Songs 52+ Weeks on the Hot 100

[tanooki]

60+ Weeks
Glass Animals - Heat Waves 91

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 90

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive 87

AWOLNATION - Sail 79

Dua Lipa - Levitating 77

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 76

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande - Save Your Tears 69
LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live 69

LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem 68
OneRepublic - Counting Stars 68

Jewel - Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me 65
Adele - Rolling In The Deep 65

Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats 64

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay 63

The Lumineers - Ho Hey 62
Lifehouse - You And Me 62
Gabby Barrett Featuring Charlie Puth - I Hope 62

Post Malone - Circles 61
Imagine Dragons - Demons 61

Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) 60
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 60

53+ Weeks
John Legend - All Of Me 59
Gotye Featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 59
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You 59

The Fray - How To Save A Life 58
Santana Featuring Rob Thomas - Smooth 58
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud 58

Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J - Dark Horse 57
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 57
Creed - Higher 57
Ellie Goulding - Lights 57
Ed Sheeran - Perfect 57
Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You 57

The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 56
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk! 56
Paula Cole - I Don't Want To Wait 56
fun. - Some Nights 56
Faith Hill - The Way You Love Me 56
Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 56
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 56

Lonestar - Amazed 55
Everything But The Girl - Missing 55
Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing 55

Train - Hey, Soul Sister 54
Sam Smith - Stay With Me 54
matchbox twenty - Unwell 54
Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment 54
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 54
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly - Cruise 54
Avicii - Wake Me Up! 54

Train - Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) 53
WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance 53
The Band Perry - If I Die Young 53
Next - Too Close 53
Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) 53
Faith Hill - Breathe 53
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite 53
Bastille - Pompeii 53

52 Weeks
Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
Shawn Mendes - Stitches
twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
Sia Featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey - Closer
James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito
Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Imagine Dragons - Believer
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be
Post Malone - Better Now
Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B - Girls Like You
benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Marshmello & Bastille - Happier
Halsey - Without Me
Maren Morris - The Bones
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go
Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy
24kGoldn Featuring iann dior - Mood
Machine Gun Kelly X blackbear - My Ex's Best Friend
Doja Cat - Woman
Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Justin Bieber - Ghost
Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

[Sherane Lamar]

Extremely helpful. I've been meaning to find a list like this.

I hope others can find some you missed, if there are any.

[Sherane Lamar]

Seems like the overall theme here, with a few exceptions, is songs that do well on adult contemporary stations. Am I wrong?

Amazing for Imagine Dragons, who have 3 songs on this list. Possibly a 4th song with Thunder. 

[Deleted]

Apr 5, 2018 20:38:19 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

Seems like the overall theme here, with a few exceptions, is songs that do well on adult contemporary stations. Am I wrong?

Amazing for Imagine Dragons, who have 3 songs on this list. Possibly a 4th song with Believer. 

You mean Thunder?

[Sherane Lamar]

Apr 5, 2018 20:43:26 GMT -5 @walker9 said:

Apr 5, 2018 20:38:19 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

Seems like the overall theme here, with a few exceptions, is songs that do well on adult contemporary stations. Am I wrong?

Amazing for Imagine Dragons, who have 3 songs on this list. Possibly a 4th song with Believer. 

You mean Thunder?

Yes.

[Deleted]

There is another list here to compare with, I like how this one is better organized though

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/167671/songs-last-more-weeks-hot

[Gary]

A better picture might be, what would this list look like under current rules

[tanooki]

When I get on my computer I'll add the 2 songs I was told on discord (stressed out and I forgot the other one). Once I add those then I think we'll be set

[tanooki]

Updated. Idk what Thunder and FIS's positions are but I'll add them in asap. Also put songs affected by 52/25 in orange (if I made a mistake lemme know)

[Agent Yoncé]

Everytime I see any stat for 'How Do I Live,' it amazes me how it never hit #1, but is in the Too 10 in a lot of Billboard Hot 100 accomplishments. It truly sucks Elton John blocked her 😩🙄😧

[born]

I know this changes nothing but:

Taylor Swift songs with 40+ weeks:
Teardrops On My Guitar (48)
Love Story (49)
Shake It Off (50)
You Belong With Me (50)

[tanooki]

Added Say You Won't Let Go, the most forgettable song in human history.

[tanooki]

Thunder is almost there with 2 weeks left. Feel It Still has 9 weeks. For songs in the 30 week range, Havana has 35 weeks and New Rules has 37.

[Sherane Lamar]

Apr 9, 2018 23:52:01 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Everytime I see any stat for 'How Do I Live,' it amazes me how it never hit #1, but is in the Too 10 in a lot of Billboard Hot 100 accomplishments. It truly sucks Elton John blocked her 😩🙄😧

How come?

I think it's awesome that it didn't go #1.

Being the biggest song ever to peak at #2 makes it so much more notable and talked about.

Also, it kinda shows people the lesson being #1 isn't everything, and that longevity is ultimately more important than peak.

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Apr 16, 2018 14:00:34 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Say You Won't Let Go, the most forgettable song in human history.

[iHype.]

So, Ed has the two longest charting songs under the recent recurrent rules lol.

And Say You Won't Let Go's charting history boggles me. It did not feel that big/such a slow burner. It just felt notable for 2-3 months like any standard hit song.

[tanooki]

Thunder won't make it past 52 weeks, but it seems like New Rules will take its spot on my list when the time comes.

[tanooki]

Updated Wake Me Up but since it defied the 25/52 rule, I won't add the orange. When I get the info on Thunder, I may/may not add it to the list official.

[Gary]

Apr 30, 2018 16:59:40 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Updated Wake Me Up but since it defied the 25/52 rule, I won't add the orange. When I get the info on Thunder, I may/may not add it to the list official.

Not sure it is subject to the 25/52 rule since it has reentered the top 50 on a new chart run.  I think the 25/52 rule applies to singular chart runs only

[tanooki]

Apr 30, 2018 17:05:39 GMT -5 Gary said:

Apr 30, 2018 16:59:40 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Updated Wake Me Up but since it defied the 25/52 rule, I won't add the orange. When I get the info on Thunder, I may/may not add it to the list official.

Not sure it is subject to the 25/52 rule since it has reentered the top 50 on a new chart run.  I think the 25/52 rule applies to singular chart runs only

Either way, it isn't technically affected by 25/52.

[Gary]

As is everything?


Since this song was let back on, it will get another 20 weeks before going recurrent again if it stays above #50, however, I don't see getting past AT MOST one more week, more likely it is done this week

If it runs another 52 weeks, it will be booted off by the 25/2 recurrent rule

[tanooki]

Apr 30, 2018 18:11:28 GMT -5 Gary said:

As is everything?


Since this song was let back on, it will get another 20 weeks before going recurrent again if it stays above #50, however, I don't see getting past AT MOST one more week, more likely it is done this week

If it runs another 52 weeks, it will be booted off by the 25/2 recurrent rule

What I mean is that since it was able to return under 25 despite having 52+ weeks under its belt, I didn't wanna add the "affected by 25/52" label to it. 

Hm, interesting. How long until a song is able to have such a second run?

[Sherane Lamar]

Apr 30, 2018 18:11:28 GMT -5 Gary said:

As is everything?


Since this song was let back on, it will get another 20 weeks before going recurrent again if it stays above #50, however, I don't see getting past AT MOST one more week, more likely it is done this week

If it runs another 52 weeks, it will be booted off by the 25/2 recurrent rule

That's pretty speculative. We don't know why it was allowed to defy the rule. Most likely, Billboard just decided to look the other way on an arbitrary basis. We have no idea if they would allow it to stay for 20 more weeks. And we never will, since it obviously wouldn't make it that far no matter. 

The best we could do is estimate what position is SHOULD be at, and see if they allow it. (My guess is that it SHOULD be at like #75 or something next week, but they won't let it stick around anyway). 

The thing you said about singles is the same thing I would say about chart runs. The only way to objectively define a "chart run" is when a song re-enters. Everything else requires too much grey areas and subjective reasoning. I could definitely argue that "That's What I Like" and "Uptown Funk" have multiple chart runs. Yet they were treated like any other by the 25/52 rule. 

[thelegends]

But then again, Wake Me Up had its chart run before the 52/25 rule was even created. UF and TWIL are different cases tho

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Basically, I think they made an exception for Wake Me Up! The Billboard chart editors have been known to arbitrarily their own chart rules. Let's see if they provide some sort explanation if there's an article about Avicii or in the Hot 100 Chart Moves article.

[jarhys]

Thunder staying for 52 weeks is confirmed: www.billboard.com/music/imagine-dragons/chart-history/hot-100/song/1024087

[Gary]

Apr 30, 2018 23:25:48 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

Apr 30, 2018 18:11:28 GMT -5 Gary said:

As is everything?


Since this song was let back on, it will get another 20 weeks before going recurrent again if it stays above #50, however, I don't see getting past AT MOST one more week, more likely it is done this week

If it runs another 52 weeks, it will be booted off by the 25/2 recurrent rule

That's pretty speculative. We don't know why it was allowed to defy the rule. Most likely, Billboard just decided to look the other way on an arbitrary basis. We have no idea if they would allow it to stay for 20 more weeks. And we never will, since it obviously wouldn't make it that far no matter. 

The best we could do is estimate what position is SHOULD be at, and see if they allow it. (My guess is that it SHOULD be at like #75 or something next week, but they won't let it stick around anyway). 

The thing you said about singles is the same thing I would say about chart runs. The only way to objectively define a "chart run" is when a song re-enters. Everything else requires too much grey areas and subjective reasoning. I could definitely argue that "That's What I Like" and "Uptown Funk" have multiple chart runs. Yet they were treated like any other by the 25/52 rule. 

Moot point - it will be gone in a week anyway.  

If it is #75 next week we won't know it since it will be below #50

Let's assume they knew what they were doing when they put this song back on the chart.  Then that must mean that the 52/25 rule applies to a single chart run only and they granted this song another 20 week run above #50.  Songs of this nature are gone in a maximum of two weeks anyway so we will never know if itt was an error or not.  


Otherwise this is an arbitrary error.

[Sherane Lamar]

May 1, 2018 6:44:40 GMT -5 Gary said:

Apr 30, 2018 23:25:48 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

That's pretty speculative. We don't know why it was allowed to defy the rule. Most likely, Billboard just decided to look the other way on an arbitrary basis. We have no idea if they would allow it to stay for 20 more weeks. And we never will, since it obviously wouldn't make it that far no matter. 

The best we could do is estimate what position is SHOULD be at, and see if they allow it. (My guess is that it SHOULD be at like #75 or something next week, but they won't let it stick around anyway). 

The thing you said about singles is the same thing I would say about chart runs. The only way to objectively define a "chart run" is when a song re-enters. Everything else requires too much grey areas and subjective reasoning. I could definitely argue that "That's What I Like" and "Uptown Funk" have multiple chart runs. Yet they were treated like any other by the 25/52 rule. 

Moot point - it will be gone in a week anyway.  

If it is #75 next week we won't know it since it will be below #50


Since it was allowed back on, they would keep it for 20 weeks IF AND ONLY IF it stays above #50

Why would they get rid of it in the 21st week, if it was in the Top 50? The 20 week recurrent rule isn't supposed to effect songs in the Top 50. 

[Gary]

May 1, 2018 6:47:34 GMT -5 Sherane Lamar said:

May 1, 2018 6:44:40 GMT -5 Gary said:

Moot point - it will be gone in a week anyway.  

If it is #75 next week we won't know it since it will be below #50


Since it was allowed back on, they would keep it for 20 weeks IF AND ONLY IF it stays above #50

Why would they get rid of it in the 21st week, if it was in the Top 50? The 20 week recurrent rule isn't supposed to effect songs in the Top 50. 

I may have mistyped that?.  Songs get 20 week runs capped if they stay higher than 50, meaning top half?

[Gary]

Avicii's 'Wake Me Up!' Returns to Top 40 of Billboard Hot 100

News

By Xander Zellner | May 01, 2018 10:30 AM EDT
Avicii


Plus, parent album "True" re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 22.

In the first full tracking week after Avicii's death April 20, the late EDM star's biggest Billboard chart hit, "Wake Me Up!," re-enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 5) at No. 34.

The song earned 16.4 million U.S. streams, surging by 718 percent, and sold 25,000 downloads, bounding by 1,965 percent, in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music, helping the track re-enter the Streaming Songs chart at No. 34 and Digital Song Sales at No. 7.

The track also logged 8 million radio audience impressions in the week ending April 29.

"Wake" rose to No. 4 on the Hot 100 in October 2013, marking Avicii's only top 10, and second entry on the chart. He made his Hot 100 debut in December 2011 with "Levels," which peaked at No. 60 in February 2012. His other three Hot 100 entries: "You Make Me" (No. 85, 2013), "Hey Brother" (No. 16, 2014) and "The Days" (No. 78, 2014).

Meanwhile, Avicii's debut studio album True re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 22 and the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart at No. 1 with 17,000 equivalent album units (up 1,244 percent) in the week ending April 29. The set, which houses "Wake," "Make" and "Brother," debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 in October 2013.

Concurrently, 12 Avicii titles infuse the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. "Wake" places the highest at No. 2.