Elton John Earns Record-Extending 17th No. 1 On Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart
“Merry Christmas,” Elton John’s collaboration with Ed Sheeran, has topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary airplay Chart dated January 1. This marks John’s record-extending 17th No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The Carpenters, who earned 15 No. 1s on the chart, Barry Manilow (13), Celine Dion, Lionel Richie (11 each), Whitney Houston and Olivia Newton-John (10…