October 8, 2025 • 6 mins
"Which artist spent more time at #1 than Taylor Swift… and how did the Kingston Trio sneak into the top 10?"In this laugh-packed segment of The Ben and Skin Show, Kevin “KT” Turner takes the reins and throws down a music trivia challenge that stumps even the most seasoned pop culture pros. Joined by Jeff “Skin” Wade and Krystina Ray, the trio dives into a wild guessing game: Which artists have spent the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?What starts as a fun quiz quickly spirals into hilarious confusion, unexpected revelations, and some truly outrageous guesses. From Taylor Swift and The Beatles to Harry Belafonte and the Kingston Trio, the list is full of surprises—and the reactions are priceless.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Been and Skin Show ninety seven point one. The Eagle
will be listening for your chance to win nine inch
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You'll use the talkback feature be dialed in for that.
I got a news quickie in fifteen minutes. But Kat,
why don't you take it from here and let's do
a little music trivia.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Saw this the other day and held on to it
because I thought it was interesting. It's called oh have
you you guys? What? The boardroom is?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
The place where you gets your haircut r.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's a new outlet that does like pop culture stories.
Kevin Durant's a big investor in it.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what this is.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So they're pretty good and they put out like lots
of juicy graphics and stuff on Instagram. It's really good,
like with stabs and stuff. Okay, fits my personality a lot.
And it's it's sports related, sports music, it's everything least
they do it all. Yeah, Okay, it's it's actually less
sports focused than anything else. Oh interesting, OKAYI artist with
the most weeks at number one on the Billboard two
(00:58):
hundred singles or albums, Singles artists with the most weeks
at number one and Billboard two hundred history. I have
the top twenty here, top twenty two on there that
you're not going to get and I shot they were
on there. But it's okay, interesting to me. Taylor Swift
(01:21):
number two, eighty six weeks at number one. Wow, so
over a year at number one?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
U Whitney Houston, Yes, Whitney Houston tied for sixth, right
there at forty six weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Christina Michael Jackson, Yeah, number five, fifty one weeks. Mariah Carey, Yes,
tied for eighteenth at thirty weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Oh wow, I thought she would have been higher.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So back at the bottom there, yeah, don't say bottom.
So I'm thinking more of touring, but I'm going to
say cold play, no cold play out. Yeah, I don't
think tours, think number one singles here? Yeah, you gotta leave, okay,
strike one?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Oh okay, I didn't know there's a three strike situation.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well it could be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
How about Bad Bunny, Bad Boonie not there yet, I
gotta leave.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I bet he'd like to be thought after Super Bowl.
Billie Eilish, not quite Okay, you need a little for
most of these. You need a little longevity here, which
we have had to probably have multiple number one hit singles. Okay,
I wonder about Prince Yeah, absolutely tied for sixteenth, okay,
(02:44):
thirty five, Hey, give me the Beatles, then the Beatles
number one right there, one hundred and thirty two weeks
at number one. That's multiple songs, clearly. But yes, okay,
you got Taylor at number two. We don't have number
three yet. I don't have three or four.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Is it? See they sold a ton of albums, but
I don't know if they have number one seguals. I
was gonna say the Eagles, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Ty for eighteenth with Mariah Carey at the Midday Yeah,
thirty weeks okay, and that's probably Hotel California. It's probably
number one for a long ass time. Mm hm, take
it easy maybe yeah yeah, Rolling Stones, Yeah, tied for
eleventh right there, thirty eight weeks, number one, Yeah. Beast
of Burden, Oh, start me up, start me at well, yeah,
probably was for a while. Brown Sugar might have been,
(03:34):
you know, you might have been in the late seven and.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Like, I don't think that would have got to number one, though.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yeah, I hesitated saying it.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Like I'm sitting here thinking of bands like the Carpenters
and Debbie Boone and these people that like, I don't know, man,
Debbie Boone, that you light up My life was number
one forever but thirty weeks yeah, okay, so yeah, we
gotta get to thirty weeks. Okay, what about Uh I'm
(04:02):
trying to think of somebody huge in the nineties. What
did Britney Spears do it?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Nope, not Britney two minute warning. Okay, I would like
to go ahead and start giving you a few clues here,
Yes please. Eagles Mariah carry at the bottom tied for
sixteenth with Prince's eminem Let's get that out really. Yeah,
that's surprises. I mean, did lose yourself could have been
on there the whole time? Yeah, so okay. Drake is
(04:29):
tied for thirteenth with The Monkeys.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Okay, day day Dream Believer was a massive hit.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
And Harry Belafonte, Oh for Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Daylight Come and We'll.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Go thirty seven weeks at number one. Wow it had
it been just that? Yeah? I can't. I don't even
know another song by him, Tied for elevits with the
Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac Oh, duh, I like that us
clues turn into just giving us the band. He's only
got My question with Fleetwood Mac is did Dreams come
back and get number one status at any point during Cranberry?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
It could be, but like what rumors the whole like
every you can go your own way. I mean, I'm
sure that was.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Ten Elton John of course, number nine A Dell really
number eight, Morgan Wallen.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Okay, they've never gotten that in a thousand years.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
So tied for six with Whitney Houston is the Kingston Trio.
Huh okay, you're just telling me they had forty six
weeks at number one for what song?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
But you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
But I'm sitting sixties and not.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
I think, yeah, maybe it's early sixties, it's before seventies.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Are they late fifties? They might be late fifties. And
that's how they did it. They were taught the chart. Oh, Elvis,
there you go, Elvis number three, number four in between
Elvis and Michael Jackson, Country Willie Nelson, Nope, can you
Kenny Rogers, Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks a whole year at one?
Good job, Christina all right, there you go.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
That was fun. Man.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
There's God.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
There's a lot of those that I would have never figured.
All Right, it's the beIN and Skin Show coming up next.
Let's do a news quickie. Americans are getting their news
how we'll break it down next
Been and Skin Show ninety seven point one. The Eagle
will be listening for your chance to win nine inch
nails tickets were giving them away every day this week.
You have to have that iHeart app, which is free.
You'll use the talkback feature be dialed in for that.
I got a news quickie in fifteen minutes. But Kat,
why don't you take it from here and let's do
a little music trivia.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Saw this the other day and held on to it
because I thought it was interesting. It's called oh have
you you guys? What? The boardroom is?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
The place where you gets your haircut r.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's a new outlet that does like pop culture stories.
Kevin Durant's a big investor in it.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what this is.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So they're pretty good and they put out like lots
of juicy graphics and stuff on Instagram. It's really good,
like with stabs and stuff. Okay, fits my personality a lot.
And it's it's sports related, sports music, it's everything least
they do it all. Yeah, Okay, it's it's actually less
sports focused than anything else. Oh interesting, OKAYI artist with
the most weeks at number one on the Billboard two
(00:58):
hundred singles or albums, Singles artists with the most weeks
at number one and Billboard two hundred history. I have
the top twenty here, top twenty two on there that
you're not going to get and I shot they were
on there. But it's okay, interesting to me. Taylor Swift
(01:21):
number two, eighty six weeks at number one. Wow, so
over a year at number one?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
U Whitney Houston, Yes, Whitney Houston tied for sixth, right
there at forty six weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Christina Michael Jackson, Yeah, number five, fifty one weeks. Mariah Carey, Yes,
tied for eighteenth at thirty weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Oh wow, I thought she would have been higher.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So back at the bottom there, yeah, don't say bottom.
So I'm thinking more of touring, but I'm going to
say cold play, no cold play out. Yeah, I don't
think tours, think number one singles here? Yeah, you gotta leave, okay,
strike one?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Oh okay, I didn't know there's a three strike situation.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well it could be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
How about Bad Bunny, Bad Boonie not there yet, I
gotta leave.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I bet he'd like to be thought after Super Bowl.
Billie Eilish, not quite Okay, you need a little for
most of these. You need a little longevity here, which
we have had to probably have multiple number one hit singles. Okay,
I wonder about Prince Yeah, absolutely tied for sixteenth, okay,
(02:44):
thirty five, Hey, give me the Beatles, then the Beatles
number one right there, one hundred and thirty two weeks
at number one. That's multiple songs, clearly. But yes, okay,
you got Taylor at number two. We don't have number
three yet. I don't have three or four.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Is it? See they sold a ton of albums, but
I don't know if they have number one seguals. I
was gonna say the Eagles, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Ty for eighteenth with Mariah Carey at the Midday Yeah,
thirty weeks okay, and that's probably Hotel California. It's probably
number one for a long ass time. Mm hm, take
it easy maybe yeah yeah, Rolling Stones, Yeah, tied for
eleventh right there, thirty eight weeks, number one, Yeah. Beast
of Burden, Oh, start me up, start me at well, yeah,
probably was for a while. Brown Sugar might have been,
(03:34):
you know, you might have been in the late seven and.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Like, I don't think that would have got to number one, though.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yeah, I hesitated saying it.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Like I'm sitting here thinking of bands like the Carpenters
and Debbie Boone and these people that like, I don't know, man,
Debbie Boone, that you light up My life was number
one forever but thirty weeks yeah, okay, so yeah, we
gotta get to thirty weeks. Okay, what about Uh I'm
(04:02):
trying to think of somebody huge in the nineties. What
did Britney Spears do it?
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Nope, not Britney two minute warning. Okay, I would like
to go ahead and start giving you a few clues here,
Yes please. Eagles Mariah carry at the bottom tied for
sixteenth with Prince's eminem Let's get that out really. Yeah,
that's surprises. I mean, did lose yourself could have been
on there the whole time? Yeah, so okay. Drake is
(04:29):
tied for thirteenth with The Monkeys.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Okay, day day Dream Believer was a massive hit.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
And Harry Belafonte, Oh for Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Daylight Come and We'll.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Go thirty seven weeks at number one. Wow it had
it been just that? Yeah? I can't. I don't even
know another song by him, Tied for elevits with the
Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac Oh, duh, I like that us
clues turn into just giving us the band. He's only
got My question with Fleetwood Mac is did Dreams come
back and get number one status at any point during Cranberry?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
It could be, but like what rumors the whole like
every you can go your own way. I mean, I'm
sure that was.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Ten Elton John of course, number nine A Dell really
number eight, Morgan Wallen.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Okay, they've never gotten that in a thousand years.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
So tied for six with Whitney Houston is the Kingston Trio.
Huh okay, you're just telling me they had forty six
weeks at number one for what song?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
But you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
But I'm sitting sixties and not.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
I think, yeah, maybe it's early sixties, it's before seventies.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Are they late fifties? They might be late fifties. And
that's how they did it. They were taught the chart. Oh, Elvis,
there you go, Elvis number three, number four in between
Elvis and Michael Jackson, Country Willie Nelson, Nope, can you
Kenny Rogers, Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks a whole year at one?
Good job, Christina all right, there you go.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
That was fun. Man.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
There's God.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
There's a lot of those that I would have never figured.
All Right, it's the beIN and Skin Show coming up next.
Let's do a news quickie. Americans are getting their news
how we'll break it down next
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