Most Weeks at #1?

[Au$tin]

16 weeks
Ke$ha - TiK ToK (9); We R Who We R (7)
Selena Gomez & the Scene - Naturally (7); Round & Round (9)

11 weeks
Katy Perry - E.T. (9); Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (2)

10 weeks
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (10)

9 weeks
Avril Lavigne - What the Hell (9)
Nelly - Just a Dream (9)

5 weeks
Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed (5)

4 weeks
Demi Lovato - Unbroken (4)
Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (4)

3 weeks
Christina Aguliera - Moves Like Jagger (3)
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (3)
Miranda Cosgrove - Kissin U (3)

2 weeks
Jessie J - Domino (2)
P!nk - Raise Your Glass (2)
Taio Cruz - Higher (2)

1 week
Adele - Rolling in the Deep (1)
B.o.B - Airplanes (1)
Hayley Williams - Airplanes (1)
La Roux - Bulletproof (1)
Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath (1)

[popstop]

Thanks for bumping this Austin. I need to update this:

Oct 20, 2010 7:42:23 GMT -5 popstop said:

I started my chart in 1997.
"The Mummer's Dance" by Loreena Mckennit was #1 in 1998 for 13 weeks. She's a one-hit wonder on my chart.
The runners-up:
The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim (11) 1998
Rolling in the Deep - Adele (11) 2011
Lose Yourself - Eminem (10) 2002
Born This Way (9) 2011

[Matt4319]

"Whirring" by The Joy Formidable set the record last year with 10 weeks at #1. It dethroned Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" eight years after it spent 9 weeks on top.

[nick64]

Started 10/9/11-

Does not include features

Demi Lovato- 20 weeks
Katy Perry- 11 weeks
Lorde- 11 weeks
Selena Gomez- 8 weeks
One Direction- 7 weeks
Justin Bieber- 6 weeks
Taylor Swift- 5 weeks
Drake- 4 weeks
The Wanted- 4 weeks

[Rocky]

51 weeks - Christina Aguilera (10 #1s)
51 weeks - Rihanna (with 24 #1s)*
50 weeks - Lady Gaga (14 #1s)
38 weeks - P!nk
35 weeks - Beyoncé
32 weeks - The Black Eyed Peas
30 weeks - Katy Perry
28 weeks - Destiny's Child
24 weeks - Britney Spears
19 weeks - Alicia Keys
17 weeks - Shakira
16 weeks - Ke$ha

[Devin]

DJ-O Top 50 hypothetically started at the beginning of 2012

As lead/featured artists
19 weeks - Gotye (2 songs)
18 weeks - Kimbra (1)
10 weeks - Mumford & Sons (1)
5 weeks - Muse (2)
4 weeks - Ellie Goulding (1)
3 weeks - Of Monsters and Men (1)
3 weeks - Twin Atlantic (1)
2 weeks - fun. (1)
2 weeks - Three Days Grace (1)

Songs that have stayed at #1 for 5+ weeks
18 weeks - "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye f/ Kimbra)
10 weeks - "I Will Wait" (Mumford & Sons)

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Updating for my chart.

The most weeks for an artist since it started in 1998:
• 63 weeks | Chantal Kreviazuk
• 61 weeks | Lady GaGa
• 38 weeks | Avril Lavigne
• 35 weeks | Alanis Morissette
• 30 weeks | KT Tunstall

The most weeks for a song in that same timeframe:
• 17 weeks | Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Home
• 15 weeks | Lady GaGa featuring Beyoncé - Telephone
• 14 weeks | Sarah McLachlan - U Want Me 2
• 14 weeks | Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory
• 13 weeks | Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights

[josh]

31 weeks:
Coldplay (Adventure of a Lifetime - 8, Atlas - 1, Everglow - 4, Ink - 5, Miracles - 9, True Love - 4)

16 weeks:
Carly Rae Jepsen (Call Me Maybe - 2, E•MO•TION - 2, Good Time - 2, Love Me Like That - 1, Run Away With Me - 9)
Lady Gaga (Applause - 1, Aura - 2, Cake Like Lady Gaga - 1, Do What U Want - 11, G.U.Y. - 1)

14 weeks:
Ariana Grande (Break Free - 3, Dangerous Woman - 1, Focus - 1, Love Me Harder - 4, Popular Song - 1, Problem - 3)

11 weeks:
R. Kelly (Do What U Want - 11)

9 weeks:
Nicki Minaj (I Am Your Leader - 1, Pound the Alarm - 1, Trini Dem Girls - 3, Truffle Butter - 4)
Selena Gomez (Come & Get It - 8, Slow Down - 1)

8 weeks:
Sia (Cheap Thrills - 5, Titanium - 3)

5 weeks:
Beyoncé (Drunk In Love - 3, Partition - 2)
Disclosure (For You - 3, Jaded - 2)
Lily Allen (Air Balloon - 1, True Love - 4)
Of Monsters and Men (Little Talks - 5)
Oliver Heldens (Gecko (Overdrive) - 3, MHATLP (HI-LO Edit) - 2)
Robyn (Do It Again - 5)
Röyksopp (Do It Again - 5)
Zedd (Break Free - 3, Clarity - 2)

Lead artist single
Featured artist single
Album track/other

[Au$tin]

josh - why would you use strikethrough over underline? ???

[josh]

Aug 14, 2013 8:26:06 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

josh - why would you use strikethrough over underline? ???

Because I don't chart album tracks anymore so in my mind those songs really shouldn't count as #1s if I'm tallying #1s. Because artists who didn't release an album before I changed the rule are by default at a disadvantage.

[Lahey's Lucky Star]

Since 2012:

One Direction - 17 weeks (What Makes You Beautiful - 2, One Thing -1, Live While We're Young - 1, Kiss You - 4, Best Song Ever - 4, Story Of My Life - 5)
Katy Perry - 10 weeks (Part Of Me - 2, Wide Awake - 3, Roar - 2, Unconditionally - 2, Dark Horse - 1)
Taylor Swift - 9 weeks (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 3 weeks, I Knew You Were Trouble - 6 weeks)
Justin Bieber - 8 weeks (Boyfriend - 3, Beauty And A Beat - 4, #thatPOWER - 1)
Nicki Minaj - 8 weeks (Turn Me On - 2(4 in 2011/2012), Give Me All Your Luvin -1, Starships - 1, Beauty And A Beat - 4)
Conor Maynard - 6 weeks (Animal - 4, R U Crazy - 2)
Beyoncé - 6 weeks (Drunk In Love - 3, Partition - 3)
Lady Gaga - 6 weeks (Applause - 2, Do What U Want - 3, G.U.Y - 1)