Kylie overtakes Whitney Houston in all-time top 100

LONDON, UK (Guinness Book) - Kylie Minogue has shot past Whitney Houston and Prince to claim a place as one of the most popular chart stars of all time.

The Aussie star's string of hits this year has seen her make a colossal leap in the list based on weeks spent in the charts.
She moves up from 40th to 25th position in the list compiled by the Guinness British Hit Singles book authors.

The upper reaches of the list barely change each year as they are dominated by classic artists with decades of hits from the days when songs stayed in the charts for months.
But Kylie has clocked up more than 40 weeks in the top 75 this year to push her up the league.

The list is topped by Elvis Presley with 1,185 weeks on the chart. And 25 years after his death, The King furthered his lead with summer hit A Little Less Conversation, giving him an extra 12 weeks.

His nearest rival, Sir Cliff Richard, would have to spend another 30 weeks on the chart to close the gap.

The only change in the entire top 20 in the past year has been Status Quo leapfrogging Stevie Wonder, switching from 14 to 13.

Oasis have been big climbers, rising from 29 to 21 through hits such as The Hindu Times in 2002 and passing the late Lonnie Donegan and crooner Jim Reeves.

Robbie Williams is at 66, up nine places from the previous year.

New Order are the only new entry in the entire Top 100 acts of all time, going in at 98, 21 years after they scored their first hit. They squeezed Neil Sedaka out of the list.