{"id":3455,"date":"2022-09-26T18:12:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2022-09-26T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:15:47","slug":"harry-styles-as-it-was-tops-hot-100-for-15th-week-longest-reign-ever-for-a-british-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3455","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019 \u2018As It Was\u2019 Tops Hot 100 for 15th Week \u2013 Longest Reign Ever for a British\u00a0Act"},"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\">Only three hits overall have led longer.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d logs a 15th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart. Only three songs have led longer over the survey\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>, while \u201cAs It Was\u201d claims outright the longest reign for a song by a British artist, as well as by an act with no accompanying artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Styles also sports the rare achievement of holding the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 while starring in the top movie at the box office, as\u00a0<em>Don\u2019t Worry Darling<\/em>\u00a0premiered as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/dont-worry-darling-box-office-previews-1235144400\/\">weekend\u2019s top film<\/a>\u00a0domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luke-combs\/\">Luke Combs<\/a>\u00a0adds his second Hot 100 top 10, as the country star\u2019s \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make\u201d jumps from No. 14 to No. 8.<\/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 Oct. 1, 2022) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (Sept. 27). 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 66 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2%), 13.5 million streams (down 6%) and 3,000 downloads sold (up 13%) in the Sept. 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single scores a seventh week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart; dips 6-9 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 rebounds 24-15 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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fourth-Longest No. 1 Hot 100 Run, Longest for a Song With No Accompanying Acts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d now solely boasts the fourth-longest reign in the Hot 100\u2019s history, dating to the chart\u2019s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. It has achieved 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>19, \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019<\/li><li>16, \u201cDespacito,\u201d Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017<\/li><li>16, \u201cOne Sweet Day,\u201d Mariah Carey &amp; Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995<\/li><li>15 (to date), \u201cAs It Was,\u201d Harry Styles, April 16, 2022<\/li><li>14, \u201cUptown Funk!,\u201d Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015<\/li><li>14, \u201cI Gotta Feeling,\u201d The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009<\/li><li>14, \u201cWe Belong Together,\u201d Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005<\/li><li>14, \u201cCandle in the Wind 1997\u2033\/\u201dSomething About the Way You Look Tonight,\u201d Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997<\/li><li>14, \u201cMacarena (Bayside Boys Mix),\u201d Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996<\/li><li>14, \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love to You,\u201d Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994<\/li><li>14, \u201cI Will Always Love You,\u201d Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, \u201cAs It Was\u201d breaks out of a tie for the longest Hot 100 domination among singles by artists with no accompanying acts, as it passes the 14-week leaders above by The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Los Del Rio, Boyz II Men and Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Longest Hot 100 Reign for a Song by a British Artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With Styles from Redditch, Worcestershire, England, \u201cAs It Was\u201d surpasses Ronson and John\u2019s hits listed above for the longest Hot 100 rule ever by a British artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In the rundown below, * denotes British artists on songs with multiple acts.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 by British Artists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>15 (to date), \u201cAs It Was,\u201d Harry Styles, beginning April 16, 2022<\/li><li>14, \u201cUptown Funk!,\u201d Mark Ronson* feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015<\/li><li>14, \u201cCandle in the Wind 1997\u2033\/\u201dSomething About the Way You Look Tonight,\u201d Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997<\/li><li>12, \u201cShape of You,\u201d Ed Sheeran, Jan. 28, 2017<\/li><li>10, \u201cEasy on Me,\u201d Adele, Oct. 30, 2021<\/li><li>10, \u201cOne Dance,\u201d Drake feat. WizKid &amp; Kyla*, April 23, 2016<\/li><li>10, \u201cHello,\u201d Adele, Nov. 14, 2015<\/li><li>10, \u201cWe Found Love,\u201d Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris*, Nov. 12, 2011<\/li><li>10, \u201cPhysical,\u201d Olivia Newton-John, Nov. 21, 1981<\/li><li>9, \u201cHey Jude,\u201d The Beatles, Sept. 28, 1968<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Most Weeks Ever in Hot 100\u2019s Top Two &amp; Top Three<\/strong><\/h3>\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 24 weeks, of its 25 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, Oct. 1-dated survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song also extends its mark for the most weeks, 25, tallied in the Hot 100\u2019s top three in the chart\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d is additionally the first song ever to spend its first 25 weeks on the Hot 100 all in the top three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No. 1 on Hot 100 for 15 Weeks Over 25 Weeks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d has now topped the Hot 100 for 15 weeks over a span of 25 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>On the Radio Songs chart, \u201cAs It Was\u201d has led for seven weeks over a span of 20 weeks, 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgmnKsED-jU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Styles No. 1 in Music &amp; Movies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Styles can celebrate having the top song and starring in the top movie in the U.S. While \u201cAs It Was\u201d holds atop the Hot 100,&nbsp;<em>Don\u2019t Worry Darling<\/em>&nbsp;premiered with a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/dont-worry-darling-box-office-previews-1235144400\/\">weekend-winning<\/a>&nbsp;$19.2 million domestically in theaters. The film stars \u2014 in addition to Styles and others \u2014 Chris Pine, Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde, the latter of whom also directed and co-produced it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a double domination is rare, with Styles following such notable examples as Prince, whose five-week Hot 100 reign in 1984 with \u201cWhen Doves Cry\u201d coincided with the rule in theaters of&nbsp;<em>Purple Rain<\/em>, and Eminem, whose \u201cLose Yourself\u201d controlled the Hot 100 for 12 weeks in 2002-03, aligning with his box office-topping acting debut in parent film&nbsp;<em>8 Mile<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Going back to&nbsp;<em>Back to the Future<\/em>, Huey Lewis made a comical cameo in the 1985 blockbuster, which reigned as the top movie as his and The News\u2019 \u201cThe Power of Love\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WNtmITE5GpU\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not Marty McFly\u2019s version \u2026<\/a>] led the Hot 100.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Lacy\u2019s first Hot 100 top 10 \u201cBad Habit\u201d spends a fourth week at its No. 2 high, with 37.8 million in airplay audience (up 10%), 19.6 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) and 2,000 sold (up 39%). The track rebounds from No. 2 for a fifth week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; becomes Lacy\u2019s first Radio Songs top 10, surging 13-8; and debuts at No. 37 on Digital Song Sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBad Habit\u201d leads the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>\u00a0charts for a fifth week each and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>\u00a0charts for a fourth frame each, having become the\u00a0<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 rankings<\/a>\u00a0(dating to October 2012, when\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s main genre-based song charts adopted the Hot 100\u2019s methodology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post Malone\u2019s \u201cI Like You (A Happier Song),\u201d featuring Doja Cat, rises 5-3 for a new Hot 100 best; Nicky Youre and Dazy\u2019s \u201cSunroof\u201d holds at its No. 4 high; and Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cSuper Freaky Girl\u201d drops 3-5, after it soared in at No. 1 on the Aug. 27 chart, as it tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a sixth week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cYou Proof\u201d keeps at its No. 6 Hot 100 highpoint, while leading the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a sixth week, and OneRepublic\u2019s \u201cI Ain\u2019t Worried\u201d ascends 8-7 for a new top rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8Mc8Pbl06g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Combs notches his second Hot 100 top 10, as \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make\u201d bounds 14-8 with 32.7 million in airplay audience (up 5%), 13.9 million streams (up 13%) and 3,000 sold (up 8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combs previously hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 with \u201cForever After All,\u201d which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/ariana-positions-luke-combs-hot-100-number-one\/\">debuted at its No. 2 peak<\/a>&nbsp;in November 2020 (the highest entrance ever for a core country male soloist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Two Country Hits in Hot 100\u2019s Top 10<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Wallen\u2019s \u201cYou Proof\u201d and Combs\u2019 \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make,\u201d two top 10 Hot Country Songs hits place in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 together. The tracks rank at No. 1 (for a sixth week, as noted above) and No. 2 on Hot Country Songs (after four weeks on top), respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The songs combine for the fourth such double-up in just over two years \u2013 after none had occurred in over 20 years, since May 13, 2000, when Faith Hill\u2019s \u201cBreathe\u201d and Lonestar\u2019s \u201cAmazed\u201d ranked at Nos. 3 and 10 on the Hot 100, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a recap of the five most recent instances of Hot Country Songs top 10s sharing space in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, with Wallen, Combs and Gabby Barrett factoring into two each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Oct. 1, 2022: \u201cYou Proof,\u201d Morgan Wallen (No. 6 on the Hot 100), \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make,\u201d Luke Combs (No. 8)<\/li><li>Nov. 27, 2021: \u201cAll Too Well (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d Taylor Swift (No. 1), \u201cFancy Like,\u201d Walker Hayes (No. 10)<\/li><li>Nov. 7, 2020: \u201cForever After All,\u201d Combs (No. 2), \u201cI Hope,\u201d Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth (No. 6)<\/li><li>Aug. 29, 2020: \u201c7 Summers,\u201d Wallen (No. 6), \u201cI Hope\u201d (No. 10)<\/li><li>May 13, 2000: \u201cBreathe,\u201d Faith Hill (No. 3), \u201cAmazed,\u201d Lonestar (No. 10)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, unlike the four most recent team-ups until this week, both \u201cProof\u201d and \u201cKind\u201d appear in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 without the assistance of pop\/adult radio promotion. \u201cAll Too Well,\u201d \u201cFancy Like\u201d and \u201cI Hope,\u201d as well as \u201cBreathe\u201d and \u201cAmazed,\u201d all drew multi-format airplay support. Wallen and Combs\u2019 latest hits are both scaling the tier largely thanks to their streaming and country radio strength, as they rank at Nos. 5 and 7, respectively, on Streaming Songs and Nos. 3 and 2, respectively, on the Country Airplay chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Lizzo\u2019s \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d descends 7-9, after two weeks at No. 1 beginning in late July, and Future\u2019s \u201cWait for U,\u201d featuring Drake and Tems, repeats at No. 10, following a week on top 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 Oct. 1), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Sept. 27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3455\" data-postid=\"3455\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3455 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only three hits overall have led longer. Harry Styles\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d logs a 15th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart. 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