The Jackson Family’s Biggest Hot 100 Hit Songs, Ranked
Categoria: Musica
This first-ever ranking combines hits from the Jackson 5, Jacksons and all the siblings’ solo material.
Por Billboard | 13/05/2026
The musical equivalent of the Kennedy family, the Jacksons have forged a dynasty that has flung their names, sounds and influence from the small steel mills of Gary, Ind., to global prominence across generations. In different permutations, the nine performing children of Joseph and Katherine Jackson — Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Michael, Randy and Janet — helped to shape American musical DNA for the last half-century, innovating through sonic tastes and performance styles that have clear descendants in today’s biggest pop stars. Rarely content with just making records, the Jacksons were breaking them from the start. The family’s earliest hit machine, the Jackson 5 — comprising Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Tito — made Billboard chart history out of the gate. In 1970, the act’s first four entries on the Billboard Hot 100 — “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” “The Love You Save” and “I’ll Be There” — all reached No. 1, a record that still stands among groups and was the all-time mark for 21 years before Mariah Carey’s red-hot start brought her five. The group’s momentum carried through the ‘70s and even survived a mid-decade departure from the Motown label and a name reshuffling to the Jacksons (without Jermaine and with Randy). By decade’s end, the brothers — across both group alignments — amassed 22 Hot 100 hits. Related It’s Janet Jackson Week on the Greatest Pop Stars Podcast! Start With Us in 1986 and the ‘Control’ Era’s Phenomenal Breakthrough Solo success expanded the Jacksons’ empire in the 1980s as more siblings emerged onto Billboard ’s charts. Michael, of course, was a supernova, becoming the decade’s biggest artist thanks to No. 1 Billboard 200 albums Thriller and Bad ; the former produced a then-record seven top 10 Hot 100 hits and the latter an unprecedented five No. 1 singles. Janet, too, exploded into a superstar in her own right, even leapfrogging her brother for her share of history: Her 1989 album, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 , generated seven top five hits, and was among her stretch of 18 consecutive top 10 Hot 100 hits — yes, another record that belongs in the Jackson vault. Outside the pop sphere, the R&B charts became friendly territory for solo breakouts in the decade — Jermaine, Rebbie and Marlon each earned at least one top-five hit, while La Toya scored nine R&B chart appearances and Jackie notched two of his own by 1989. All told, seven Jackson solo artists, as well as the Jacksons in group form, claimed a Billboard pop or R&B chart hit in the ‘80s. As Randy had an R&B hit in the 1970s, while Tito joined the solo chart club in 2016 with “Get It Baby,” completing the remarkable achievement of at least one individual Billboard chart placement for each sibling. In the nearly 37 years since arriving on the Billboard charts, a combined 103 Hot 100 hits, countless records sold and launch of three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame careers prove the Jacksons’ unriva