Congratulations are most certainly in order.
Well- at least if you consider yourself to be a Rihanna fan. Because, following the untimely demise of her single ‘You Da One’ on the Billboard Hot 100, it’s predecessor-‘We Found Love‘ is #1 on the chart.
For the tenth time.
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Downloaded 140,000 times in the last week alone, ‘Love‘ makes Rihanna one of eleven artists to have enjoyed at least ten weeks atop the chart with a single release in its 53 year history, and is also the first time an act has done so since Beyonce‘s ‘Irreplaceable’ did the same between 2006-2007.
See list below:
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995 (*the longest reign of any title in the chart’s history)
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, 2005
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, 1992
13, “The Boy Is Mine,” Brandy & Monica, 1998
11, “I’ll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112, 1997
11, “Un-Break My Heart,” Toni Braxton, 1996
10, “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, 2011 (to-date)
10, “Irreplaceable,” Beyonce, 2006
10, “Foolish,” Ashanti, 2002
10, “Physical,” Olivia Newton-John, 1981
10, “You Light Up My Life,” Debby Boone, 1977
If she succeeds in reaching the top again next week, she will beat Beyonce to become the first female act of the decade to match Toni Braxton‘s 1996 record and be one step closer to beating and matching records held by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.