Morgan Wallen simply beat Harry Kinds’ Billboard Scorching 100 report.
“Final Night time,” the controversial nation singer’s single, is formally the longest-running music by a solo artist to stay at No. 1 on the well-known music chart. Kinds’ “As It Was,” which was Spotify’s most-streamed music of 2022, beforehand held the title at No. 1 for 15 weeks. “Final Night time” has been on the chart for 16 weeks as of publishing.
Billboard notes “Final Night time” has now handed “As It Was” for the longest No. 1 Scorching 100 keep of the 2020s to date.
“Final Night time” is at the moment tied with “One Candy Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Males; and “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee that includes Justin Bieber for the second-place spot for general longest Scorching 100 run at 16 weeks.
Lil Nas X’s “Outdated City Highway” collaboration with Billy Ray Cyrus stayed at No. 1 for a historic 19 weeks.
Wallen additionally holds the report for many new entries on the Scorching 100 chart. In March 2023, following the discharge of his prolonged 36-song third studio album, One Factor at a Time, Wallen had 27 songs on the chart.
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In keeping with Billboard, the Scorching 100 chart “blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and gross sales knowledge, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of bodily singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers.”
The chart was created on Aug. 4, 1958. In keeping with Quartz, in its 65-year historical past, since 1980 solely seven nation songs have topped the listing at No. 1, together with Dolly Parton’s “9 to five” and Taylor Swift’s “We Are By no means Ever Getting Again Collectively.”
This yr, nation artists together with Wallen made historical past by claiming the highest three spots of the Scorching 100 for the primary time ever, with Luke Combs’ “Quick Automotive” cowl taking one of many spots.