{"id":3442,"date":"2022-09-19T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:11:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:11:04","slug":"harry-styles-as-it-was-ties-for-fourth-longest-reign-in-the-billboard-hot-100s-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3442","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019 \u2018As It Was\u2019 Ties for Fourth-Longest Reign in the Billboard Hot 100\u2019s\u00a0History"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The smash scores a 14th week at No. 1.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d adds a 14th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart. The song\u2019s latest frame at the summit marks another milestone, as it ties for the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/hot-100-64-years-fun-facts-ricky-nelson-lizzo-1235122282\/\">64-year history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nicki-minaj\/\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u2018s former Hot 100 No. 1 \u201cSuper Freaky Girl\u201d rebounds from No. 7 to No. 3, and returns to No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart, following the release of its \u201cQueen Mix\u201d version;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/post-malone\/\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2018s \u201cI Like It (A Happier Song),\u201d featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/doja-cat\/\">Doja Cat<\/a>, reaches the Hot 100\u2019s top five, rising 6-5; and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>&nbsp;revisits his best Hot 100 rank, as \u201cYou Proof\u201d jumps 10-6, after the arrival of its official video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 24, 2022) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (Sept. 20). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5v3kku4y6Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was,\u201d released on Erskine\/Columbia Records, tallied 68.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even week-over-week), 14.4 million streams (down 9%) and 3,000 downloads sold (down 13%) in the Sept. 9-15 tracking week, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single scores a sixth week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart; retreats 5-6 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, after two weeks on top starting in its debut week in April; and dips 21-24 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, following a week in the lead in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tied for Fourth-Longest No. 1 Hot 100 Run<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d ties for the fourth-longest rule in the Hot 100\u2019s history, dating to the chart\u2019s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. It boasts the longest command since Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (also on Columbia), ruled for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-week-by-week-number-one\/\">record 19 weeks<\/a>&nbsp;in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100:<br>19, \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019<br>16, \u201cDespacito,\u201d Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017<br>16, \u201cOne Sweet Day,\u201d Mariah Carey &amp; Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995<br>14 (to date), \u201cAs It Was,\u201d Harry Styles, April 16, 2022<br>14, \u201cUptown Funk!,\u201d Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015<br>14, \u201cI Gotta Feeling,\u201d The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009<br>14, \u201cWe Belong Together,\u201d Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005<br>14, \u201cCandle in the Wind 1997\u2033\/\u201dSomething About the Way You Look Tonight,\u201d Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997<br>14, \u201cMacarena (Bayside Boys Mix),\u201d Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996<br>14, \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love to You,\u201d Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994<br>14, \u201cI Will Always Love You,\u201d Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, \u201cAs It Was\u201d ties for the longest Hot 100 domination among singles by artists with no accompanying acts. (Of those seven songs above with 14-week commands, \u201cAs It Was\u201d is one of four by solo artists, joining the hits listed by Mariah Carey, Elton John and Whitney Houston.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Weeks Ever in Hot 100\u2019s Top Two &amp; Top Three<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d extends its record for the most weeks spent in the Hot 100\u2019s top two positions, having logged 23 weeks, of its 24 total weeks on the chart, in the top two, from its April 16&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-number-one-billboard-hot-100-debut-1235057698\/\">debut at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;through the newest, Sept. 24-dated survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the song ties The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cStay,\u201d beginning in July 2021, for the most weeks, 23 each, tallied in the Hot 100\u2019s top three in the chart\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, \u201cAs It Was\u201d is the first song ever to spend its first 23 weeks on the Hot 100 all in the top three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No. 1 on Hot 100 for 14 Weeks Over 24 Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d has now placed atop the Hot 100 for 14 weeks over a span of 24 weeks, from its debut through the current chart. (In its other 10 weeks on the list, it ranked at No. 2 for nine weeks and No. 3 for one frame.) The song extends the longest span of a title leading the list in a single release cycle. (Overall, Mariah Carey\u2019s 1994 carol \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d holds the record for the longest stretch from a song\u2019s first to its most recent week at No. 1: two years and three weeks [Dec. 21, 2019-Jan. 8, 2022]).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrently, on the Radio Songs chart, \u201cAs It Was\u201d has led for six weeks over a span of 19 weeks, tying for the second-longest span of a song ranking at No. 1. The Weeknd\u2019s \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d ruled for 26 weeks over a stretch of 28 weeks (2020), while \u201cAs It Was\u201d matches the No. 1 span of Goo Goo Dolls\u2019 \u201cIris,\u201d which led for 18 weeks out of 19 (1998).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Lacy\u2019s \u201cBad Habit\u201d holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, led by 35 million in airplay audience (up 7%) and 19.6 million streams (down 2%). It leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for a fourth week each and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for a third frame each, having become the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/steve-lacy-bad-habit-tops-rb-hip-hop-songs-alternative-1235135263\/\">first song to rule all five lists<\/a>&nbsp;(dating to October 2012, when&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s main genre-based song charts adopted the Hot 100\u2019s methodology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cSuper Freaky Girl\u201d rebounds 7-3 on the Hot 100, four weeks after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/nicki-minaj-super-freaky-girl-debuts-atop-billboard-hot-100-1235129278\/\">soared in at the summit<\/a>. It returns for a second week at No. 1, from No. 3, on Streaming Songs (19.8 million, up 6%) and resurges 4-2 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, up 130%), helped by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/nicki-minaj-super-freaky-girl-queen-remix-stream-1235136457\/\">Sept. 9 release<\/a>&nbsp;of its \u201cQueen Mix,\u201d adding JT, BIA, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V and Maliibu Miitch. The track also tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a fifth week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicky Youre and dazy\u2019s \u201cSunroof\u201d holds at its No. 4 Hot 100 high and Post Malone\u2019s \u201cI Like You (A Happier Song),\u201d featuring Doja Cat, climbs 6-5 for a new best. Post Malone notches his eighth top five Hot 100 hit, and first since \u201cCircles,\u201d which led for three weeks in 2019-20, while Doja Cat claims her third and first since \u201cKiss Me More\u201d (No. 3 peak, July 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen returns to his highest Hot 100 rank, as \u201cYou Proof\u201d jumps 10-6, its peak first set upon its debut on the May 28-dated chart. Aided by the Sept. 9 premiere of its official video, the song gained by 6% to 16.4 million streams in the tracking week and 13% to 5,000 sold, as well as 13% to 30.4 million in radio reach. It concurrently rules the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a fifth week. Wallen first hit a No. 6 Hot 100 high with the launch of \u201c7 Summers\u201d in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, and Lizzo\u2019s \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d descends 5-7, after two weeks at No. 1 beginning in late July; OneRepublic\u2019s \u201cI Ain\u2019t Worried\u201d keeps at its No. 8 high; Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cLate Night Talking\u201d falls from its No. 3 peak to No. 9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-late-night-talking-hot-100-top-10-1235137490\/\">boosted the week before<\/a>&nbsp;by the arrival of new options for purchase); and Future\u2019s \u201cWait for U,\u201d featuring Drake and Tems, returns to the region, lifting 11-10, following a week at No. 1 in its debut frame in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 24), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (Sept. 20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3442\" data-postid=\"3442\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3442 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The smash scores a 14th week at No. 1. Harry Styles\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d adds a 14th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart. The song\u2019s latest frame at the summit marks another milestone, as it ties for the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s&nbsp;64-year history. Meanwhile,&nbsp;Nicki Minaj\u2018s former Hot 100 No. 1 \u201cSuper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-now","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","no-post-comment","no-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Harry-Styles-cr-Hanna-Moon-press-2022-billboard-15481.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3450,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions\/3450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}