Billboard Hot 100: 08/14/2021

[Gary]

Evolution of the Most weeks Hot 100 - record (starting from Aug 1958)


January, 1959 ---- 25 weeks Chantilly Lace, Big Bopper
October, 1959 ---- 26 weeks Robbin' The Cradle, Tony Bellus
December 1959 ---- 26 weeks Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin
April, 1960 ----- 27 weeks Running Bear, Johnny Preston
April 1962 ------- 39 weeks The Twist, Chubby Checker
May 1978----------- 40 weeks I Go Crazy, Paul Davis
November 1982 ----- 43 weeks Tainted Love, Soft Cell
December 1989 ----- 43 weeks What About Me, Moving Pictures
April 1994 -------- 45 Weeks Whoomp(There It Is), Tag Team
February 1995 ----- 54 weeks December 1963(Oh What A Night), Four Seasons
August, 1996 ------- 55 weeks Missing, Everything But The Girl
February, 1997 ----- 60 weeks Macarena(Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
February, 1998 ----- 65 weeks Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me, Jewel
October, 1998 ------ 69 weeks How Do I Live, LeAnn Rimes
October 2009------- 76 weeks I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
May 2014----------- 87 weeks Radio Active, Imagine Dragons
August 2021 ------- Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

[nathanalbright]

Very interesting. It's especially striking to see the periods of stasis between 1962-1978 and 1998-2009.

[thegreatdivine]

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)
1. Drake - 10
2. Justin Bieber - 8
3. Juice WRLD - 7
4. BTS - 6
5. Ariana Grande - 5
6. J. Cole - 5
7. Lil Baby - 5
8. Olivia Rodrigo - 4
9. DaBaby - 4
10. Taylor Swift - 4
11. The Kid LAROI - 3
12. The Weeknd - 3
13. Lil Uzi Vert - 3
14. Megan Thee Stallion - 3
15. Doja Cat - 3
16. 21 Savage - 3
17. Billie Eilish - 3
18. SZA - 2
19. Jack Harlow - 2
20. Lil Nas X - 2
21. Roddy Ricch - 2
22. Bad Bunny - 2
23. Cardi B - 2
24. Dua Lipa - 2
25. Harry Styles - 2
26. Lady Gaga - 2
27. Young Thug - 2
28. Nicki Minaj - 2
29. Morgan Wallen - 2
30. Travis Scott - 2
31. Metro Boomin - 2
32. Pop Smoke - 2
33. Marshmello - 2
34. DJ Khaled - 2
35. 6ix9ine - 2
36. Polo G - 2
37. Bruno Mars - 1
38. Anderson .Paak - 1
39. Silk Sonic - 1
40. Miley Cyrus - 1
41. Eminem - 1
42. Rick Ross - 1
43. Lil Wayne - 1
44. Playboi Carti - 1
45. Saint Jhn - 1
46. M.I.A. - 1
47. The Scotts - 1
48. Kid Cudi - 1
49. Tory Lanez - 1
50. Jason Derulo - 1
51. Jawsh 658 - 1
52. Lewis Capaldi - 1
53. Lil Mosey - 1
54. Beyoncè - 1
55. Future - 1
56. Chris Brown - 1
57. Quavo - 1
58. Gabby Barrett - 1
59. Charlie Puth - 1
60. Shawn Mendes - 1
61. Luke Combs - 1
62. Chance the Rapper - 1
63. 24kGoldn - 1
64. iann dior - 1
65. 42 Dugg - 1
66. Bon Iver - 1
67. Internet Money - 1
68. Don Toliver - 1
69. Gunna - 1
70. Nav - 1
71. Jhay Cortez - 1
72. AJR - 1
73. CJ - 1
74. 6lack - 1
75. Lil Tjay - 1
76. Chuck Berry - 1
77. Wham! - 1
78. Dean Martin - 1
79. Halsey - 1
80. Daniel Caesar - 1
81. Giveon - 1
82. Masked Wolf - 1
83. Morray - 1
84. Ed Sheeran - 1

[dremolus - solarpunk]

It's still surreal to think Morray has a Top 5 hit.

Can he please have more? Mainstream hip-hop would benefit a ton if Morray became as big as J. Cole

[85la]

Aug 9, 2021 13:22:18 GMT -5 Gary said:

Evolution of the Most weeks Hot 100 - record (starting from Aug 1958)


January, 1959 ---- 25 weeks Chantilly Lace, Big Bopper
October, 1959 ---- 26 weeks Robbin' The Cradle, Tony Bellus
December 1959 ---- 26 weeks Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin
April, 1960 ----- 27 weeks Running Bear, Johnny Preston
April 1962 ------- 39 weeks The Twist, Chubby Checker
May 1978----------- 40 weeks I Go Crazy, Paul Davis
November 1982 ----- 43 weeks Tainted Love, Soft Cell
December 1989 ----- 43 weeks What About Me, Moving Pictures
April 1994 -------- 45 Weeks Whoomp(There It Is), Tag Team
February 1995 ----- 54 weeks December 1963(Oh What A Night), Four Seasons
August, 1996 ------- 55 weeks Missing, Everything But The Girl
February, 1997 ----- 60 weeks Macarena(Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
February, 1998 ----- 65 weeks Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me, Jewel
October, 1998 ------ 69 weeks How Do I Live, LeAnn Rimes
October 2009------- 76 weeks I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
May 2014----------- 87 weeks Radio Active, Imagine Dragons
August 2021 ------- Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

Ah, I remember that long stretch between 1998 and 2009, when How Do I Live held the record, which was somewhat of a strange song to hold it above more well-known huge #1 songs like the Macarena or Smooth. Equally strange and surprising was when I'm Yours beat it, which never charted too high in any week (only peaked at #6), but held on forever and simply would not leave the top 40, such a long summer following that song's trajectory. Also a very oddball song to chart that long, a folky little pop ditty, a style that wasn't at all popular then.

[nathanalbright]

If a song gets a tenacious hold on AC/Hot AC it can remain virtually forever, which is a common thread among many of the recent longevity holders.

[Gary]

The 90s had a couple multiple chart runs from that list

The 4 seasons is a song from the 70s
Jewel single was basically the chart run of two different songs

Macarena 60 weeks also not consecutive

[85la]

Aug 9, 2021 13:28:54 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)

Wow, I wonder what previous decades' tallies look like just a year and a half into the decade. It just seems increasingly much easier to rack up top 10's in the modern ages of digital sales, streaming, and first-week album bombs.

[thegreatdivine]

Most top 10 hits of the 2010s decade
1. Drake - 33
2. Taylor Swift - 21
3. Rihanna - 18
4. Nicki Minaj - 17
5. Justin Bieber - 16
6. Bruno Mars - 15
7. Lil Wayne - 14
8. Ariana Grande - 14
9. Maroon 5 - 12
10. Katy Perry - 11

4 artists who made the top 10 list of acts with the most top 10 hits of the 2010s decade also appear in the top 10 list of the acts with the most top 10 hits of the 2020s decade (so far): [Drake, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber & Ariana Grande]. 

[phieaglesfan712]

December 1963 holds the distinction as the only hit before 1990 to spend more than 52 weeks on the charts.

[nathanalbright]

Aug 9, 2021 13:45:45 GMT -5 Gary said:

The 90s had a couple multiple chart runs from that list

The 4 seasons is a song from the 70s
Jewel single was basically the chart run of two different songs

Macarena 60 weeks also not consecutive

What About Me and the Twist also had multiple chart runs, and so will, Blinding Lights and say, All I Want For Christmas Is You, the obvious future contender for the longevity record.

[Gary]

The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Ties Record for Most Weeks Spent on Billboard Hot 100
By Gary Trust
8/9/2021
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The song scores its 87th week on the survey, matching the run of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive."
The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" adds another honor to its already historic Billboard Hot 100 run, spending a record-tying 87th week on the chart (dated Aug. 14). It equals the run of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive," which logged its time on the tally in 2012-14.

"Blinding Lights," released on XO/Republic Records, bowed on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 14, 2019, at No. 11. The song, which ranks at No. 16 in its 87th week, hit No. 1 for its first of four weeks on top on the chart dated April 4, 2020. Along the way, it has rewritten the records for the most time spent in the Hot 100's top five (43 weeks), top 10 (57 weeks), top 20 (78 weeks) and top 40 (83 weeks).


Here's an updated look at the titles to log the most time on the Hot 100, dating to the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception through the latest list, dated Aug. 14, 2021.

Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100:
87 weeks, "Blinding Lights," The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), April 4, 2020 peak date
87 weeks, "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
79 weeks, "Sail," AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
76 weeks, "I'm Yours," Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008
69 weeks, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997
68 weeks, "Counting Stars," OneRepublic, No. 2, Jan. 18, 2014
68 weeks, "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), July 16, 2011
65 weeks, "Rolling in the Deep," Adele, No. 1 (seven weeks), May 21, 2011
65 weeks, "You Were Meant for Me"/"Foolish Games," Jewel, No. 2, April 19, 1997
64 weeks, "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood, No. 8, June 2, 2007


Should "Blinding Lights" -- one of three Hot 100 No. 1s from The Weeknd's 2020 album After Hours, and which he performed as the finale of his Super Bowl LV halftime show medley Feb. 7 -- notch an 88th week on the Hot 100 dated Aug. 21, setting the record outright for the most time spent on the chart, it will be joined on the ranking by his new single, "Take My Breath," released Friday (Aug. 6).

"I've always had an admiration for the era before I was born," The Weeknd, 31, mused to Billboard in 2020 of the retro vibe of "Blinding Lights." "You can hear it as far back as my first mixtape [2011's House of Balloons] that the '80s – Siouxsie & the Banshees, Cocteau Twins – play such a huge role in my sound. Sometimes it helps me create a new sound and sometimes it's just obvious. I'm just glad the world's into it now."

[Groovy]

Aug 9, 2021 13:28:54 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)

Wouldn't Lewis Capaldi have two, Someone You Loved and Before You Go went to the top 10 in 2020 and you have Charlie Puth and Bad Bunny up there twice.

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 9, 2021 13:46:05 GMT -5 85la said:

Aug 9, 2021 13:28:54 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)

Wow, I wonder what previous decades' tallies look like just a year and a half into the decade. It just seems increasingly much easier to rack up top 10's in the modern ages of digital sales, streaming, and first-week album bombs.

A few months ago, I tried compiling lists for acts with the most top 10 hits in every decade, starting from the 50s. I got tired when I got to the 70s. Simply way too many names to account for lol. 

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 9, 2021 13:51:07 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Aug 9, 2021 13:28:54 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)

Wouldn't Lewis Capaldi have two, Someone You Loved and Before You Go went to the top 10 in 2020 and you have Charlie Puth and Bad Bunny up there twice.

No, he wouldn't. Someone You Loved reached the top 10 on the September 21, 2019 Hot 100 chart. I only count songs that were either released in the 2020s decade or released earlier but reached the top 10 for the first time in the 2020s decade. That's how acts like Wham!, Chuck Berry and Dean Martin made the list. Each of their songs reached the top 10 for the first time this decade. 

[nathanalbright]

That is also why Mariah doesn't appear on the list, I gather?

[Clode]

It feels great to have a #1 song on the Hot 100 that got there organically and without any ridiculous sales tactics to speak of. Congratulations to The Kid LAROI for scoring his first ever #1 hit on the Hot 100 and to Justin Bieber for scoring his 8th #1 hit on the Hot 100! 

[kindofbiased]

There's something very funny to me about 42 Dugg and Bon Iver being next to each other on that list of artists with top 10 hits in the 20s

[thegreatdivine]

Aug 9, 2021 13:58:47 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

That is also why Mariah doesn't appear on the list, I gather?

Yes. Some other acts charted songs this decade which reached the top 10 for the first time in 2019. Those songs didn't count towards the list either.

[phieaglesfan712]

Harry Styles would have had 3 Top 10 hits if he chose Golden as the lead single. I’ll never understand why he chose Lights Up as the lead.

[renfield75]

Aug 9, 2021 13:49:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

December 1963 holds the distinction as the only hit before 1990 to spend more than 52 weeks on the charts.

With an asterisk. It is a song from before 1990, but it only spent 27 weeks on the Hot 100 before 1990. The remix then spent an additional 27 weeks on the chart in 1994.

[Gary]

Aug 9, 2021 13:49:19 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

December 1963 holds the distinction as the only hit before 1990 to spend more than 52 weeks on the charts.

The record before 1990 was 43 weeks

[thegreatdivine]

While I won't be able to post lists of ALL the acts who scored at least 1 top 10 hit from the 50s till now, I can post a top 10 list of every decade, so here. 

Most top 10 hits in the 1950s decade
1. Rick Nelson - 7
2. Elvis Presley - 6
3. Frank Avalon - 6
4. The Everly Brothers - 5
5. Bobby Darin - 4
6. Paul Anka - 4
7. The Coasters - 4
8. Connie Francis - 4
9. Conway Twitty - 3
10. Fats Domino - 3


Most top 10 hits in the 1960s decade
1. The Beatles - 31
2. The Supremes - 18
3. Elvis Presley - 17
4. The Four Seasons - 13
5. The Beach Boys - 13
6. Brenda Lee - 12
7. The Rolling Stones - 12
8. Connie Francis - 11
9. Brenda Lee - 11
10. Marvin Gaye - 11


Most top 10 hits in the 1970s decade
1. Elton John - 16
2. Paul McCartney - 15
3. Chicago - 12
4. Stevie Wonder - 12
5. Bee Gees - 12
6. The Carpenters - 12
7. Donna Summer - 10
8. Olivia Newton-John - 9
9. Diana Ross - 8
10. Barbra Streisand - 7


Most top 10 hits in the 1980s decade
1. Madonna - 17

2. Michael Jackson - 16

3. Prince - 14

4. Hall & Oates - 13

5. Lionel Richie - 13

6. Huey Lewis and the News - 12

7. Bruce Springsteen - 11

8. Phil Collins - 11

10. Whitney Houston - 10


Most top 10 hits of the 1990s decade

1. Mariah Carey - 19

2. Madonna - 15

3. Janet Jackson - 17

4. Whitney Houston - 12

5. Boyz II Men - 11

6. TLC - 9

7. Céline Dion - 9

8. Puff Daddy - 9

9. Monica - 7

10. Michael Jackson - 6


Most top 10 hits of the 2000s decade
1. Mariah Carey - 14
2. Ludacris - 14
3. Jay Z - 14
4. Beyoncè - 13
5. T-Pain - 13
6. Rihanna - 13
7. Akon - 13
8. Kanye West - 12
9. 50 Cent - 12
10. Nelly - 12


Most top 10 hits of the 2010s decade
1. Drake - 33
2. Taylor Swift - 21
3. Rihanna - 18
4. Nicki Minaj - 17
5. Justin Bieber - 16
6. Bruno Mars - 15
7. Lil Wayne - 14
8. Ariana Grande - 14
9. Maroon 5 - 12
10. Katy Perry - 11


Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)
1. Drake - 10
2. Justin Bieber - 8
3. Juice WRLD - 7
4. BTS - 6
5. Ariana Grande - 5
6. J. Cole - 5
7. Lil Baby - 5
8. Olivia Rodrigo - 4
9. DaBaby - 4
10. Taylor Swift - 4

[jayhawk1117]

How the replies to chart tweet is somehow BTS Stans talking about Butters' stability..... Seek help. Y'all nigg@s is weird

[nathanalbright]

Stans gotta stan.

[renfield75]

Aug 9, 2021 14:19:21 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

While I won't be able to post lists of ALL the acts who scored at least 1 top 10 hit from the 50s till now, I can post a top 10 list of every decade, so here. 

Most top 10 hits in the 1980s decade
1. Madonna - 17
2. Michael Jackson - 16
3. Whitney Houston - 10
4. Kool & the Gang - 10
5. Gloria Estefan - 8
6. Chicago - 7
7. Janet Jackson - 7
8. Stevie Wonder - 7
8. Elton John - 7
9. Paul McCartney - 7
10. Wham! - 6

A few missing here: Prince had 14 top tens in the 80s, Hall & Oates had 13, Lionel Richie had 13, Huey Lewis & The News had 12, Bruce Springsteen had 11, Phil Collins had 11, John Mellencamp had 9, Billy Joel had 9, Duran Duran had 9, George Michael had 8 outside of Wham! (9 if you credit his appearance on Deon Estus' "Heaven Help Me"), Diana Ross had 8, Air Supply had 8, Bon Jovi had 8, Cyndi Lauper had 8, Sheena Easton had 7, New Kids On The Block had 7, Billy Ocean had 7

[thegreatdivine]

renfield75 I wasn't done compiling for the 70s/80s/90s but I could have sworn I got the acts who scored the most top 10 hits for each of those decades. Oh well. Thanks for pointing those out.

[kalmanta]

Paul McCartney‘s chart career always amazes me.

[chanman]

Aug 9, 2021 13:28:54 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Most top 10 hits in the 2020s decade (so far)

Cant find Ed Sheeran????

[renfield75]

Aug 9, 2021 15:32:38 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

renfield75 I wasn't done compiling for the 70s/80s/90s but I could have sworn I got the acts who scored the most top 10 hits for each of those decades. Oh well. Thanks for pointing those out.

No problem! I know there's a ton of stats you're going through for these lists, I appreciate you making the effort.

And there's one missing from the 90s, and unfortunately it's R. Kelly. He had 7 top tens during the decade.