Chart Check [Hot 100]: Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Breaks Record For Longest-Running Male Solo #1 Hit This Century

Published: Wednesday 14th Sep 2022 by Rashad

Harry Styles’ ‘Harry House’ hit ‘As It Was’ has found a home at #1 on the Hot 100 for a 13th week.

In doing so, it not only extends the tune’s reign as the longest-running chart-topper of the decade so far but it also puts him in some pretty exclusive company in the hit list’s history books.

See who and how inside.

Despite a few rests on the bench thanks to reign interruptions by hits from the likes of Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, and Beyonce, ‘Was’ quickly returned right back where it was – on the perch of the Hot 100.

Here are the numbers that fueled its rule this week.

  • Streaming:  15.8 million streams (up 3%)
  • Digital Downloads: 3,000 downloads sold (down 13%)
  • Radio Airplay: 68.4 million audience impressions (down 2%)

The figures above helped Harry pencil yet another historic week on Billboard.

As it relates to the Hot 100, the Kid Harpoon-curated cut becomes only the 13th song in history to have logged at least 13 weeks at #1.

List of Songs To Be #1 on the Hot 100 for 13+ Weeks

Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Old Town Road” (19 weeks)
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” (16 weeks)
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber’s “Despacito” (16 weeks)
Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” (14 weeks)
Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” (14 weeks)
Los del Río’s “Macarena” (14 weeks)
Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” (14 weeks)
Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” (14 weeks)
The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” (14 weeks)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” (14 weeks)
Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” (13 weeks)
Brandy & Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” (13 weeks)
Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (13 weeks)

 

More impressively, the 13th run at #1 sees him zoom past Eminem and Ed Sheeran as the solo male to have enjoyed the longest run in the chart position this century.  While Em reigned for 12 weeks with his now-classic ‘Lose Yourself’ across 2002-2003, Sheeran stayed in the #1 spot for the same amount of time with his 2017 hit ‘Shape of You.’

Among all solo male #1 hits over the chart’s 64-year history, only John’s ‘Candle’ has burned at the top longer (14 weeks).

That’s not all.

In addition to now holding the record for the most weeks in the Hot 100’s top 2 (22 weeks), Billboard reports ‘As It Was’ has been #1 for 13 weeks over a span of 23 weeks – “the longest span of a title topping the tally in a single release cycle.”

As the singer’s fans celebrate the milestone achievements, look below to see who joins him in the refreshed edition of TGJ’s Chart Check: Hot 100.

Hot 100 This Week

 

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  1. Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

    No hate cuz my b*tch white & im not black\white but this could be related to his skin colour js. Lets be real only white artists break such records thats true & fact & real

    • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

      Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Lil Nas X… you sound stupid.

      • Fancy BISH (Back To The Future 🤣) 👊🏽💎💋 September 15, 2022

        It’s because he is stupid. ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        💯

    • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

      No need to get all menstraul on my opinion nasty h**.

      • marilyn monh-O-E ® 👠(#1 DIVA) September 15, 2022

        Forgot to take yo Med h o e 💅🏾

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        @Diva

        I think it’s Jynkx again 👀🙄

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        Oh, shut your mewling quim marilyn stupid h**

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        Funny how this ugly p** got a jynx addiction problem lol!! She need therapy

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        Yup. Definitely Jynkx.

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        My battery is at 69, shayla

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        Whatever, “Lenoard” lmaoooooooooo 🤣

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        Im far from jynx but i bet your p ussy is black shayla lmao but its good i guess lol

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        P**** is pink. and you would know that if you weren’t a f/a/g.

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        Prove it for $3k pink B

  2. Bravo!! September 15, 2022

    This still don’t make him the king of pop

    • Fancy BISH (Back To The Future 🤣) 👊🏽💎💋 September 15, 2022

      Yes he is, deal with it!

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        He is to deplorables lmao

  3. Josh September 15, 2022

    They’re doing anything to ensure he breaks LNX’s run. I like Harry, and I love the song. , However, something is truly off. I believe they fluff the numbers a bit.

  4. marilyn monh-O-E ® 👠(#1 DIVA) September 15, 2022

    I love Harry but this song is a ripoff of Blinding lights💅🏾

  5. Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

    Michael jackson had to bleach, Nas ofcourse couldn’t do it w/o Billy c’mon use some logic twat. Google best selling artists grotesque b*tch.

    • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

      @shayla

  6. Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

    Im far from jynx but i bet your p ussy is black shayla lmaoooo

    • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

      Your French ass can’t lie for s*** 🤣

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        Black p ussy is the best Lol

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 September 15, 2022

        You don’t like p****. You are a fat French f**.

      • Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

        I love shayla’s black p ussy lol

  7. Tongue’Fcukk September 15, 2022

    But its good I guess lol

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