{"id":1066534,"date":"2026-07-03T19:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1066534\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:52:20","slug":"sam-fender-and-olivia-dean-equal-record-for-longest-running-british-number-1-single-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1066534\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Fender and Olivia Dean equal record for longest-running British Number 1 single ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rein Me In, a career-defining song for both artists, has also spent the joint highest number of weeks in the Top 10 for\u202fany non-Christmas single ever \u2013 a massive 37 weeks, level with\u202fHarry Styles\u2019\u202fAs It Was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And on top of this,\u202fit\u2019s\u202fnotched up the joint-longest consecutive run in the Top 40 ever: 54 weeks, tied with\u202fEd Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s\u202fThinking Out Loud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Behind\u202fRein Me In,\u202fOlivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s\u202fstupid song<\/a>\u202fposts a third straight week at Number 2, while\u202fMichael Jackson<\/a>\u2019s\u202fBillie Jean<\/a>\u202fsticks at Number 3.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, as\u202fHarry Styles<\/a>\u2019 record-breaking 12-night Wembley Stadium residency\u202fcomes to a\u202fclose,\u202f\u202fAmerican\u202fGirls<\/a>\u202fascends four spots\u202f(4), with\u00a0Aperture<\/a>\u202fup\u202ffive\u202f(22).<\/p>\n

An ultimate summer anthem has entered the Top 10 for the very first time.\u202fFree Your Mind\u202f<\/a>from\u202fProspa\u202f<\/a>&\u202fCloonee<\/a>\u202fclimbs two week-on-week (10).<\/p>\n

On the day she releases her debut album\u202fVisitor,\u202fSIENNA SPIRO<\/a>\u202fsees another new peak for\u202f\u202fMaterial Lover\u202f<\/a>\u202f(14), her song from\u202fThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u202fsoundtrack.<\/p>\n

Shakira & Burna Boy<\/a>\u2019s World Cup\u202fanthem\u202fDai\u202fDai\u202f<\/a>\u202falso pushes forward to reach another new peak, levelling-up its record as the highest-charting Official FIFA World Cup song of all time\u202f(18).<\/p>\n

sombr<\/a>, aka New York breakout star Shane Boose, lands a new entry with\u202fMy Body\u202fIsn\u2019t\u202fReady\u202f<\/a>, his seventh Top 40 in just over a year (25). His former Top 5 smash\u202fhomewrecker<\/a>\u202falso rebounds four places this week (30).<\/p>\n

Californian pop princess\u202fGracie Abrams\u202f<\/a>scores a hot new entry with her latest single\u202fLook\u202fAt\u202fMy Life<\/a>, which becomes her seventh Top 40 song to date (39).<\/p>\n

And finally,\u202fAitch<\/a>\u2019s\u202fRMB (Ring My Bell)\u202f<\/a>sees a 10-place ascension to make its debut inside the main standings, becoming his 20th\u202fTop 40 entry overall (40).<\/p>\n

See the full Official Singles Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rein Me In, a career-defining song for both artists, has also spent the joint highest number of weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1066535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,12,115214,62983,16,15,81179],"class_list":["post-1066534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-olivia-dean","tag-sam-fender","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wet-wet-wet"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116857796610461934","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1066535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1066534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1066534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}