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Post by billcs on Aug 6, 2023 9:41:10 GMT -5
This post documents records set on the chart since 1999, once the chart became bi-weekly.
Longest at #1: Hello by Adele (17 weeks, 2015-16)
Biggest jump to #1: Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo (40-1)
To #1 in 2 weeks: Hello and Easy On Me by Adele; Drivers License and Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo
Highest Debuts: Top 100 Weekly Era: Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo and Now & Then by The Beatles (tie, #4), Cut To The Feeling by Carly Rae Jepsen (#9), Roar by Katy Perry and Break My Soul by Beyonce (both #10); Top 50 and Top 30 Bi-Weekly Eras: A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton (#2)
Biggest Jump: Top 100 Weekly Era: Flying On My Own - Celine Dion (99-23); Top 50 Bi-Weekly Era: Nobody Wants To Be Lonely - Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera (49-6); Top 30 Bi-Weekly Era: Escape – Enrique Iglesias (30-4)
Longest On The Chart: Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (76 weeks non-consecutive and 69 consecutive); The A Team Ed Sheeran (73 weeks non-consecutive and 68 consecutive); Pompeii - Bastille (69 weeks consecutive); Water Under The Bridge - Adele (68 weeks non-consecutive and 50 weeks consecutive); Titanium - David Guetta featuring Sia (64 weeks consecutive)
Longest Gap between Chart Entries: Natalie Merchant's "Kind and Generous" debuted on the chart for its September 1998 edition. Her next appearance was April 2/23 making it a 24 year 7 month gap between "Kind and Generous" and "Come On Aphrodite".
Highest Drop Off: Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers fell off the chart from #6 on September 18, 2000.
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