Top 15 Longest-Running No. 1 Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
Songs ranked by the total number of weeks they spent at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, counting every chart week since the list was created in 1958. Weeks at the top measure something different from a big debut: they show how long a record can stay dominant across radio airplay, sales, and streaming at the same time, which is why the longest runs tend to belong to songs that crossed over between genres and audiences.
Interesting Facts & Summary
The all-time record is 19 weeks — nearly five months at No. 1 — and it is shared by two songs: Old Town Road in 2019 and A Bar Song (Tipsy) in 2024. They landed just five years apart, both lean on country instrumentation, both come from Black artists, and Shaboozey had actually guested on Lil Nas X's 7 EP. The stranger fact is that every one of these fifteen songs charted in 1992 or later. When Billboard switched to SoundScan point-of-sale data and BDS airplay monitoring at the end of 1991, chart runs stretched out dramatically; in the previous three decades almost nothing held the top spot for 13 weeks. By performer, Boyz II Men dominate with three entries (One Sweet Day, I'll Make Love to You, End of the Road) totalling 43 weeks at No. 1.
| Rank | Song | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 | Chart run at No. 1 | Data cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old Town Road | Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus | 19 | 2019 | 2026-05-31 | |
A Bar Song (Tipsy) | Shaboozey | 19 | 2024 | 2026-05-31 | |
One Sweet Day | Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | 16 | 1995-1996 | 2026-05-31 | |
| 4 | Despacito | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber | 16 | 2017 | 2026-05-31 |
| 5 | Last Night | Morgan Wallen | 16 | 2023 | 2026-05-31 |
| 6 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 15 | 2022 | 2026-05-31 |
| 7 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 14 | 1992-1993 | 2026-05-31 |
| 8 | I'll Make Love to You | Boyz II Men | 14 | 1994 | 2026-05-31 |
| 9 | Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) | Los del Río | 14 | 1996 | 2026-05-31 |
| 10 | Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight | Elton John | 14 | 1997 | 2026-05-31 |
| 11 | We Belong Together | Mariah Carey | 14 | 2005 | 2026-05-31 |
| 12 | I Gotta Feeling | The Black Eyed Peas | 14 | 2009 | 2026-05-31 |
| 13 | Uptown Funk! | Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars | 14 | 2015 | 2026-05-31 |
| 14 | End of the Road | Boyz II Men | 13 | 1992 | 2026-05-31 |
| 15 | The Boy Is Mine | Brandy & Monica | 13 | 1998 | 2026-05-31 |
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