Us" (Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)

Adele: March 3, 2012

"Rolling in the Deep"
"Someone Like You"
"Set Fire to the Rain"

Iggy Azalea: August 30, 2014[117]

"Fancy" (Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Black Widow" (Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora)

Ariana Grande: August 30, 2014

"Problem" (Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande featuring Zedd)

Justin Bieber: December 5, 2015 – February 6, 2016[118]

"What Do You Mean?"
"Sorry"
"Love Yourself"

The Chainsmokers: March 18, 2017[119]

"Closer" (The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey)
"Paris"
"Something Just Like This" (The Chainsmokers and Coldplay)

Cardi B: January 6–27, 2018[120][121][122] (Note: The first two titles below were in the top ten January 6–27, 2018)

"No Limit" (G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky & Cardi B)
"MotorSport" (Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B)
"Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)"
"Finesse" (Bruno Mars & Cardi B)

Drake: April 14–June 2, 2018[123][87][35][116][124][125][14][89](Note: Titles have varied throughout the weeks mentioned)

"God's Plan"
"Look Alive" (BlocBoy JB featuring Drake)
"Walk It Talk It" (Migos featuring Drake)
"Nice for What"
"Yes Indeed" (Lil Baby and Drake)

J. Cole: May 5, 2018[116]

"ATM"
"Kevin's Heart"
"KOD"

Post Malone: May 12, 2018[124]

"Psycho" (Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
"Better Now"
"Rockstar" (Post Malone featuring 21 Savage)

text: Posthumous number-ones

text:
Otis Redding (d. December 10, 1967) – "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (March 16, 1968)
Janis Joplin (d. October 4, 1970) – "Me and Bobby McGee" (March 20, 1971)
Jim Croce (d. September 20, 1973) – "Time in a Bottle" (December 29, 1973)
John Lennon (d. December 8, 1980) – "(Just Like) Starting Over" (December 27, 1980)
The Notorious B.I.G. (d. March 9, 1997) – "Hypnotize" (May 3, 1997) and "Mo Money Mo Problems" (August 30, 1997)
Soulja Slim (d. November 26, 2003) – "Slow Motion" (Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim) (August 7, 2004)
Static Major (d. February 25, 2008) – "Lollipop" (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major) (May 3, 2008)

text: Age records

text:
Louis Armstrong (age 62 years, 279 days) is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100. He set that record with "Hello, Dolly!" on May 9, 1964.
Cher (age 52 years, 297 days) is the oldest female artist to top the Hot 100. She set the record with "Believe" on March 13, 1999.[127] The previous record holder was Grace Slick of Starship, who was 47 years, 156 days old when their hit "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" began its two-week reign on April 4, 1987.
Michael Jackson (age 11 years, 155 days) is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100. He achieved the record, as part of the Jackson 5, with "I Want You Back" on January 31, 1970.
Stevie Wonder (age 13 years, 89 days) is the youngest solo artist to top the Hot 100. He set the record with "Fingertips Pt. 2" on August 10, 1963.
Little Peggy March (age 15 years, 50 days) is the youngest female artist to top the Hot 100. The song which established this record for her was "I Will Follow Him", which reached #1 on April 27, 1963.
Fred Stobaugh (age 96 years, 23 days) is the oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100. He was featured on the Green Shoe Studio song "Oh Sweet Lorriane", which ranked at #42 on September 14, 2013.[128] The previous record was held by Tony Bennett, who was 85 years, 59 days old when his song "Body and Soul", a duet with Amy Winehouse, ranked at #87 on October 1, 2011.
French-born Jordy Lemoine (age 5 years, 156 days) is the youngest artist to chart on the Hot 100. He established the record when his song "Dur dur d'être bébé! (It's Tough to Be a Baby)", where he is credited simply as Jordy, entered the chart on June 19, 1993.[129][130]
Asahd Khaled (age 132 days) is the youngest producer to chart on the Hot 100, as an executive producer for the album "Grateful" by DJ Khaled. The album's first single "Shining" featuring Jay-Z and Beyoncé entered the Hot 100 at #62 on March 4, 2017. He also became the youngest producer to earn a Hot 100 #1 (age 209 days) when the album's second single, "I'm The One" featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne, debuted atop the chart dated May 20, 2017.[131][132]

text: Gap records

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The longest gap between #1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 24 years, 355 days by Cher. Her single "Believe" hit #1 on March 13, 1999, her first time on top since "Dark Lady" on March 23, 1974.[127][133]
Cher also holds the record gap between first and most recent #1 on the Hot 100 over the longest period of time: 33 years, 232 days. The first of three weeks at #1 for "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher was August 14, 1965. The last week at #1 for Cher's "Believe" was April 3, 1999.[133]
The record for the longest wait from an artist's Hot 100 debut entry to its first #1 belongs to Santana, with 30 years between the time he first cracked the Hot 100 with "Jingo" (October 25, 1969) and the first of 12 weeks at #1 with "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (October 23, 1999).[134]
When the Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse duet "Body and Soul" debuted at #87 for the week of October 1, 2011,[135] Bennett became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on the Hot 100 – 53 years, 58 days on account of his single "Young and Warm and Wonderful" which appeared at #59 on the very first edition of the Hot 100, dated August 4, 1958.

text: Album achievements

text: Most number-one singles from one album

text:
Number of
Singles
Artist
Album
Year

5

Michael Jackson
Bad

1987

Katy Perry
Teenage Dream

2010

4

Various artists
Saturday Night Fever

1977

Whitney Houston
Whitney

1987

George Michael
Faith

Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl

1988

Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1989

Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

1990

Usher
Confessions

2004

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Saturday Night Fever generated number-one singles for two different artists: "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees; and "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman.
Katy Perry's Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was a reissue of the Teenage Dream album, and featured an additional single, "Part Of Me", which peaked at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. This brings her actual total to six. However, this does not count since the single comes from a reissue of the album and not the original release.[137]

text: Most top ten singles from one album

text:
Number of
singles
Artist
Album
Year

7

Michael Jackson
Thriller

1982

Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.

1984

Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1989

6

Michael Jackson
Bad

1987

George Michael
Faith

Janet Jackson
Janet.

1993

Katy Perry
Teenage Dream

2010

5

Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down

1983

Janet Jackson
Control

1986

Genesis
Invisible Touch

Madonna
True Blue

Huey Lewis and the News
Fore!

Whitney Houston
Whitney

1987

Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl

1988

Bobby Brown
Don't Be Cruel

New Kids on the Block
Hangin' Tough

Bon Jovi
New Jersey

Milli Vanilli
Girl You Know It's True

1989

Various artists †
Waiting to Exhale

1995

Usher
Confessions

2004

Fergie
The Dutchess

2006

The Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D.

2009

Taylor Swift
1989

2014

text: † Waiting to Exhale generated top ten singles for five different artists: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Count on Me" by Whitney Houston (the latter with CeCe Winans), "Not Gon' Cry" by Mary J. Blige, "Sittin' Up in My Room" by Brandy, and "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton.

text: Other album achievements

text:
Janet Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the most top 5 singles, with 7.[139]
Janet Jackson has the most albums with five or more Top 10 hits. Those albums are Control, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, and janet.[140]
Drake's More Life places a record-breaking 22 entries to the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, on the April 8, 2017 chart,[97] eclipsing his previous record of 18 from his album Views less than one year earlier, on May 21, 2016.[141]

text: NOTE: Numbers listed here are, per Billboard's rules,[142] over one release.

text: Producer achievements

text: Producers with the most number-one singles

text:
Number of
singles
Producer(s)
Best known producing for
Biggest number-one hit and date

23

George Martin
The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[143]
(September 28, 1968)

22

Max Martin
Britney Spears, Katy Perry,
Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift
"Dark Horse"[144]
(February 8, 2014)

16

Steve Sholes †
Elvis Presley
"Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel"
(August 18, 1956)

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson
"Miss You Much"[65]
(October 7, 1989)

Dr. Luke
Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson,
Kesha, Miley Cyrus
"Tik Tok"[145]
(January 2, 2010)

14

Barry Gibb
Bee Gees, Andy Gibb
"How Deep Is Your Love"[145]
(December 24, 1977)

Mariah Carey
Herself
"We Belong Together"[145]
(June 4, 2005)

text: † Pre-Hot 100 charts and Hot 100

text: Songwriter achievements

text: Songwriters with the most number-one singles

text:
Number of
singles
Songwriter
Best known writing for
Biggest number-one hit and date

32

Paul McCartney
The Beatles
"Hey Jude"[143]
(September 28, 1968)

26

John Lennon

22

Max Martin
Katy Perry, Britney Spears,
Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Taylor Swift
"Dark Horse"[144]
(February 8, 2014)

17

Mariah Carey
Herself
"We Belong Together"[151]
(June 4, 2005)

16

Barry Gibb
Bee Gees, Andy Gibb
"How Deep Is Your Love"[152]
(December 24, 1977)

Dr. Luke
Katy Perry, Kesha, Miley Cyrus
"Tik Tok"
(January 2, 2010)

text:
Number of
singles
Songwriter(s)
Year
Number-one hits (in chronological order)

7

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
1964
The Beatles – "I Want to Hold Your Hand"†, "She Loves You"†, "Can't Buy Me Love"†, "Love Me Do"
Peter and Gordon – "A World Without Love"
The Beatles – "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine"†††

Barry Gibb ††
1978
Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive"†
Andy Gibb – "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"†
Bee Gees – "Night Fever"†
Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"†
Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"
Frankie Valli – "Grease"

5

Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland
1965
The Supremes – "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Back in My Arms Again"†
Four Tops – "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"†
The Supremes – "I Hear a Symphony"

John Lennon †††
Paul McCartney †††
1965
The Beatles – "I Feel Fine", "Eight Days a Week", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Yesterday" †††

Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
1978
Bee Gees – "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever"†
Yvonne Elliman – "If I Can't Have You"†
Andy Gibb – "Shadow Dancing"

text:
† Chronologically sequential, replacing each other at #1
†† Holds all-time record of writing the most consecutively charted (self-replacing) #1 songs on the Hot 100, with 4.
††† Hold all-time record of writing the most consecutive #1 A-side singles, with 6. Record includes these five 1965 A-sides and "We Can Work It Out", which hit #1 in January 1966.

text: Selected additional Hot 100 achievements

text:
The first #1 song on the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson (August 4, 1958).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn (November 30, 1991).
The #1 song in the first week Billboard allowed songs without a commercial single release to chart on the Hot 100 was "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Céline Dion (December 5, 1998). Though the song was making its first appearance on the Hot 100 that week, Billboard did not consider it a debut at #1, since it appeared on unpublished test charts prior to the allowance of airplay-only songs on the main chart.[156] "I'm Your Angel" also entered the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart that week at #1,[157] so it would have been ineligible to chart on the Hot 100 before then.
The first "airplay-only" song to reach #1 (no points from a commercial single release) was "Try Again" by Aaliyah (June 17, 2000).
Drake holds the record for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 24 on the April 8, 2017 chart.[97] The Beatles had long held this record, occupying 14 positions on the Hot 100 dated April 11, 1964, a feat unmatched for nearly 51 years. On March 7, 2015, Drake tied the Beatles mark,[158] and he equaled it again on October 17 that year.[159] Justin Bieber then reset the record to 17 on December 5, 2015,[160] before Drake reclaimed the record with 20 on May 21, 2016.[159]
Drake also holds the record for the most debuting entries on a Hot 100 chart by any artist, with 21 on April 8, 2017.[97]
Cardi B is the record-holder among female artists for the most simultaneous entries in the Hot 100, with 13 on the April 21, 2018 chart.[161]
The Beatles are the only artists to simultaneously hold the top 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. They achieved this feat for nine consecutive weeks, from February 29, 1964, to April 25, 1964. For the first five weeks of that run, through March 28, 1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were the #1 and #2 singles (which swapped positions during March 1964), while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles held the top 2 spots on the albums charts. For the remaining weeks of the run, "Can't Buy Me Love" and their cover of "Twist and Shout" were the #1 and #2 singles, while Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles continued their reign as the top 2 albums.[162][163]
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney hold the record of writing all of the Top 3 singles for one week. The Gibbs co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 18, 1978 – #1 "Night Fever" and #2 "Stayin' Alive" for the Bee Gees, and #3 "Emotion" for Samantha Sang. Lennon and McCartney co-wrote the top 3 singles for the week of March 14, 1964 – #1 "I Want to Hold Your Hand", #2 "She Loves You", and #3 "Please Please Me", all for The Beatles. They continued this record the following week of March 21, 1964, when "She Loves You" switched places with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest uninterrupted time at #1 on the Hot 100, a total of 26 consecutive weeks from April to October 2009. "Boom Boom Pow" spent the first 12 weeks on top, with "I Gotta Feeling" taking over for the remaining 14 weeks.[164] Prior to August 2009, Usher held this record, spending 19 consecutive weeks on top of the chart in 2004 with "Yeah!" (12 weeks at #1) and "Burn" (first 7 of its 8 total weeks at #1).[165]
On December 4, 2010, Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" reached the top spot two weeks after "What's My Name?", becoming the first time in Hot 100 history that an album's debut single hit #1 after the second single did.[166]
Ed Sheeran became the first artist to debut more than one song in the top 10 for the same week. On the chart dated January 28, 2017, "Shape of You" debuted at #1, while "Castle on the Hill" entered at #6.[167] Drake is the only other artist to have achieved this feat, doing so on April 8, 2017.[97] and again on February 3, 2018 [168]. Drake is the only artist to have two debuts in the top 10 on two separate occasions.
Drake is the only artist to have a number-one debut replace another number-one debut. He did this April 21, 2018, when "Nice For What" replaced "God's Plan" at the summit, after the latter had spent eleven weeks on top.[169]
Drake holds the record for being on the Hot 100 for the most consecutive weeks. He placed at least one song, either in a lead or featured role, on every chart from his debut on May 23, 2009, to August 19, 2017, for a total of 431 weeks in a row.[170]
Ariana Grande is the only artist to have the lead single from each of her first three albums debut in the Hot 100's top 10.[116]


document_title: The Ridiculous 6

question_text: who played mark twain in the ridiculous 6

text: The Ridiculous 6

text: Plot[edit]

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text: In the Old West era, a calm man named Tommy, known as "White Knife" by the Native American tribe who raised him after his mother was murdered, is to marry a member of the tribe named Smoking Fox. Following a run-in with a deranged, Native American-racist food proprietor named Clem and the Left-Eye Gang, bandits led by under Will Patch who claimed to have removed their right eyes as proof of membership, Tommy and his troop are visited by a bank robber named Frank Stockburn who claims to be Tommy's biological father. Tommy explains to Frank that his mother was shot by a man with a tattooed hand when she was escorting him to school during his childhood, something that has haunted his dreams since. Frank also tells Tommy that he is dying of consumption and had amassed $50,000 which he buried in a meadow next to a pine tree and is offering to Tommy and the Natives. The next day, a group of bandits with connections to Frank come to the village, led by the ruthless Cicero who wants Frank to give them his "big score" he gained a while back. Frank has the bandits kidnap him so he can lead them to the $50,000 at the so-called "Singing Windmill", in return for the bandits not attacking Tommy or the Indians. With no time to search the meadow and find the money, and to live to his tribe's standards, Tommy decides to resort to stealing from dishonorable persons (corrupt politicians, racist bankers, and thugs alike) to obtain the amount needed and save his father. During his quest, Tommy discovers that he has 5 half-brothers: Mexican burro rider Ramon whose innkeeper mother had a fling with Frank; mentally challenged yet happy-go-lucky Lil' Pete (Lautner) whose strong neck makes him immune to hanging; feral mountain-man Herm (Garcia) who speaks incomprehensibly while having helped his mother sell their moonshine.

text:
Tommy meets his last two half-brothers, Abraham Lincoln's former bodyguard Danny who resorts to drinking from guilt of accidentally leading John Wilkes Booth to murder him; and African-American saloon pianist Chico who confesses to be half-White, when the brothers stole a large gold nugget from Chico's boss: the ever smiling sociopathic saloon owner Smiley Harris, who was part of Frank's gang until Frank stole his cut of their biggest score and left him to die at the windmill. When Smiley attempts to kill the brothers as revenge against Frank, he ended up being unintentionally decapitated by Ramon who was trying to knock him out. Meanwhile, having joined the Left-Eye Gang at the cost of his only functional eye, Clem helps the bandits
abduct Smoking Fox while searching for Tommy before their captive ultimately eluded them while they learn of the brothers' exploits as they came to be known as the Ridiculous 6. The Left-Eye Gang soon catch up to the Ridiculous 6 while they were relaxing in a pond, overpowered but stealing their loot. But at Herm's notion, which Tommy translates through his mysticism, the brothers decide to rob from gambling game in Yuma hosted by Ezekiel Grant and attended by Mark Twain and General George Armstrong Custer. Through Wyatt Earp nearly jeopardized their plan, the brothers succeed and head out to ransom their father, saving the Eye Patch Gang after learning they were left to die by Cicero while forcing them to reform and getting back the original $50,000.

text: As dusk falls, Tommy realizes through a Danny's photograph of their father that Cicero is his mother's murderer, leaving his brothers in the cover of night to rescue his father and kill Cicero. The half-brothers, who followed Tommy along with the Left-Eye Gang, have a reunion with their long lost father, who reveals to have masterminded his abduction upon learning his sons exceed his expectations in amassing $100,000 and had taken Smoking Fox captive when she found him after eluding the Left-Eye Gang. But Tommy reveals his group had a Plan B: a hidden bomb inside the bag containing the ransom money. When the bomb explodes and commotion ensues, Frank runs off with Smoking Fox inside a mine. Tommy runs after them and successfully rescues his bride-to-be and captures his father. Also, in the process of the fighting, the Left-Eye Gang accidentally reveal that they lied about removing their right eyes, much to Clem's outrage. Back in the Native Village, Tommy weds Smoking Fox with his brothers in attendance. Since the revelation that their biological father Frank Stockburn was no more than a two-bit crook, the Native chief decides to adopt the half-brothers as he did with Tommy.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Adam Sandler as Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn[2]

text: Henry Steckman as young Tommy Stockburn

text:
Terry Crews as Chico Stockburn[2]
Jorge Garcia as Herm Stockburn[3]
Taylor Lautner as Lil' Pete Stockburn[2]
Rob Schneider as Ramon Stockburn[2]
Luke Wilson as Danny Stockburn[2]
Nick Nolte as Frank Stockburn[2]
Will Forte as Will Patch[2]
Nick Swardson[2] as Nelly Patch
Steve Zahn as Clem, former general store owner[2]
Julia Jones as Smoking Fox
Lavell Crawford as Gus Patch[2]
Jared Sandler as Babyface Patch
Paul Sado as Stumbles Patch
Danny Trejo as Cicero[2]
Harvey Keitel as Smiley Harris, owner of "The Golden Nugget"[4]
Steve Buscemi as Doc Griffin[2]
David Spade as General Custer[2]
Whitney Cummings as Susannah[2]
Jon Lovitz as Ezekiel Grant[2]
Saginaw Grant as Screaming Eagle
Norm Macdonald as Nugget Customer
Chris Parnell as William the Bank Manager[2]
Blake Shelton as Wyatt Earp[2]
John Turturro as Abner Doubleday[5]
Vanilla Ice as Mark Twain[2]
Dan Patrick as Abraham Lincoln
Chris Kattan as John Wilkes Booth
Lenda Murray[6] as Chico's mother
Jackie Sandler as Never Wears Bra

text: Production[edit]

text: Prior to Netflix picking up the film, it had been in the works and dropped by three studios, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros..[2][7] The latter dropped out soon after Adam Sandler and Happy Madison Productions signed a four-picture deal with Netflix, although an insider noted to The Hollywood Reporter that the deal had nothing to do with their decision.[7]

text: By January 2015, Netflix picked up the film with others joining the cast including Taylor Lautner, Nick Nolte, Blake Shelton, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Will Forte, Vanilla Ice, and Luke Wilson.[2] On February 16, 2015, Jorge Garcia joined the cast.[2] Principal photography began on February 20, 2015, and ended on May 2, 2015.[3][8]

text: Controversy[edit]

text: On April 23, 2015, Indian Country Today Media Network reported that approximately "a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler’s newest film production, The Ridiculous Six" in protest of its portrayal of the Apache culture.[9] The New York Daily News later reported that there were only four who left, out of over 100 Native American actors on the set.[10] Navajo Nation tribal members Loren Anthony and film student Allison Young said they left because they felt the film portrayed Native Americans in a negative light and took satire too far. They also complained that the portrayal of women was degrading.[11][12] A representative of Netflix responded saying, "The movie has ridiculous in the title for a reason: because it is ridiculous. It is a broad satire of Western movies and the stereotypes they popularized, featuring a diverse cast that is not only part of—but in on—the joke."[13]

text: On May 4, 2015, the New York Daily News reported that Ricky Lee, one of the Native American actors on the Ridiculous 6 set, said previous news reports were exaggerated and indeed there were only "four actors who left, but there were 150 extras, including grandmas and grandpas and children, who kept working." Apparently, before the film's wrap party, he and several other actors were approached by Sandler to speak about the controversy. According to the actor, those who left raised legitimate issues but it was "the wrong battlefield."[10]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film  premiered on Netflix on December 11, 2015.[14] On January 6, 2016, Netflix announced that the film had been viewed more times in 30 days than any other movie in Netflix history. It also made it to the #1 spot in every territory in which Netflix operates.[15]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The film currently holds a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 2.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Every bit as lazily offensive as its cast and concept would suggest, The Ridiculous Six is standard couch fare for Adam Sandler fanatics and must-avoid viewing for film enthusiasts of every other persuasion."[16] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 18 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[17]