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The record for most weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 stood for two decades. It has now been broken or tied four times in seven years, and the thing that changed was how Billboard counts a listen. Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men set the mark at 16 weeks with "One Sweet Day" in 1996. Nothing touched it until "Despacito" tied it in 2017. Then "Old Town Road" hit 19 in 2019, Shaboozey matched that in 2024, Mariah's Christmas song climbed to 22, and Ella Langley just passed all of them at 23. In the radio…
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