Most US No.1 singles by a songwriter

Sir Paul McCartney (UK) has achieved 32 No.1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 as a songwriter, including 20 as a member of The Beatles (in collaboration with John Lennon) and six with Wings (“My Love”, “Band on the Run”, “Listen to What the Man Said”, “Silly Love Songs”, “With a Little Luck” and “Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)”). Additionally, he has scored US No.1 hits with Linda McCartney (“Uncle Albert”/”Admiral Halsey”), Stevie Wonder (“Ebony and Ivory”) and Michael Jackson (“Say Say Say”), and is credited as a co-writer (alongside Lennon) on Peter & Gordon’s “A World Without Love”, Elton John’s “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and Stars on 45’s “Medley”.

John Lennon had 26 US No.1s as a songwriter (20 with McCartney as a member of The Beatles), two solo (“Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” and “(Just Like) Starting Over”), and co-credits on “A World Without Love”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “Medley” and David Bowie’s “Fame”.