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According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Boone was the only singer that could compete in popularity with [[Elvis Presley]] during the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pat Boone Bio |url=https://www.jango.com/music/Pat+Boone/_full_bio}}</ref> Always ''Billboard'', has ranked Pat as one of the biggest charting artists in the period 1955–1995.<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, The|year=1996|page=806|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Joel Whitburn|author-link=Joel Whitburn}}</ref> Until the 2010s, Boone held the record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the [[Billboard charts]] with one or more songs each week.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Pat Boone {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pat-Boone |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
During the 1950s and the 1960s Boone was one of the most popular entertainer in the [[United States]],<ref name=":0" /> becoming a [[teen idol]] as a
As an author, Boone had a number-one bestseller in the 1950s (''[['Twixt Twelve and Twenty (book)|<nowiki/>'Twixt Twelve and Twenty]]'', Prentice-Hall). In the 1960s he focused on [[gospel music]]. Later he became a member of the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]]. He continues to perform and speak as a motivational speaker, a television personality, and a [[Political conservative|conservative]] political commentator.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Scotty |date=2002 |title=Brooklyn School Auditorium |url=http://www.scottymoore.net/brooklynoh.html |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
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