Career statistics Bing Crosby

white christmas (1954)

crosby s among popular , successful musical acts of 20th century. although billboard magazine operated under different methodologies bulk of crosby s career, chart numbers remain astonishing: 396 chart singles, including 41 no. 1 hits. if multiple times white christmas charted counted, bring number 43 – more beatles , elvis combined. crosby had separate charting singles in every calendar year between 1931 , 1954; annual re-release of white christmas extended streak 1957. had 24 separate popular singles in 1939 alone. believed crosby best selling recording artist ever, plus or minus 1 billion units sold. statistician joel whitburn @ billboard determined crosby america s successful recording act of 1930s , again in 1940s.

for 15 years (1934, 1937, 1940, 1943–1954), crosby among top 10 in box-office drawing power, , 5 of years (1944–1948) topped world. sang 4 academy award-winning songs – sweet leilani (1937), white christmas (1942), swinging on star (1944), in cool, cool, cool of evening (1951) – , won academy award best actor role in going way (1944).

a survey in 2000 found 1,077,900,000 movie tickets sold, crosby third popular actor of time, behind clark gable (1,168,300,000) , john wayne (1,114,000,000). international motion picture almanac lists him in tie second on time number 1 stars list clint eastwood, tom hanks, , burt reynolds. popular film, white christmas, grossed $30 million in 1954 ($268 million in current value).

he received 23 gold , platinum records, according book million selling records. recording industry association of america did not institute gold record certification program until 1958, point crosby s record sales barely blip. before that, gold records awarded artist s own record company. universal music, current owner of crosby s decca catalog, has never requested riaa certification of hit singles.

crosby charted 23 billboard hits 47 recorded songs andrews sisters, decca record sales second crosby s throughout 1940s. patty, maxene, , laverne frequent collaborators on disc 1939 1952—a partnership produced 4 million-selling singles: pistol packin mama, jingle bells, don t fence me in, , south america, take away. made 1 film appearance in road rio singing don t have know language, , sang countless times on radio shows throughout 1940s , 1950s. appeared guests on each other s shows quite often, on many shows armed forces radio service during , after world war ii. quartet s top-10 billboard hits 1943 1945 including vict ry polka, there ll hot time in town of berlin (when yanks go marching in), , or ain t (ma baby?) major morale-boosters american public during war years.

in 1962, crosby given grammy lifetime achievement award. has been inducted halls of fame both radio , popular music. in 2007 crosby inducted hit parade hall of fame, , in 2008 western music hall of fame.