Who holds the most Number 1's on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Charts?

Question

I thought it was Van Halen with a total of 14 number 1's

Answer 1

The Beatles had 20

Elvis had 17

and believe it or not Mariah Carey had 16

Answer 2

Here are the top 5:

#1- Van Halen,13 ("(Oh) Pretty Woman","Jump","Why Can't This Be Love?","When It's Love","Black and Blue","Poundcake","Runaround","Top of the World","Won't Get Fooled Again (live)","Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)","Humans Being","Me Wise Magic","Without You")

#2- Tom Petty, 10 ("The Waiting","You Got Lucky","Jammin' Me","I Won't Back Down","Runnin' Down a Dream","Free Fallin'","Learning to Fly","Out in the Cold","Mary Jane's Last Dance","You Don't Know How it Feels")

#3- Aerosmith, 9 ("Love in an Elevator","What it Takes","The Other Side","Livin' on the Edge","Cryin'", "Deuces are Wild","Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)","Pink","Jaded")

#4 (TIE)- John Mellencamp, 7 ("Hurts So Good","Lonely Ol' Night","Paper in Fire","Cherry Bomb","Get a Leg Up","Again Tonight","What if I Came Knocking?")

Collective Soul, 7 ("Shine","December","The World I Know","Where the River Flows","Precious Declaration","Listen","Heavy")

#5- (TIE) Black Crowes, 6 ("Hard to Handle","She Talks to Angels","Hotel Illness","Remedy","Sting Me","Thorn in My Pride")

ZZ Top, 6 ("Sleeping Bag","Stages","My Head's in Mississippi","Doubleback","Concrete and Steel","Pincushion")

RHCP have had 5 so far...

Answer 3

It's Van Halen with 13 #1s, not 14. Tom Petty has the 2nd most with

10 tracks and Aerosmith has the 3rd most with 9 tracks.

Answer 4

didn't the chili peppers have 11 straight

Answer 5

1. Van Halen with 13

2. Tom Petty with 10

3. Aerosmith with 9

Im 100% positive on this

Answer 6

xkygurlx- the Mainstream Rock Charts didn't even start until 1981 so NO the Beatles did not hold that on the Mainstream Rock Charts. He is asking for the Mainstream US Rock Chart rating not the one you listed. *Not being rude by the way--just saying*

Van Halen has 13.