Billboard Hot 100: 11/30/2019

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Bop and Woah ended up as #1 and #2 at YouTube. Maybe OTR won't be returning to #1 there, finally.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

November 23, 1959 (For the week ending November 28)

01 02 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin (7th of 9 weeks at #1)
02 01 Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods
03 03 Don't You Know - Della Reese
04 05 Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell
05 04 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka
06 09 So Many Ways - Brook Benton
07 08 Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale
08 11 In The Mood - The Ernie Fields Orchestra
09 10 Primrose Lane - Jerry Wallace w/The Jewels
10 12 We Got Love - Bobby Rydell


November 28, 1964

01 02 The Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 Baby Love - The Supremes
03 03 Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans
04 05 She's Not There - The Zombies
05 06 Ringo - Lorne Greene
06 11 Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton
07 08 You Really Got Me - The Kinks
08 10 Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
09 04 Last Kiss - Frank J. Wilson
10 19 Mountain Of Love - Johnny Rivers


November 29, 1969

01 07 Come Together / Something - The Beatles (1st and only week at #1)
02 04 And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears
03 01 Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
04 02 Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
05 06 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
06 05 Smile a Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine
07 12 Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
08 08 Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
09 21 Down On The Corner / Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 18 Eli's Coming - Three Dog Night


November 30, 1974

01 01 I Can Help - Billy Swan (2nd and final week at #1)
02 07 Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
03 08 When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
04 02 Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
05 05 Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond
06 06 Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton
07 03 My Melody Of Love - Bobby Vinton
08 34 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet / Free Wheelin' - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
09 10 Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
10 14 Angie Baby - Helen Reedy


December 1, 1979

01 01 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand (2nd and final week at #1)
02 02 Babe - Styx
03 03 Still - The Commodores
04 06 Please Don't Go - K.C. & Sunshine Band
05 05 Heartache Tonight - The Eagles
06 12 Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
07 08 Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder
08 04 Dim All The Lights - Donna Summer
09 11 Ships - Barry Manilow
10 10 Pop Muzik - M

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

December 1, 1984

01 01 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! (3rd and final week at #1)
02 04 Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates
03 03 I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
04 02 Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
05 05 Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
06 08 All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper
07 12 Wild Boys - Duran Duran
08 09 Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
09 07 Strut - Sheena Easton
10 11 No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney


December 2, 1989

01 01 Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli (2nd and final week at #1)
02 05 We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel
03 04 (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me - Paula Abdul
04 06 Angelia - Richard Marx
05 03 Love Shack - The B-52's
06 10 Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
07 08 Back To Life - Soul II Soul
08 09 Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
09 02 When I See You Smile - Bad English
10 07 Poison - Alice Cooper


December 3, 1994

01 03 On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men (1st of 6 weeks at #1)
02 02 Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze
03 04 Another Night - Real McCoy
04 01 I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men
05 05 Always - Bon Jovi
06 06 Secret - Madonna
07 07 All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
08 12 Creep - TLC
09 08 I Wanna Be Down - Brandy
10 10 You Want This / '70s Love Groove - Janet Jackson


November 27, 1999

01 01 Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas (6th of 12 weeks at #1)
02 02 Back At One - Brian McKnight
03 04 I Need To Know - Marc Anthony
04 03 Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
05 09 I Wanna Love You Forever - Jessica Simpson
06 08 My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
07 07 Unpretty - TLC
08 05 Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey feat. Jay-Z
09 11 Waiting For Tonight - Jennifer Lopez
10 06 Satisfy You - Puff Daddy feat. R. Kelly

16 NE Girl On TV - LFO

[Deleted]

"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", such a great classic!

[kingvavis]

Can I start a prayer circle for Ballin to make it into the top 20?

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

November 27, 2004

01 01 My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys (5th of 6 weeks at #1)
02 02 Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell
03 03 Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
04 04 Over & Over - Nelly feat. Tim McGraw
05 09 Wonderful - Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti
06 05 Goodies - Ciara feat. Petey deleted
07 08 Let's Go - Trick Daddy feat. Twista & Lil Jon
08 06 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
09 15 Let Me Love You - Mario
10 11 Breathe - Fabolous


November 28, 2009

01 02 Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys (1st of 5 weeks at #1)
02 01 Fireflies - Owl City
03 03 Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo
04 04 Replay - Iyaz
05 22 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
06 08 3 - Britney Spears
07 05 Down - Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne
08 06 Party In The U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
09 07 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
10 14 TiK ToK - Ke$ha


November 29, 2014

01 13 Blank Space - Taylor Swift (1st of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
03 01 Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
04 03 Animals - Maroon 5
05 04 Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
06 08 Take Me To Church - Hozier
07 06 Hot Boy - Bobby Shmurda
08 05 Bang Bang - Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
09 11 I'm Not The Only One - Sam Smith
10 23 Jealous - Nick Jonas


December 1, 2018

01 01 thank u, next - Ariana Grande (3rd of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 Sicko Mode - Travis Scott
03 03 Happier - Marshmello & Bastille
04 04 Without Me - Halsey
05 06 Lucid Dreams - Juice WRLD
06 08 High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco
07 07 Mo Bamba - Sheck Wes
08 05 Girls Like You - Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B
09 10 Drip Too Hard - Lil Baby & Gunna
10 09 ZEZE - Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott & Offset

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Bop and Woah ended up as #1 and #2 at YouTube. Maybe OTR won't be returning to #1 there, finally.

[eidde]

Nov 24, 2019 13:02:04 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

November 28, 2009

10 14 TiK ToK - Ke$ha

legendary

[spicymapping]

Final Predictions, now with bubbling under!

1. Circles (+1)
2. Someone You Loved (-1)
3. Good As Hell (+1)
4. Señorita (-1)
5. Memories (=)
6. Everything I Wanted (+71)
7. Lose You To Love Me (+2)
8. 10,000 Hours (+2)
9. Truth Hurts (-3)
10. No Guidance (-3)
11. Panini (-2)
12. Trampoline (+2)
13. Highest In The Room (-1)
14. Bad Guy (-1)
15. One Man Band (+5)
16. Lover (+10)
17. Hot (-1)
18. Dance Monkey (+5)
19. Woah (=)
20. Ballin’ (+5)
21. Even Though I’m Leaving (-10)
22. Roxanne (+5)
23. Beautiful People (-8)
24. Only Human (-6)
25. Ransom (-8)
26. Old Town Road (-5)
27. Bandit (-5)
28. I Don’t Care (-4)
29. On Chill (-1)
30. Talk (-1)
31. Bop (+36)
32. Heat (+4)
33. All I Want For Christmas Is You (+5)
34. What If I Never Get Over You (+20)
35. Graveyard (+5)
36. Baby (-2)
37. Playing Games (-4)
38. How Do You Sleep? (-7)
39. Sucker (-7)
40. Goodbyes (-10)
41. One Thing Right (-1)
42. Suge (-5)
43. Money In The Grave (-8)
44. Jerry Sprunger (+38)
45. Hot Girl Bummer (=)
46. Don’t Start Now (=)
47. Reply (NEW)
48. The Bones (=)
49. Remember You Young (+4)
50. Dancing With a Stranger (-10)
51. Vibez (+1)
52. Time (-10)
53. Take What You Want (-4)
54. 223’s (-10)
55. Kinfolks (+10)
56. Leave Em Alone (+4)
57. Juicy (-10)
58. None Of Your Concern (NEW)
59. Watermelon Sugar (NEW)
60. Nice To Meet Ya (+3)
61. Camelot (-10)
62. Baby Sitter (+2)
63. Enemies (+3)
64. Ridin’ Roads (+12)
65. Prayed For You (-8)
67. Good Vibes (-5)
67. Heartache Medication (+4)
68. Follow God (-30)
69. Every Little Thing (-11)
70. Hot Girl Summer (-13)
71. Liar (-16)
72. The Take (NEW)
73. All The Good Girls Go To Hell (+7)
74. We Were (-4)
75. Tip of My Tongue (=)
76. Make No Sense (-7)
77. Slow Dancing In The Dark (+2)
78. Heart On Ice (-25)
79. homecoming queen? (+10)
80. Death (NEW)
81. Hate Me (-13)
82. Lonely Child (-9)
83. Lights Up (RE)
84. I Don’t Know About You (-7)
85. Easy (+6)
86. Valentino (+6)
87. Up All Night (NEW)
88. Tusa (-10)
89. Stuck In a Dream (-27)
90. La Cancion (-6)
91. Yellow Hearts (-10)
92. RITMO (NEW)
93. Heartless (RE)
94. Mean It (NEW)
95. Self Control (-9)
96. Somebody (=)
97. Hot Now (-9)
98. Love Me Anyway (RE)
99. Show Me Love (-9)
100. Beauty In The Benz (NEW)

BU1. Cuban Links (+11)
BU2. Tongue Tied (NEW)
BU3. Homesick (=)
BU4. We Back (-3)
BU5. Hell Right (-3)
BU6. Best On Earth (=)
BU7. The Trade (NEW)
BU8. Ride It (=)
BU9. Falling (NEW)
BU10. Slide (-6)
BU11. Make Me Want To (+3)
BU12. Raising Hell (RE)
BU13. I Hope (-3)
BU14. Que Tire Pa Lante (-7)
BU15. STUPID (=)
BU16. More Hearts Than Mine (-5)
BU17. Slow Dance In a Parking Lot (+8)
BU18. To A T (NEW)
BU19. Yessir (NEW)
BU20. Broken Promises (NEW)
BU21. What Am I (=)
BU22. Lonely (RE)
BU23. Good Things Fall Apart (-10)
BU24. Dive Bar (-7)
BU25. Catch (NEW)

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Nov 24, 2019 12:44:04 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

December 1, 1984

01 01 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! (3rd and final week at #1)

December 2, 1989

01 01 Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli (2nd and final week at #1)

December 3, 1994

01 03 On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men (1st of 6 weeks at #1)

November 27, 1999

01 01 Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas (6th of 12 weeks at #1)

Three awesome songs... and a scam.

[kierz7]

Nov 24, 2019 14:13:39 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Nov 24, 2019 12:44:04 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

December 1, 1984

01 01 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! (3rd and final week at #1)

December 2, 1989

01 01 Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli (2nd and final week at #1)

December 3, 1994

01 03 On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men (1st of 6 weeks at #1)

November 27, 1999

01 01 Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas (6th of 12 weeks at #1)

Three awesome songs... and a scam.

“Blame It On The Rain” is a BOP.

Let’s not go there Sweetheart.

[kierz7]

Soulsista

You forgot to add Nelly next to ‘O&O’.

[Soulsista]

Thanks, it's fixed now.

[Lukas]

Billboard Hot 100 11/30/2019 FINAL PREDICTIONS:

I have absolutely no clue as to how the bottom half of the top 10 will play out this week.

Rank	Song	Radio	Streaming	Sales	Total
1	Circles	90,751,880	20,178,599	13,000	28,066
2	Someone You Loved	92,270,677	19,321,467	10,500	27,317
3	Good As Hell	92,315,789	13,487,410	11,500	23,750
4	Memories	64,353,383	15,071,692	13,500	21,105
5	Senorita	69,992,481	15,697,076	6,000	21,061
6	No Guidance	60,721,805	16,376,155	2,500	19,589
7	Everything I Wanted	4,255,639	25,780,008	13,000	19,300
8	Truth Hurts	73,669,173	11,548,208	8,000	19,260
9	Lose You To Love Me	50,458,647	16,457,164	8,700	19,208
10	10,000 Hours	62,691,729	13,233,688	10,500	19,189

[jdanton2]

hoping Circles pulls it off. it has become one of my favorite songs this year.

[sirskimask]

Looks like a lot of big hits are gonna be dumped off the charts as we head into the holiday season (Goodbyes, Money In The Grave, Suge, Sucker, DWAS)

[FindingC7osure]

Nov 20, 2019 19:17:38 GMT -5 FindingC7osure said:

11/30/19 Early Predictions:

	Song	Points
1.	Circles (+1)	28,800
2.	Someone You Loved (-1)	27,300
3.	Good As Hell (+1)	23,200
4.	Memories (+1)	22,200
5.	Señorita (-2)	20,500
6.	10,000 Hours (+4)	20,200
7.	Lose You to Love Me (+2)	20,100
8.	No Guidance (-1)	19,900
9.	Truth Hurts (-3)	18,700
10.	Panini (-1)	18,700
11.	everything i wanted (+63)	18,700
12.	HIGHEST IN THE ROOM (=)	18,400
13.	Trampoline (+1)	17,600
14.	Lover (+12)	17,000
15.	Ran$om (+2)	17,000

Others:

• Roxanne - 16,700
• bad guy - 16,200
• Beautiful People - 16,100
• Hot - 15,900
• Dance Monkey - 15,900
• Only Human - 15,300
• All I Want for Christmas is You - 10,800

11/30/19 Final Predictions:

	Song	Points
1.	Circles (+1)	28,700
2.	Someone You Loved (-1)	27,800
3.	Good As Hell (+1)	23,500
4.	Memories (+1)	22,300
5.	Señorita (-2)	20,500
6.	10,000 Hours (+4)	20,500
7.	No Guidance (=)	20,100
8.	Lose You to Love Me (=)	19,700
9.	Truth Hurts (-3)	19,400
10.	Panini (-1)	18,900
11.	everything i wanted (+63)	18,400
12.	HIGHEST IN THE ROOM (=)	17,600
13.	Trampoline (+1)	17,500
14.	Lover (+12)	17,100

Others:

• bad guy - 16,400
• Ran$om - 16,100

• beautiful people - 15,900
• Dance Monkey - 15,800
• Hot - 15,700
• ROXANNE - 15,200
• AIWFCIY - 11,100

[rimetm]

The numbers *slightly* went further in Circles' favor, but it's still too close to call. My pessimistic side is prepping up for SYL to get a fourth week atop...

[garrettlen]

Nov 24, 2019 12:23:37 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

November 29, 1969

01 07 Come Together / Something - The Beatles (1st and only week at #1)
02 04 And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears
03 01 Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
04 02 Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
05 06 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
06 05 Smile a Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine
07 12 Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
08 08 Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
09 21 Down On The Corner / Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

When the Hot 100 made its debut in August 1958, It was a common rule that as long as both sides of a single had enough points to chart, they would both be allowed to chart individually on the Hot 100.  Of course most B-sides of singles didn't chart, because unlike the A-side of the single, which was the one that they were hoping would become a hit, the B-side of most artist's singles were usually throwaway songs that weren't very good.


But there were exceptions.  Artists like Elvis Presley; The Beatles; and even the Monkees, managed to chart some B sides.  A new Elvis single was usually so popular that he managed to send both the A and the B side into the Top 10.  A few years later, The Beatles did the same.  The Beatles' best A and B side chart showing on the Hot 100 were for the week of December 26th 1964, when A-side I Feel Fine, hit the #1 spot and its B-side She's A Woman managed to climb as high as #4 all on its own.

Fast forward to the week of November 29th, 1969, when Billboard ended its eleven year policy of charting both the A and B side of singles.  From now on if any single's B-side became a hit on its own through its airplay, its points would be combined with the A-side and it would chart as a double sided hit single.

Enter the Beatles' Come Together single and its B-side Something.  Both songs were culled from the Beatles most recent hit album Abbey Road.  Come Together entered the Hot 100 Top 10 the week of November 1st, 1969 at #10.   A week later Something entered the Top 10 at #9.  By the week of November 15th, Come Together had risen to #2, while Something was right behind it at #3.  However, the following week Come Together had fallen to #7 while Something stayed at #3.  It seemed quite possible that neither song would have enough points strength to rise to the #1 position.

And then the following week Billboard changed its policy; the points for both songs were combined and the songs rose to #1 together as a double sided #1 hit single.  The first under the new Hot 100 rules.

Another note about the rise of Come Together/Something to #1, is that when it happened, it gave The Beatles a total of 18 #1 hits.   This put them permanently ahead of Elvis Presley, who (combining both his pre-Hot 100 #1's and his Hot 100 #1's) only had 17.

[nathanalbright]

I remember this rule causing some issues in the 1990's as well when plenty of acts had their chart histories drastically shaped by the double-A sided single, like Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me by Jewel and Candle In The Wind/Something About The Way You Look Tonight by Elton John.

[kcdawg13]

Nov 24, 2019 16:44:49 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Looks like a lot of big hits are gonna be dumped off the charts as we head into the holiday season (Goodbyes, Money In The Grave, Suge, Sucker, DWAS)

Sucker and DWAS overstayed their welcome, bye Felicia! 

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Ahh, quite lovely to see "Circles" finally achieving #1.

[sirskimask]

Nov 25, 2019 1:44:19 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

Ahh, quite lovely to see "Circles" finally achieving #1.

It's not set in stone yet... don't jinx it 

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Nov 25, 2019 2:17:37 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Nov 25, 2019 1:44:19 GMT -5 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 said:

Ahh, quite lovely to see "Circles" finally achieving #1.

It's not set in stone yet... don't jinx it 

Oops, sorry. I've should never have my hopes up.

[davidjl123]

Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' Achieves Record-Extending One Hundred and Seventieth Week at No. 1 on Hot 100

2/6/2023 by Gary Trust

Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved," with his remix featuring Maroon 5, Cardi B, Drake, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson, The Wiggles, XXXTentacion, and George W. Bush, stays at No. 1, after 170 weeks at the spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Feb. 6). Capaldi lasts another frame on top of the Hot 100, as Post Malone's "Circles", stays at No. 2. Notably, "Someone" is the only song to top the Hot 100 since late 2019, breaking the 19-week record previously held by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road".

With a 170th week atop the Hot 100 for "Someone You Loved," here's a look at the 11 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart's 64-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
170, "Someone You Loved," Lewis Capaldi feat. Maroon 5, Cardi B, Drake, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson, The Wiggles, XXXTentacion, & George W. Bush, November 2, 2019
19, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

"I cannot tell you how much regret I feel after jinxing this song," a forum user who goes by the name of ItsYaBoiGV lamented. "Now that this horrendously boring overplayed piece of work is staying at the top of the charts forever, I think that the music industry is legitimately dead."

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly "Hot 100 Chart Moves" column and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow billboard and billboardcharts . And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 10).

[nathanalbright]

If the song lasted even close to that long on the charts it would likely be from the late Lewis Capaldi.

[Deleted]

Nov 25, 2019 2:34:22 GMT -5 davidjl123 said:

Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' Achieves Record-Extending One Hundred and Seventieth Week at No. 1 on Hot 100

2/6/2023 by Gary Trust

Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved," with his remix featuring Maroon 5, Cardi B, Drake, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson, The Wiggles, XXXTentacion, and George W. Bush, stays at No. 1, after 170 weeks at the spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Feb. 6). Capaldi lasts another frame on top of the Hot 100, as Post Malone's "Circles", stays at No. 2. Notably, "Someone" is the only song to top the Hot 100 since late 2019, breaking the 19-week record previously held by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road".

With a 170th week atop the Hot 100 for "Someone You Loved," here's a look at the 11 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart's 64-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
170, "Someone You Loved," Lewis Capaldi feat. Maroon 5, Cardi B, Drake, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson, The Wiggles, XXXTentacion, & George W. Bush, November 2, 2019
19, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

"I cannot tell you how much regret I feel after jinxing this song," a forum user who goes by the name of ItsYaBoiGV lamented. "Now that this horrendously boring overplayed piece of work is staying at the top of the charts forever, I think that the music industry is legitimately dead."

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly "Hot 100 Chart Moves" column and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow billboard and billboardcharts . And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 10).

[Au$tin]

Nov 25, 2019 3:22:39 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

If the song lasted even close to that long on the charts it would likely be from the late Lewis Capaldi.

170 weeks is only a bit over 3 years. Unless you know something I don't, I don't think Lewis Capaldi is likely to keel over at 26 years old.

[Abbaschand]

Nov 25, 2019 5:48:49 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Nov 25, 2019 3:22:39 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

If the song lasted even close to that long on the charts it would likely be from the late Lewis Capaldi.

170 weeks is only a bit over 3 years. Unless you know something I don't, I don't think Lewis Capaldi is likely to keel over at 26 years old.

Great. Just great. You blew his plans!

[spicymapping]

There’s something about this thread that’s really been angering as of late, and I feel like it’s a misconception I need to dispel. Every single day, we get a one-off statement complaining about how weak the charts are. This is wrong. The charts right now are absurdly strong.

Let’s look at Simon’s predictions this week and compare it to an average post-scorpion week, seeing where all of the tracked songs would place in such a week. Now, let’s be clear, the weakness of the charts isn’t a complete urban legend - it just comes with our obsession with the top. Placing Circles - the projected #1 - into an average week leaves it at #5. That’s not great, and if we want to talk about weak #1s, then yes, that certainly holds true for the past month. But as we go down the charts, that trend begins to reverse. Someone You Loved’s point haul unsurprisingly also lands it at #5, and there’s still a big fall off to Good As Hell to #8. But then, the slope just kind of…. stops. Memories and Senorita also have #8 point hauls, and the rest of the top 10 bottoms out at #11 point hauls. Obviously, that would still make this week weak, but stick with me. By the time we’re down three spots to Trampoline, we can compare its totals to an average #13’s totals - exactly where it’s expected to be. And here’s the kicker - from here on out, every single song does equal or better than an average song at its position. 88% of the charts are stronger than normal. But if you thought my rant ended here, boy were you wrong. Let’s take a look at this. What’s the normal point cutoff for the top 20? Well, the answer is around 145. How many songs are projected to get over 145 points this week? 26. In an average week, OTR is still a top 20 song. To be fair, this also stems from how ridiculously competitive the teens are for this week - as we get into the 30s this trend mellows out. On Chill, predicted at #30, would reach #27. Good for sure, but not mind-blowing. Then everything just kind of stops. Drop down 9 spots to Bop and in in average week you drop down three. So yes, to hammer this point home, Graveyard would be a top 30 hit. Sadly, Simon starts to trail off his predictions after the top 40, but that’s just fine - I don’t need many examples to shock you. Don’t Start Now? #32. The Bones? #34. Both songs would jump over 10 spots. None of Your Concern? #38. Jerry Sprunger? #39. Reply? #43. Watermelon Sugar? #45. All of these would be top 50 hits. Just as importantly, it means that at the very lowest, songs 51-62 would rise into the top 50. I say at the very lowest because there’s a large gap to our next benchmark, so the top 50 cutoff is somewhere between 62 and 73. Speaking of which, how about Liar? If we thrust it into an average week, it goes from falling 18 spots to 0. It would stay at 55. All The Good Girls Go To Hell? #57. Every song between #40 and #75 is at least 10 spots off. Now all of that is incredible. But that’s not the end of it. The lowest song we’re shown is Tusa - clinging on after its debut at #90. What happens if we put this song in an average week is mind-blowing. #65. I feel like i need to say that again. The #90 song this week would be #65 in an average one. 25 spots. It would rise 25 spots.

TL, DR: This week is insanity, and we have no reason to be pessimists.