How many #1 hits did the Beatles have?

The Beatles actually had 27 songs that made it to the number one spot on the American Charts.... they have a cd out called 1, which is all of the songs that made it to the top spot. You will see that when one of their songs did make it to number one, it was only on there for a few weeks... this is because it was knocked from the spot by a new Beatles song. Understand one thing.... The Beatles made records which were sold in America for a very short time.... 1964 - 1970.. right at six years.... which means they were able to average over four number one songs a year, that is not only amazing, but will NEVER be done again.

17 UK number 1 hits - I believe:

Apr-63 From Me To You
Aug-63 She Loves You
Dec-63 I Want To Hold Your Hand
Mar-64 Can't Buy Me Love
Jul-64 A Hard Day's Night
Dec-64 I Feel Fine
Apr-65 Ticket To Ride
Jul-65 Help!
Dec-65 Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out
Jun-66 Paperback Writer
Aug-66 Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
Jul-67 All You Need Is Love
Nov-67 Hello Goodbye
Mar-68 Lady Madonna
Sep-68 Hey Jude
Apr-69 Get Back
Jun-69 Ballad Of John And Yoko

All depends on what "number 1" means.
Billboard (US) is 21.
World wide is actually 27.
The album "1" has them all. Buy it. Then when someone asks you this question again, just hand them the CD (or your media player of choice).

Ugh,
The Gorilla.

01 Love Me Do
02 From Me To You
03 She Loves You
04 I Want To Hold Your Hand
05 Can't Buy Me Love
06 A Hard Day's Night
07 I Feel Fine
08 Eight Days A Week
09 Ticket To Ride
10Help!
11 Yesterday
12 Day Tripper
13 We Can Work It Out
14 Paperback Writer
15 Yellow Submarine
16 Eleanor Rigby
17 Penny Lane
18 All You Need Is Love
19 Hello, Goodbye
20 Lady Madonna
21 Hey Jude
22 Get Back
23 The Ballad Of John And Yoko
24 Something
25 Come Together
26 Let It Be
27 The Long And Winding Road

From Me To You, Can't Buy Me Love, Day Tripper, Yellow Submarine, Eleanor Rigby, Strawberry Fields Forever, Lady Madonna,

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The Beatles had 21 songs hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, which gives them the record for the most # 1 hits in the rock era.

Love Me Do # 1 for one week
She Loves You # 1 for two weeks
I Want To Hold Your Hand # 1 for seven weeks
Can't Buy Me Love # 1 for five weeks
A Hard Days Night # 1 for two weeks
I Feel Fine # 1 for three weeks
Eight Days A Week # 1 for two weeks
Ticket To Ride # 1 for one week
Help! # 1 for three weeks
Yesterday # 1 for four weeks
We Can Work It Out # 1 for three weeks
Paperback Writer # 1 for two weeks
Penny Lane # 1 for one week
All You Need Is Love # 1 for one week
Hello, Goodbye # 1 for three weeks
Hey Jude # 1 for nine weeks
Get Back # 1 for five weeks
Something # 1 for one week
Come Together # 1 for one week
Let It Be # 1 for two weeks
The Long And Winding Road # 1 for two weeks

In response to Liz Lackey's claim that because Come Together/Something was a double A side #1 they, the Beatles only had 20 #1 hits. Billboard magazine, which is where I got my information is regarded as the industry standard when it comes to such things, as they have been keeping charts of the music hits of the day for over 60 years, and they, Billboard say that the Beatles have 21 #1 hits and they, Billboard count Come Together/Something as two seperate entities. And this isn't some pro-Beatles bias, Billboard did the exact same thing with regards to some of Elvis Presleys songs.

As for "For You Blue", it never came anywhere near the Top 10.

As I said previously, my information comes from Billboard Magazine which is considered the industry standard when it comes to music charts and records.

The Beatles earned 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles). Solo: (1974 US No.1 & UK one single 'You're Sixteen' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits).