Casey took a question this week back in 1977, asking if any artist had ever spent a whole year in the top 40. Since at that point, the longevity record for the Hot 100 was only 36 weeks, clearly no one had. But, his staff looked across all the major charts and found a country record that had in fact been on the Country and Western top 40 chart for 53 weeks! Casey clearly thought that that record was unassailable.
Flash forward to 2022, with the record charts being admittedly quite different, but still reflecting broadly sales and airplay (but now including streaming)...and now a record has not only spent a year in the top 40, but in the top 10! "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd was the #1 song of 2020, and it nearly repeated, ending up as the #3 song of 2021, after 53 weeks in the top 10, 86 in the top 40, and 90 on the Hot 100, all records...
...until this week. Glass Animals' "Heat Wave" has now spent 91 weeks on the Hot 100! It won't break the record for the top 10, but the top 40 longevity record is still in play as it's still at #19 after nearly 2 years!
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