The Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the longest consecutive run at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a 26-week streak in 2009, while few other artists, including The Beatles, Whitney Houston, and Lil Nas X, have achieved over 13 consecutive weeks at the top.

Most hip-hop fans know that Tupac’s dual-#1 singles — “How Do U Want It” with K-Ci & JoJo and “California Love” with Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman — didn’t actually chart separately. Instead, they appeared together as one entry because they were released on the same CD single.

Jay-Z rapped on The Blueprint‘s “𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆” that “Jigga held you down for six summers, damn, where’s the love?” and followed it up on The Blueprint²‘s “𝗛𝗼𝘃𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆” that “seven straight summers, critics might not admit it / but nobody in rap did it quite like I did it.”

Today, bands like Swans release songs stretching beyond 50 minutes, and artists like Chris Brown drop albums with over 40 tracks and 150-minute runtimes. However, during the era of vinyl dominance in the record industry, such sprawling projects were rare.

It's pretty well-known amongst modern music fans that Taylor Swift's 2021 revision of "𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹" is the official longest #1 song of all time, reaching a staggering 10:13 on the released version. But there are 2 #1 singles which may actually be longer.