‘Die With a Smile’ & More
On the Billboard Hot 100 dated May 11, 1959, Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens’ “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” soared from No. 19 to No. 4, the place it peaked for 2 weeks.
The track turned a novelty hit, tying into the character that Byrnes performed on the TV present 77 Sunset Strip. For all its lightheartedness, it made historical past: It turned the primary Hot 100 prime 10 by two artists who didn’t recurrently file collectively, relationship to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, begin.
A choose few such team-ups hit the Hot 100’s prime 10 within the Sixties, earlier than the observe made extra inroads within the ‘70s, when high-profile artists sharing No. 1s included Elton John and Kiki Dee (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”); John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (“You’re the One That I Want”); and Barbra Streisand with each Neil Diamond (“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”) and Donna Summer (“No More Tears [Enough Is Enough]”).
By the mid-‘80s, the Hot 100’s timeline had prolonged far sufficient that “That’s What Friends Are For” made its personal historical past: As it marked Stevie Wonder’s twenty seventh prime 10 and John’s twentieth (in addition to Dionne Warwick’s twelfth and Gladys Knight’s eighth, all below the billing Dionne & Friends), the all-star charity single turned the primary prime 10 by two acts every including a twentieth hit within the tier.
On the Hot 100 dated Aug. 31, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars sure in at No. 3 with “Die With a Smile” – Mars’ nineteenth prime 10 and Gaga’s 18th. Even with collaborations now lengthy embedded in hit music, the ballad is a powerful outlier, because it turns into the newest uncommon track through which no less than two acts every up their counts to fifteen or extra prime 10s.
Below, browse (or, in honor of Byrnes and Stevens, comb via) a recap of the choose songs with such star energy, and acts’ Hot 100 prime 10 totals on the time of every entry. Notably, Michael Jackson leads with three dominant duets, whereas Drake, Gaga, Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney, Rihanna and Wonder boast two every.
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“Die With a Smile”
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Bruno Mars’ nineteenth Hot 100 prime 10, Lady Gaga’s 18th / No. 3 peak (to this point), Aug. 31, 2024
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“Die for You”
Image Credit: Courtesy of Republic Records The Weeknd’s sixteenth Hot 100 prime 10, Ariana Grande’s nineteenth / No. 1 peak (one week), March 11, 2023
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“Love All”
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Drake raised his whole from 45 to 54 Hot 100 prime 10s with 9 debuts together with “Love All,” Jay-Z’s twenty second / No. 10 peak, Sept. 18, 2021
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“Rain on Me”
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV Lady Gaga’s seventeenth Hot 100 prime 10, Ariana Grande’s sixteenth / No. 1 peak (one week), June 6, 2020
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“Don’t Matter to Me”
Image Credit: Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake raised his whole from 26 to 30 Hot 100 prime 10s with 4 new prime 10s together with “Don’t Matter to Me,” Michael Jackson’s thirtieth / No. 9 peak, July 14, 2018
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“FourFiveSeconds”
Image Credit: MJKIM/MPL Communications by way of Getty Images Rihanna’s twenty sixth Hot 100 prime 10, Paul McCartney’s twenty third (not counting The Beatles’ then-34 with him as a member), Kanye West’s fifteenth – marking the one hit through which three acts have every raised their totals to fifteen or extra prime 10s every / No. 4 peak, Feb. 28, 2015
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“Love Never Felt So Good”
Image Credit: Graham Denholm/Getty Images Michael Jackson’s twenty ninth Hot 100 prime 10, Justin Timberlake’s sixteenth / No. 9 peak, May 31, 2014
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“The Monster”
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/EM/WireImage Rihanna’s twenty fifth Hot 100 prime 10, Eminem’s seventeenth / No. 1 peak (4 weeks), Dec. 21, 2013
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“Scream”
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Michael Jackson’s twenty sixth Hot 100 prime 10, Janet Jackson’s twentieth / No. 5 peak, June 17, 1995
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“That’s What Friends Are For”
Image Credit: Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images Stevie Wonder’s twenty seventh Hot 100 prime 10, Elton John’s twentieth (co-billed, Dionne Warwick added her twelfth prime 10 and Gladys Knight, her eighth) / No. 1 peak (4 weeks), Jan. 18, 1986
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“Ebony and Ivory”
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Stevie Wonder’s twenty fourth Hot 100 prime 10, Paul McCartney’s seventeenth (not counting The Beatles’ then-33 with him as a member) / No. 1 peak (seven weeks), May 15, 1982
