Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” leads the Hot 100 for the tenth consecutive week
A select 4% of all Hot 100 number 1 hits (46 of 1,179 since the chart’s inception on August 4, 1958) have spent 10 or more weeks at the top. “Luther” is now the longest-charting Hot 100 hit by a male and female solo artist in history, surpassing the nine-week reign of Diana Ross and […]
HISTORIC: THIS WEEK THE SHORTEST SONG IN HISTORY DEBUTS ON THE HOT 100
Hits tend to be short. The average time for songs that reached the Hot 100’s Top 10 in 2024 was three minutes and 40 seconds, but no hit has been as brief as “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” by 55-year-old actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, which entered the chart this week. The song, at just 34 […]
