{"id":1037328,"date":"2026-09-01T18:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037328\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:50:13","slug":"hot-100-longest-no-1-hits-how-did-record-holders-fare-at-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1037328\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot 100 Longest No. 1 Hits: How Did Record-Holders Fare at Grammys?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs Billboard reported Monday (Aug. 31), Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d logs its 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, setting a new record for the longest run on top by a non-holiday hit. It broke a record first set in 2019 by Lil Nas X<\/a>\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus<\/a>), which logged 19 weeks on top.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe only single with a longer run at No. 1 is Mariah Carey<\/a>\u2019s 1994 holiday classic \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d which has had 22 weeks on top, spread across eight calendar years.<\/p>\n

\n\tLangley\u2019s endurance at No. 1 increases the already excellent chances that \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d will land Grammy nominations for record and song of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tTo celebrate \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d setting a new record for the longest run at No. 1 by a non-holiday hit, we decided to look back at all the previous holders of that record, together with how they fared at the Grammys. We didn\u2019t include singles that merely tied an existing record. For the record, those were: Johnny Horton\u2019s \u201cThe Battle of New Orleans\u201d (six weeks at No. 1 in 1959); Percy Faith<\/a>\u2019s \u201cTheme From A Summer Place\u201d and The Beatles<\/a>\u2019 \u201cHey Jude\u201d (nine weeks at No. 1 in 1960 and 1968, respectively); Olivia Newton-John<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPhysical\u201d (10 weeks at No. 1 in 1982); Boyz II Men<\/a>\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love to You\u201d (14 weeks at No. 1 in 1994); Luis Fonsi<\/a> and Daddy Yankee<\/a> featuring Justin Bieber<\/a>\u2019s \u201cDespacito\u201d (16 weeks at No. 1 in 2017); and Shaboozey<\/a>\u2019s \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d (19 weeks at No. 1 in 2024).<\/p>\n

\n\tHistorical Note: The Hot 100 and the Grammys both originated in 1958. The first Hot 100 appeared in the issue dated Aug. 4, 1958. The eligibility period for the first Grammy Awards was Jan. 1, 1958, to Dec. 31, 1958. (The inaugural awards were presented in May 1959.)<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are all the singles that have set new records for most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, together with how they fared at the Grammys. The year shown is the year the single set the Hot 100 record.<\/p>\n