The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s
The Billboard Hot 100 has seen a select few songs achieve No. 1 status for at least 10 weeks since its inception in 1958. Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' currently holds the record with 22 weeks at the top. Other notable long-reigning hits include 'Old Town Road' and 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)', both of which have also made significant impacts on the chart.
- ▪Only 4% of all Hot 100 No. 1s have led for at least 10 weeks.
- ▪Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' has topped the chart for 22 weeks since December 2019.
- ▪Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' and Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' each spent 19 weeks at No. 1.
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Beginning with Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” in 1977, a relatively select few smashes have led the Billboard Hot 100 for at least 10 weeks. How few? Just a mere 4% of all Hot 100 No. 1s dating to the chart’s launch on Aug. 4, 1958, have earned the achievement. Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” flexed 10 weeks at No. 1 in 1981-82, and that smash and Boone’s shared the mark for the longest Hot 100 reign for more than a decade, until Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” dominated for 13 weeks in 1992. That best lasted briefly, as Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” led for 14 weeks in late 1992/early 1993. In 1995-96, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” ran up 16 weeks at No. 1, a milestone that held for more than 23 years. (Songs began logging longer No.
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