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and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 longest reigns at the top
of the billboard hot 100.
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for this list we're looking at 10 songs
and artists with the longest reigns at
number one in hot 100 history
for the purposes of this list we'll be
including songs that reigned at number
one for a considerable time
and artists who have strung together
multiple consecutive number one hits
we'll be ranking our picks based on the
number of weeks at the top the legacy of
the song
and the records it broke along the way
number 10 macarena bayside boys remix
macarena's legacy might be limited to
weddings and other such events
but this song was actually a massive hit
in the fall of 1996
that arena was already an established
hit in various south american countries
and
north american cities with a significant
latino presence
including miami and new york in 1995 the
bayside boys remixed the song with
english lyrics and the song shot off in
north america
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the remix reached number one in august
of 1996
and remained at the top for 14 weeks
making the macarena remix one of the
most successful songs in hot 100 history
number 9 despacito luis fonsi featuring
daddy yankee
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yeah you knew this was coming there was
seemingly no stopping the freight train
that was despacito
the song first made its appearance on
the charts in february 2017
when it debuted at number 88 and it
peaked at number 44 before justin bieber
was brought on
thanks to biebs the song shot to number
one where it remained for 16 weeks
this makes despacito tied for the
longest reign at number one in hot 100
history
it also spent a whopping 52 weeks atop
the latin songs chart
and its music video became the most
watched video on youtube after reaching
3 billion views
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it has since surpassed seven billion is
there no stopping this song
number eight candle in the wind 1997
something about the way you look tonight
elton john
candle in the wind was originally
released in 1973
in honor of marilyn monroe
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elton john and bernie toppin reworked
the song and re-released it 24 years
later as a tribute to the late princess
diana who was famously killed in a car
crash it was released as a double a
side along something about the way you
looked tonight and the double single was
an
instant success it became elton john's
ninth number one and topped the hot 100
for 14 weeks
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it was also the first single to ever be
certified diamond in the u.s
meaning 10 million sales and it is
currently the second highest selling
single of all time
at 33 million copies number seven
god's plan nice for what and in my
feelings
drake though one dance topped the hot
100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks in 2016
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drake's year was undeniably 2018. it was
then that god's plan debuted at number
one and remained at the top of the hot
100 for 11 weeks
god's plan i hope sometimes
pretty impressive until you take into
account that drake dethroned himself
with nice for what and then it just
becomes
mind-boggling with nice for what
debuting at number one drake became the
first artist in history to have a number
one debut dethrone a previous number one
debut
nice for what lasted four consecutive
weeks at number one
giving drake 15 consecutive weeks atop
the hot 100
then later that same year in my feelings
would go on to top the billboard hot 100
for 10 weeks
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number six i will always love you
whitney houston
it's not often that a voice like whitney
houston's comes along
so it's nice that it got the sort of
enduring recognition it deserved
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this song has always been considered
houston's masterpiece due to her
incredible vocals
and it's also her most popular the song
debuted at number 40
but reached number one only two weeks
later it then remained at the top of the
charts for 14 weeks
which set the record for the longest
running number one single in hot 100
history up to that point
while houston has since been dethroned
her song and memory have lived on
and we will always love her number five
one sweet day mariah carey and boys to
men
both mariah carey and boys to men
dominated the 90s
so why not collaborate and get double
the dominance that's what they did with
one sweet day
it was an instant and insanely massive
success debuting at number one and
remaining at the top of the chart for 16
consecutive weeks
a record that stood for over 20 years
before despacito tied it in 2017
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it was also mariah carey's tenth number
one single but if you think she peaked
in the 90s
think again almost 10 years after the
release of one sweet day
carrie released we belong together her
comeback single that spent
14 non-consecutive weeks at number one
number four i want to hold your hand she
loves you
and can't buy me love the beatles yeah
suffice it to say that the beatles were
pretty popular
i want to hold your hand was a massive
and unexpected success
spending seven weeks atop the billboard
chart before being declared the number
one song of 1964.
they then knocked themselves off with
she loves you the first time an act had
dethroned itself since
elvis did it nearly 10 years earlier
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they replaced themselves yet again with
can't buy me love
making the beatles the only artist in
history to have three consecutive
self-replacing number one singles the
three songs spent a combined 14 weeks
atop the billboard chart
a feat that was unheard of in 1964.
number three old town road and old town
road remix
little nas x
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when it comes to fusion genres country
rap probably isn't the first name to
come to mind as a particularly popular
one
neither is billy ray cyrus if we're
talking country superstars after the
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2000s
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and yet american rapper lil nas x wasn't
only able to effortlessly put the two
together in the late 2010s he was also
able to make history with them
when two versions of old town road
topped the billboard hot 100
for 19 weeks no less
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and this despite the fact that billboard
had previously removed the original
version from the hot country songs chart
following viral success on tick-tock the
hannah montana actor and country singer
showed his support
by contributing to the 2019 remix
town living like a rock star spend a lot
of money on my brand
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number two i'll make love to you and on
bended
knee boys to men remember what we said
about boys to men dominating the 90s
yeah we weren't kidding
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their single end of the road peaked for
13 consecutive weeks in the fall of
1992.
i'll make love to you then reached
number one in 1994
and remained at the top for 14 weeks
tying the record that whitney houston
had set
two years earlier
they then replaced themselves at number
one with on bended knee
the first time that an artist has done
so since the beatles accomplished the
feat
30 years earlier the two songs spent a
combined
20 weeks at number one for four straight
months it was
nothing but boys to men
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before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
see you again wiz khalifa featuring
charlie puth
in a long day
without you my friend hot in here and
dilemma
nelly
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the boy is mine brandy and monica
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i'll be missing you and mo money mo
problems puff daddy
seems like yesterday we used to rock the
show i laced the track you locked the
flow
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number one boom boom pow and i got a
feeling
the black eyed peas remember in 2009
when the black eyed peas were everywhere
good times
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was the band's first number one single
in the us and it held the peak position
for 12 consecutive weeks
not bad for your first number one but
they were just getting started i
got a feeling debuted at number two
securing the band the top two positions
on the chart
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that tonight's gonna be a good night
it then dethroned boom boom pal and held
the top for a further 14 weeks
together the two songs spent a combined
26 consecutive weeks atop the hot 100.
this means that the black eyed peas held
the number one spot for
basically half of 2009
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