James Brown
Jan 4, 1958 – Aug 30, 2014
Hot 100 Songs
88
B200 Albums
52
#1 Songs
0
#1 Albums
0
Hot 100 Weeks
659
B200 Weeks
778
Best Hot 100
#3
Max Simultaneous
3
Hot 100 Songs
| Try Me | 48 | 13 | 1 | Dec 13, 1958 | Mar 7, 1959 |
| Think | 33 | 8 | 1 | Apr 30, 1960 | Jun 25, 1960 |
| You've Got The Power | 86 | 1 | 1 | Jun 25, 1960 | Jun 25, 1960 |
| This Old Heart | 79 | 5 | 1 | Aug 27, 1960 | Sep 24, 1960 |
| The Bells | 68 | 6 | 1 | Nov 12, 1960 | Dec 17, 1960 |
| Bewildered | 40 | 8 | 2 | Feb 25, 1961 | Apr 15, 1961 |
| I Don't Mind | 47 | 8 | 1 | May 13, 1961 | Jul 1, 1961 |
| Baby, You're Right | 49 | 4 | 1 | Aug 19, 1961 | Sep 9, 1961 |
| Lost Someone | 48 | 13 | 1 | Dec 16, 1961 | Feb 12, 1966 |
| Night Train | 35 | 11 | 1 | Apr 14, 1962 | Jun 23, 1962 |
| Shout And Shimmy | 61 | 4 | 1 | Jul 7, 1962 | Jul 28, 1962 |
| Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. | 82 | 2 | 1 | Sep 29, 1962 | Oct 6, 1962 |
| Three Hearts In A Tangle | 93 | 3 | 1 | Dec 8, 1962 | Dec 22, 1962 |
| Every Beat Of My Heart | 99 | 1 | 1 | Feb 9, 1963 | Feb 9, 1963 |
| Prisoner Of Love | 18 | 11 | 1 | Apr 20, 1963 | Jun 29, 1963 |
| These Foolish Things | 55 | 6 | 1 | Jul 27, 1963 | Aug 31, 1963 |
| Signed, Sealed, And Delivered | 77 | 5 | 1 | Oct 12, 1963 | Nov 9, 1963 |
| Oh Baby Don't You Weep (Part 1) | 23 | 10 | 1 | Jan 25, 1964 | Mar 28, 1964 |
| Please, Please, Please | 95 | 2 | 1 | Feb 15, 1964 | Feb 22, 1964 |
| Caldonia | 95 | 2 | 1 | May 2, 1964 | May 9, 1964 |
| The Things That I Used To Do | 99 | 1 | 1 | Jul 4, 1964 | Jul 4, 1964 |
| Out Of Sight | 24 | 10 | 1 | Aug 15, 1964 | Oct 17, 1964 |
| Have Mercy Baby | 92 | 2 | 1 | Dec 26, 1964 | Jan 2, 1965 |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part I) | 8 | 13 | 2 | Jul 17, 1965 | Oct 9, 1965 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | 3 | 12 | 3 | Nov 13, 1965 | Jan 29, 1966 |
| I'll Go Crazy | 73 | 2 | 1 | Feb 19, 1966 | Feb 26, 1966 |
| Ain't That A Groove (Part 1) | 42 | 7 | 1 | Mar 5, 1966 | Apr 16, 1966 |
| It's A Man's Man's Man's World | 8 | 9 | 2 | Apr 30, 1966 | Jun 25, 1966 |
| Money Won't Change You (Part 1) | 53 | 9 | 1 | Jul 30, 1966 | Sep 24, 1966 |
| Don't Be A Drop-Out | 50 | 7 | 1 | Oct 8, 1966 | Nov 19, 1966 |
| Bring It Up | 29 | 8 | 1 | Jan 7, 1967 | Feb 25, 1967 |
| Kansas City | 55 | 5 | 1 | Mar 4, 1967 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Think | 100 | 1 | 1 | Apr 8, 1967 | Apr 8, 1967 |
| Let Yourself Go | 46 | 7 | 1 | May 6, 1967 | Jun 17, 1967 |
| Cold Sweat - Part 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | Jul 15, 1967 | Sep 30, 1967 |
| Get It Together (Part 1) | 40 | 6 | 1 | Oct 28, 1967 | Dec 2, 1967 |
| I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) | 28 | 9 | 1 | Dec 9, 1967 | Feb 3, 1968 |
| There Was A Time | 36 | 8 | 2 | Jan 20, 1968 | Mar 9, 1968 |
| I Got The Feelin' | 6 | 12 | 2 | Mar 16, 1968 | Jun 1, 1968 |
| America Is My Home - Pt. 1 | 52 | 7 | 1 | May 25, 1968 | Jul 6, 1968 |
| Licking Stick - Licking Stick (Part 1) | 14 | 8 | 1 | May 25, 1968 | Jul 13, 1968 |
| I Guess I'll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry | 55 | 6 | 1 | Jul 27, 1968 | Aug 31, 1968 |
| Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) | 10 | 11 | 1 | Sep 7, 1968 | Nov 16, 1968 |
| Goodbye My Love | 31 | 7 | 1 | Nov 9, 1968 | Dec 21, 1968 |
| Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) | 86 | 4 | 2 | Dec 21, 1968 | Jan 11, 1969 |
| Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose | 15 | 9 | 1 | Jan 25, 1969 | Mar 22, 1969 |
| I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Mysel | 20 | 8 | 1 | Apr 5, 1969 | May 24, 1969 |
| The Popcorn | 30 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 1969 | Jul 26, 1969 |
| Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | Jun 14, 1969 | Aug 30, 1969 |
| Lowdown Popcorn | 41 | 6 | 1 | Aug 23, 1969 | Sep 27, 1969 |
| World (Part 1) | 37 | 7 | 2 | Sep 13, 1969 | Oct 25, 1969 |
| Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part One) | 21 | 8 | 2 | Oct 11, 1969 | Nov 29, 1969 |
| Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1) | 24 | 11 | 1 | Nov 22, 1969 | Jan 31, 1970 |
| Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part Two) | 40 | 8 | 2 | Dec 20, 1969 | Feb 7, 1970 |
| It's A New Day (Part 1) & (Part 2) | 32 | 8 | 1 | Feb 14, 1970 | Apr 4, 1970 |
| Funky Drummer (Part 1) | 51 | 5 | 1 | Mar 21, 1970 | Apr 18, 1970 |
| Brother Rapp (Part 1) | 32 | 8 | 1 | May 2, 1970 | Jun 20, 1970 |
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) | 15 | 9 | 2 | Jul 18, 1970 | Sep 12, 1970 |
| Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2) | 13 | 10 | 1 | Oct 3, 1970 | Dec 5, 1970 |
| Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Pt. 1) | 34 | 8 | 1 | Jan 2, 1971 | Feb 20, 1971 |
| Soul Power (Pt. 1) | 29 | 9 | 2 | Feb 27, 1971 | Apr 24, 1971 |
| Spinning Wheel (Pt. 1) | 90 | 2 | 2 | Mar 6, 1971 | Mar 13, 1971 |
| I Cried | 50 | 6 | 2 | May 8, 1971 | Jun 12, 1971 |
| Escape-ism (Part 1) | 35 | 6 | 2 | Jun 12, 1971 | Jul 17, 1971 |
| Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1) | 15 | 11 | 1 | Jul 3, 1971 | Sep 11, 1971 |
| Make It Funky (Part 1) | 22 | 9 | 2 | Aug 28, 1971 | Oct 23, 1971 |
| My Part/Make It Funky (Part 3) | 68 | 6 | 2 | Oct 23, 1971 | Nov 27, 1971 |
| I'm A Greedy Man - Part I | 35 | 8 | 2 | Nov 13, 1971 | Jan 1, 1972 |
| Talking Loud And Saying Nothing - Part I | 27 | 7 | 1 | Feb 12, 1972 | Mar 25, 1972 |
| King Heroin | 40 | 7 | 2 | Mar 4, 1972 | Apr 15, 1972 |
| There It Is (Part 1) | 43 | 7 | 1 | May 6, 1972 | Jun 17, 1972 |
| Get On The Good Foot-Part 1 | 18 | 14 | 1 | Aug 5, 1972 | Nov 4, 1972 |
| I Got A Bag Of My Own | 44 | 7 | 2 | Nov 18, 1972 | Dec 30, 1972 |
| I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1) | 27 | 8 | 1 | Jan 20, 1973 | Mar 10, 1973 |
| Down And Out In New York City | 50 | 7 | 1 | Mar 10, 1973 | Apr 21, 1973 |
| Think | 77 | 7 | 1 | May 19, 1973 | Aug 18, 1973 |
| Sexy, Sexy, Sexy | 50 | 8 | 1 | Aug 18, 1973 | Oct 6, 1973 |
| Stoned To The Bone - Part 1 | 58 | 11 | 1 | Dec 1, 1973 | Feb 9, 1974 |
| The Payback - Part I | 26 | 13 | 1 | Mar 23, 1974 | Jun 15, 1974 |
| My Thang | 29 | 13 | 2 | Jun 22, 1974 | Sep 14, 1974 |
| Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part I) | 31 | 11 | 1 | Aug 24, 1974 | Nov 2, 1974 |
| Funky President (People It's Bad)/Coldblooded | 44 | 10 | 1 | Nov 9, 1974 | Jan 11, 1975 |
| Reality | 80 | 4 | 1 | Feb 22, 1975 | Mar 15, 1975 |
| Sex Machine (Part I) | 61 | 5 | 1 | May 17, 1975 | Jun 14, 1975 |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | 45 | 7 | 1 | Aug 14, 1976 | Sep 25, 1976 |
| Bodyheat (Part 1) | 88 | 3 | 1 | Feb 26, 1977 | Mar 12, 1977 |
| Living In America | 4 | 19 | 1 | Dec 7, 1985 | Apr 12, 1986 |
| Gravity | 93 | 2 | 1 | Oct 18, 1986 | Oct 25, 1986 |
Billboard 200 Albums
| Live At The Apollo | 6 | 59 | 1 | Jan 4, 1958 | Nov 6, 1965 |
| Prisoner Of Love | 73 | 17 | 2 | Sep 28, 1963 | Jan 18, 1964 |
| Pure Dynamite! Live At The Royal | 10 | 22 | 1 | Feb 29, 1964 | Jul 25, 1964 |
| Showtime | 61 | 18 | 1 | May 9, 1964 | Sep 5, 1964 |
| Grits & Soul | 124 | 10 | 1 | Apr 10, 1965 | Jun 12, 1965 |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag | 26 | 27 | 2 | Sep 11, 1965 | Mar 12, 1966 |
| James Brown Plays James Brown - Today & Yesterday | 42 | 19 | 1 | Nov 20, 1965 | Mar 26, 1966 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | 36 | 17 | 1 | Jan 22, 1966 | May 14, 1966 |
| James Brown Plays New Breed | 101 | 11 | 1 | Apr 16, 1966 | Jun 25, 1966 |
| It's A Man's Man's Man's World | 90 | 9 | 1 | Sep 10, 1966 | Nov 5, 1966 |
| Handful Of Soul | 135 | 3 | 1 | Dec 3, 1966 | Dec 17, 1966 |
| Raw Soul | 88 | 14 | 1 | Apr 8, 1967 | Jul 8, 1967 |
| Live At The Garden | 41 | 17 | 2 | Jun 10, 1967 | Sep 30, 1967 |
| James Brown Plays The Real Thing | 164 | 5 | 2 | Jul 15, 1967 | Aug 12, 1967 |
| Cold Sweat | 35 | 17 | 2 | Sep 16, 1967 | Jan 6, 1968 |
| I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) | 17 | 14 | 1 | Mar 23, 1968 | Jun 22, 1968 |
| I Got The Feelin' | 135 | 14 | 1 | May 18, 1968 | Aug 24, 1968 |
| James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul | 150 | 5 | 1 | Aug 24, 1968 | Sep 21, 1968 |
| Live At The Apollo, Volume II | 32 | 39 | 1 | Sep 7, 1968 | May 31, 1969 |
| Say It Loud-I'm Black And I'm Proud | 53 | 22 | 2 | Apr 12, 1969 | Sep 6, 1969 |
| Gettin' Down To It | 99 | 14 | 2 | May 31, 1969 | Aug 30, 1969 |
| James Brown Plays & Directs The Popcorn | 40 | 22 | 1 | Aug 23, 1969 | Jan 17, 1970 |
| It's A Mother | 26 | 24 | 1 | Sep 6, 1969 | Feb 14, 1970 |
| Ain't It Funky | 43 | 12 | 3 | Feb 14, 1970 | May 2, 1970 |
| Soul On Top | 125 | 10 | 1 | May 16, 1970 | Jul 18, 1970 |
| It's A New Day So Let A Man Come In | 121 | 6 | 2 | Jul 4, 1970 | Aug 8, 1970 |
| Sex Machine | 29 | 31 | 1 | Sep 12, 1970 | Apr 10, 1971 |
| Super Bad | 61 | 15 | 1 | Jan 30, 1971 | May 8, 1971 |
| Sho Is Funky Down Here | 137 | 4 | 2 | May 1, 1971 | May 22, 1971 |
| Hot Pants | 22 | 18 | 2 | Sep 4, 1971 | Jan 1, 1972 |
| Revolution Of The Mind - Live At The Apollo, Volume III | 39 | 21 | 2 | Dec 25, 1971 | May 13, 1972 |
| James Brown Soul Classics | 83 | 16 | 2 | Jun 17, 1972 | Sep 30, 1972 |
| There It Is | 60 | 21 | 1 | Jul 8, 1972 | Nov 25, 1972 |
| Get On The Good Foot | 68 | 17 | 2 | Dec 9, 1972 | Mar 31, 1973 |
| Black Caesar | 31 | 21 | 2 | Mar 3, 1973 | Jul 21, 1973 |
| Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | 92 | 11 | 1 | Jul 28, 1973 | Oct 6, 1973 |
| The Payback | 34 | 36 | 1 | Jan 5, 1974 | Sep 7, 1974 |
| Hell | 35 | 19 | 2 | Jul 27, 1974 | Nov 30, 1974 |
| Reality | 56 | 10 | 1 | Jan 25, 1975 | Mar 29, 1975 |
| Sex Machine Today | 103 | 8 | 2 | May 24, 1975 | Jul 12, 1975 |
| Everybody's Doin' The Hustle & Dead Double Bump | 193 | 2 | 1 | Oct 4, 1975 | Oct 11, 1975 |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | 147 | 8 | 2 | Aug 14, 1976 | Oct 2, 1976 |
| Bodyheat | 126 | 10 | 2 | Jan 15, 1977 | Mar 19, 1977 |
| Jam 1980's | 121 | 22 | 1 | May 6, 1978 | Sep 30, 1978 |
| The Original Disco Man | 152 | 6 | 1 | Aug 11, 1979 | Sep 15, 1979 |
| James Brown...Live/Hot On The One | 170 | 5 | 2 | Aug 16, 1980 | Sep 13, 1980 |
| Live And Lowdown At The Apollo Vol 1 | 163 | 3 | 2 | Nov 22, 1980 | Dec 6, 1980 |
| Gravity | 156 | 6 | 2 | Oct 18, 1986 | Nov 22, 1986 |
| I'm Real | 96 | 14 | 1 | Jun 18, 1988 | Sep 17, 1988 |
| Soul Brother No. 1 | 170 | 2 | 1 | Apr 12, 2008 | Apr 19, 2008 |
| 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! | 133 | 2 | 1 | Aug 16, 2014 | Aug 23, 2014 |
| Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Soundtrack) | 61 | 3 | 1 | Aug 16, 2014 | Aug 30, 2014 |