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The Beatles have had 20 number ones on the US Hot 100

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The Beatles have had 20 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, the most of any act. Their first, I Want to Hold Your Hand, reached the top in February 1964, and in April 1964 they held the top five positions at once.

The Beatles members at New York City in 1964 — United Press International (UPI Telephoto) Cropping and retouching: User:Indopug and User:Misterweiss · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: No other act has more. The figure is taken from Billboard, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.