Every now and then, a new song releases and dominates radio airwaves, Spotify playlists, and, of course, the esteemed Billboard Hot 100 chart—and in terms of those types of hits, 2024 has been pretty impressive. Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's collaboration "I Had Some Help" became the first major hit of the year. It spent six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the official song of the summer . The single was succeeded by another country-pop track, Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," which spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 from July to November 2024. The song tied the all-time record Lil Nas X set in 2019 with "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, and became the longest-running #1 of the 2020s. "A Bar Song" was also the first single from a Black male artist to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. Historically, there have been many songs that, for whatever reason, just seem to stick, from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" to Morgan Wallen's "Last Night." So today, it's time to inspect the top 100 songs that dominated the charts the longest. To determine the longest-serving songs, Stacker consulted the Billboard Hot 100 as of Dec. 14, 2024. Songs are ranked by the number of weeks they spent at #1 on the chart, and ties are broken by the number of weeks they spent on the charts in total. Every decade is represented since the Hot 100 came into existence with Bobby Darin's 1959 serial killer-inspired ballad "Mack the Knife" representing the oldest song on this list. Some songs on the list almost didn't come to pass. Beyoncé's breakthrough single "Irreplaceable," which became an anthem for female empowerment, was written by Ne-Yo from a male perspective and originally intended for country stars Shania Twain or Faith Hill. Others, like "Macarena" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" set off cultural phenomena that pushed celebrities and athletes to join the craze. Meanwhile, Mariah Carey is the only artist to have two songs make the top 10. Some tunes represented here were misinterpreted upon release, such as The Police's "Every Breath You Take," which was thought to be a love song, but lead singer Sting revealed it was about stalking . Whatever your musical preference, the wide variety of songs that have ruled the Billboard Hot 100 charts will leave you humming a tune in your head. Read on to find out which songs dominated Billboard's charts the longest. You may also like: 20 hit songs you may not know were written by music icons - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 25 - Topped the charts from March 5, 1983, to April 16, 1983 The second single from Michael Jackson's iconic album "Thriller," "Billie Jean" and its music video became synonymous with the singer's iconic moonwalk dance. The unimaginable popularity that came from the freeze-frame video and the King of Pop's slick slide launched a movement that prompted MTV to integrate more Black musicians on its network rather than just white rock bands. The autobiographical song, about a woman who claimed Jackson fathered her child, won two Grammy awards, including Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. "Billie Jean" continues to make headlines today, reaching an all-time high of #145 on Billboard's global charts in October 2024. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from June 29, 2002, to Aug. 10, 2002 This turn-of-the-century tune's classic first line ("I was like, good gracious/ a-- is bodacious") brought Nelly to overnight fame, winning him the Grammy for Best Male Rap Solo Performance in 2003. Nelly worked with the Neptunes on the hit, based on Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers' 1979 hit "Bustin' Loose." Fans streamed the song repeatedly in 2016 to help alleviate Nelly's $2.4 million tax lien . - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 27 - Topped the charts from Nov. 26, 2016, to Jan. 14, 2017 The Mannequin Challenge, the 2016 internet video trend where people posed still while playing "Black Beatles" in the background, pushed this hit straight to the top of the Billboard charts. Even Paul McCartney shared his attempt at the challenge to the song, writing on Instagram , "Love those Black Beatles." In 2018, Forbes reported that "Black Beatles" had sold 6 million units in domestic sales and sales equivalents , which included streams, giving Rae Sremmurd six-time platinum status. In December 2024, the song joined YouTube's Billions Club , a collection of videos that have amassed over 1 billion views. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 28 - Topped the charts from Nov. 17, 2018, to Jan. 5, 2019 In 2019, Ariana Grande admitted to Vogue that she doesn't remember recording "Thank U, Next" because she was dealing with alcohol abuse and depression following the September 2018 overdose of ex-boyfriend Mac Miller. Recorded a month after Miller's death, the empowering song lyrics, based on her past romantic relationships, won Grande Favorite Song at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from July 24, 1993, to Sept. 4, 1993 The UB40 version of Elvis Presley's 1961 original hit song appeared on the soundtrack of "Sliver," a 1993 Sharon Stone film. As with the Presley remake, UB40 would later find success covering Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine," which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. Though the English reggae band's debut hit "Food for Thought" gave them initial fame, their rendition of Presley's song gave them seven straight weeks at the top of America's music chart. You may also like: The prison soul band that opened for Stevie Wonder - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from July 31, 2010, to Sept. 11, 2010 Off of Eminem's seventh album, "Recovery," "Love the Way You Lie" won notable awards, including Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year at the 2010 Soul Train Music Awards, Favorite Music Video and Favorite Song at the 2011 People's Choice Awards, and earned five Grammy nominations. Eminem reportedly collaborated with Rihanna on the hit since they both had experienced violent domestic relationships . The song has been remade by the View frontman Kyle Falconer (who has struggled with sobriety) and singer Alissa Janine. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from April 15, 1995, to May 27, 1995 In May 2019, Minister Montell Jordan switched up the lyrics to his original Def Jam Recordings hit about friends going to a club on the "American Idol" finale. Now a minister, Jordan cut out all the sex- and liquor-themed lyrics, which kept the original hit at #1 for seven weeks. Also the title of Jordan's first album, "This Is How We Do It" was nominated for the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Grammy in 1996, but "For Your Love" by Stevie Wonder took the prize. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 30 - Topped the charts from Feb. 25, 1995, to April 8, 1995 This Madonna and Babyface collaboration, recorded with a full orchestra, references the title "Take a Bow" in the first verse, but it's never mentioned again. Along with winning Best Female Video at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, the song was also featured in the Season 1 finale of the '90s hit television show "Friends," when Rachel realizes Ross loves her but is now with another woman. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 31 - Topped the charts from Sept. 6, 2008, to Nov. 8, 2008 Everybody liked T.I.'s "Whatever You Like"—produced by the famous Jim Jonsin, aka Jimmy J—so much that it broke the Billboard Hot 100 record in 2008, jumping from #71 to #1 in only a week. The song was included on T.I.'s album "Paper Trail," so named because he'd penned his lyrics "old-school style" with pen and paper rather than just rapping freestyle in the studio. "Whatever You Like" also became "Weird Al" Yankovic's only parody song to keep the same name as the original that inspired it. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 32 - Topped the charts from Sept. 15, 2007, to Nov. 3, 2007 Originally self-published on Soulja Boy's YouTube channel, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" would later top the ringtone sales chart. Highsnobiety reported that the "digital age" track, perfect for 10-second splicing, created a craze in addition to holding the #1 spot for seven straight weeks. "He helped to bring back the trend of tying hit rap songs in with [easy-to-learn] dances, something that persists even now," Highsnobriety wrote. You may also like: Most popular songs from movies - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 34 - Topped the charts from June 9, 2007, to July 21, 2007 Winning the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Grammy in 2008, "Umbrella" was reportedly not intended for Rihanna but for Britney Spears. And when the latter didn't want it, it was offered to Mary J. Blige, who also turned it down. Naturally, the Barbadian singer took the song to #1. According to The Guardian , the tune goes down as the 2007 Song of the Summer for nine specific reasons including "the little details, like the splashy hi-hat sound on the first beat of each bar, or the subtle double-tracked vocals on certain words of the chorus." "Umbrella" has remained an undisputed hit for more than a decade, earning a diamond certification in May 2024, while the music video joined YouTube's Billions Club in February 2024. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 34 - Topped the charts from July 8, 1995, to Aug. 19, 1995 "Waterfalls" is not about cascading rain; it is about drug misuse and HIV. It was also the first song to reference the disease in its lyrics, according to HuffPost . TLC member Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas said the band was shocked when the hit beat Michael Jackson to become the first song by a Black artist to win the 1995 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 36 - Topped the charts from Sept. 9, 2006, to Oct. 21, 2006 Justin Timberlake told Entertainment Weekly he listened to David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" 15 times the day before he penned "SexyBack," his first #1 Billboard Hot 100 single. "We really did want to make a statement at that time and do something just a little more bold," he said of the song, which debuted at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 before reaching #1 for seven weeks straight. The song, a collaboration with rapper Timbaland, won the 2007 Grammy for Best Dance Recording. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 38 - Topped the charts from Nov. 29, 2014, to Jan. 10, 2015 Taylor Swift set the bar as the first woman artist in the history of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 to bump herself from the top of the charts, knocking "Shake It Off" from the top. Like many of Swift's song lyrics, "Blank Space" blurts out bad relationship details to a hip-hop beat. The song, which hit #1 after three weeks, is the third Swift hit—including "Shake It Off" and "We Are Never Getting Back Together"—she co-wrote with Max Martin and Shellback. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 38 - Topped the charts from Sept. 11, 2004, to Oct. 23, 2004 Ciara wrote lyrics for singers Mya and Fantasia before topping the charts with her hit "Goodies." The song, with lyrics like "you won't get no nookie or the cookies" and "keep on lookin' cause they stay in the jar," makes one thing clear: No man—no matter what—is getting close to Ciara without her permission. You may also like: 20 vintage songs that topped the charts again over a decade later - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 39 - Topped the charts from June 7, 2014, to July 19, 2014 With a music video inspired by the 1995 cult-classic film "Clueless" (which was even shot at Ulysses S. Grant High School in Los Angeles), "Fancy" was Iggy Azalea's first #1 hit in the U.S. Like the Beatles, the Australian rapper is the only other artist to have their first two Hot 100 hits concurrently ranked at #1 (for "Fancy") and #2 (for Ariana Grande's "Problem," which featured Azalea). - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from Sept. 7, 2019, to Oct. 26, 2019 While its popularity skyrocketed in 2019, "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo was released in September 2017. Lizzo is the sixth female rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100. She has since used her work and success to spread a message of confidence and encourage more opportunities for body-positive women of color in the music industry. - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from June 13, 2020, to Aug. 1, 2020 2017 was the year rap dethroned rock 'n' roll as the most-listened-to genre. Post Malone's nod to the dethroned genre led the way. This was the first #1 single for both Post Malone and 21 Savage, which was nominated for two Grammy awards, including Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance. After eight weeks at #1, "Rockstar" was bumped by Ed Sheeran's "Perfect." - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 52 - Topped the charts from Sept. 29, 2018, to Nov. 10, 2018 Billboard detailed how this Maroon 5 and Cardi B collab reached a longevity milestone after spending 40 weeks in the top 20, a feat only accomplished five other times in the Hot 100's history. It also tied with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" for the most weeks in the top 10, at 33. Featured on Maroon 5's sixth album, "Red Pill Blues," a reference to the red-pill-blue-pill concept from the 1999 science fiction epic "The Matrix." - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 63 - Topped the charts from Aug. 14, 2021, to Oct. 16, 2021 After creating "Stay" with producers Charlie Puth, Omer Fedi, and Blake Slatkin, The Kid LAROI told NME that he felt Justin Bieber " would sound perfect " on the record. This instinct proved right, as the synth-pop anthem from LAROI and Bieber reached #1 on the Hot 100 in just four weeks, making "Stay" the first chart-topping single for LAROI and the eighth for Bieber. The track also marks the second collaboration between LAROI and Bieber, as the two singers previously joined forces in 2021 for the song "Unstable" on Bieber's sixth studio album, "Justice." You may also like: 100 best rock albums of all time - Weeks at #1: 7 - Total weeks on chart: 65 - Topped the charts from May 21, 2011, to July 2, 2011 Adele described "Rolling in the Deep" as a " 'gospel disco' kiss-off to an unfaithful dude ." The slow southern sound of the song was inspired by contemporary Nashville music she listened to when touring the U.S. for her first album, "19," a genre she admittedly never studied before. After spending seven weeks at #1 between May and July, "Rolling in the Deep" was named Billboard's #1 Year-End Hot 100 single of 2011. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 20 - Topped the charts from March 18, 1978, to May 6, 1978 The signature song for "Saturday Night Fever" was one of five written by the Bee Gees for the coming-of-age disco story that dominated pop culture in the late 1970s. Along with winning Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1979, the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack became part of the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2012. The rise and fall of the brother group, directly due to the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, is recorded in the book "Staying Alive: The Disco Inferno of the Bee Gees." - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 20 - Topped the charts from May 18, 1996, to July 6, 1996 NWA's Eazy-E, who helped sign and mentored Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, inspired "Tha Crossroads." Eazy's death from AIDS-related pneumonia in 1995 led the group to pen the lyrics "Lil Eazy long gone/ Really wish he could come home." The hit, a collaboration among 12 songwriters due to samples , won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 21 - Topped the charts from April 25, 1992, to June 13, 1992 The teen duo, "Mac Daddy" and "Daddy Mac," released this #1 single after being discovered in an Atlanta mall by the famed rapper-producer Jermaine Dupri. Known for wearing their clothing backward while performing, Kris Kross launched a temporary fashion revolution, and their debut single, "Jump," has gone down in music history as a one-hit-wonder. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 22 - Topped the charts from July 9, 1983, to Aug. 27, 1983 After eight weeks at #1, "Every Breath You Take" was named Billboard's #1 Year-End Hot 100 single of 1983. Frontman Sting surprised everyone when revealed the lyrics were about stalking. "It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realize at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control," he said, per Smooth . The song was believed to be inspired by Sting's breakup with his then-wife, Frances Tomelty, as he began a relationship with her best friend and his future wife, Trudie Styler. You may also like: The one-hit wonders every country music fan will remember - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 23 - Topped the charts from May 15, 1993, to July 3, 1993 Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam wrote this song with Janet Jackson, who had to receive approval from James Brown to sample his song "Papa Don't Take No Mess." Other artists sampled on the track include B.T. Express, the Honey Drippers, and Toto. Songfacts reported that the eight-week stint at #1 "is not only longer than any other Janet Jackson single but also longer than any song released by her brother Michael." - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 23 - Topped the charts from Nov. 13, 1976, to Jan. 1, 1977 This Rod Stewart classic quickly reached #1 after debuting at #81, making it the British rock singer's second Billboard hit off his "A Night on the Town" album. The song's meaning is clearly laid out in the lyrics: "C'mon, angel, my heart's on fire/ Don't deny your man's desire/ You'd be a fool to stop this tide/ Spread your wings and let me come inside." The BBC banned that last line before public demand lifted the boycott. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 25 - Topped the charts from April 21, 2018, to July 14, 2018 Rolling Stone rated this tune the Song of the Summer in 2018 , detailing how it debuted at the top and bumped another Drake hit, "God's Plan," to take the #1 spot. Sampling "Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill, "Nice for What" gained instant popularity for the strong feminist message of its video, which starred some of the entertainment industry's leading women including Olivia Wilde, Michelle Rodriguez, and Rashida Jones. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 25 - Topped the charts from Sept. 30, 1995, to Nov. 18, 1995 As the lead single off her fifth album, "Daydream," "Fantasy" is just one of several #1 songs Mariah Carey would rack up on the Billboard charts over the decades. Similar to the 1981 hit "Genius of Love," by Tom Tom Club, "Fantasy," a collaboration with Sean Combs, would become the second song to debut at #1, following Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone." Carey may be second to Jackson in this conquest, but she is the first woman to debut at #1 on the Hot 100. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 27 - Topped the charts from July 12, 2003, to Aug. 30, 2003 With samples from "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)" by the Chi-Lite, "Crazy in Love," featuring Beyoncé's then-boyfriend, Jay-Z, would later become the soundtrack to the couple's first dance when they married in 2008. Rich Harrison, who waited for some time to find the right artist to remix the original 1970 song, produced and played the famous horn riffs and all other instruments used on the track. You may also like: 50 best albums of the 21st century, according to critics - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 28 - Topped the charts from Jan. 23, 2021, to March 13, 2021 A new global female pop icon was born with the release of "Drivers License" in 2021. As the debut single from Olivia Rodrigo (and the lead from her first studio album, "Sour"), this power-piano ballad was immediately met with critical acclaim and had the young singer-songwriter garnering comparsions to the likes of Taylor Swift and Lorde. The song's emotional description of heartbreak through the eyes of a teenage girl resonated with listeners both old and young, skyrocketing "Drivers License" to #1 for eight weeks. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from Sept. 11, 1993, to Oct. 30, 1993 Off of Mariah Carey's third album, "Music Box," "Dreamlover" would equal her 1995 hit "Fantasy" with eight weeks topping the charts. The song samples "Blind Alley," a 1970s hit by the Emotions. David Morales, Carey's collaborator on the song, said the duo revolutionized remixing with the hit. "Mariah opened up a whole other door, and not many people at that time were capable of that," Morales said in an interview with Steven J. Horowitz. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 30 - Topped the charts from May 22, 2004, to July 17, 2004 This hit, which bumped Usher's "Yeah!" from #1 on the Hot 100, would give the Texas-born R&B star 19 straight weeks at the top spot. Co-written with Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Fox, "Burn" was written about a breakup with a girlfriend—reportedly inspired by his relationship with Rozonda "Chili" Thomas of TLC. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 33 - Topped the charts from Feb. 2, 2019, to April 6, 2019 Sampling Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things," Ariana Grande turned the classic "Sound of Music" tune into the true-life tale of how she bought seven rings for her friends when tipsy at Tiffany's after breaking up with her boyfriend. However, the song caused some strife with Soulja Boy , who tweeted, "You're a thief," accusing the singer of stealing the flow of his song "Pretty Boy Swag." Additionally, Grande apologized to fans for misusing the word "weave" in her song, which also ruffled some feathers . - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 40 - Topped the charts from Oct. 28, 2017, to Dec. 16, 2017 In 2017, rap music made serious noise after dethroning rock 'n' roll as the most-listened-to genre. Post Malone's nod to the ousted genre led the way. This was the first #1 single for both Post Malone and 21 Savage, which earned Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance nominations at the Grammys. "Rockstar" spent eight weeks at #1 before it was bumped by Ed Sheeran's "Perfect." You may also like: Exposing the music industry's gender bias - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 47 - Topped the charts from Sept. 20, 2014, to Nov. 8, 2014 Long before singer Meghan Trainor wrote "All About That Bass" with producer Kevin Kadish, the pop star was penning lyrics for artists like Rascal Flatts. The song—more about the booty than the bass—is a self-acceptance anthem, according to Trainor, who told Billboard it is even for skinny girls despite the lyrical misinterpretation. Trainor's first hit single, which held the #1 spot for eight weeks, was nominated for Record of the Year at the 57th Grammy Awards but lost to "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 52 - Topped the charts from Oct. 24, 2020, to Jan. 16, 2021 The lead single from 24kGoldn's debut studio album, "El Dorado," "Mood" tells the story of a toxic relationship where one partner is "always in a mood." According to 24kGoldn, the pop-rap track came together "by accident" while he and iann dior were playing "Call of Duty." That accident earned the pair eight nonconsecutive weeks at #1 and 52 weeks on the chart altogether. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 53 - Topped the charts from Nov. 5, 2022, to Jan. 21, 2023 In the synth-pop lead single from her 10th studio album, "Midnights," Taylor Swift repeatedly declares "Hi, it's me. I'm the problem. It's me." This makes "Anti-Hero" one of the most self-critical and candid songs in Swift's massive catalog, garnering respect from both critics and fans and landing her a long-running stint on the Hot 100. "Anti-Hero" stayed atop the chart for a week longer than "Blank Space." - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 55 - Topped the charts from Jan. 28, 2023, to April 1, 2023 As the lead single from her eighth studio album, "Endless Summer Vacation," this disco-influenced pop-rock anthem earned Miley Cyrus her first two career Grammys, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. "Flowers" also became the singer's second #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 after "Wrecking Ball" in 2013. Listeners have long speculated that the track may be about Cyrus' ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth. Despite her success with the record, Cyrus was hit with a copyright lawsuit over the track in September 2024. - Weeks at #1: 8 - Total weeks on chart: 59 - Topped the charts from April 28, 2012, to June 16, 2012 Indie musician Gotye and Kimbra walked away with two Grammys in 2012 for this hit, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Since its release, the song—which deals with heartbreak and samples the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep with the xylophone—has become a universal anthem for the masses. You may also like: 17 essential Spanish-language songs from around Latin America to add to your holiday playlist - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 19 - Topped the charts from Sept. 28, 1968, to Nov. 23, 1968 The famous Beatles hit that spent nine weeks at #1 was written by Paul McCartney for Julian Lennon, John Lennon's son, while his parents were divorcing. On the song's 50th anniversary in 2018, Rolling Stone reported that the hit was released less than a week after Ringo Starr quit the band, marking the beginning of the notorious breakup of the Beatles. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 21 - Topped the charts from Feb. 22, 1960, to April 18, 1960 As the longest-running #1 instrumental song in Billboard's music chart history, the theme song produced by Percy Faith and composed by Max Steiner won Record of the Year at the Grammys in 1960. Sixteen years later, Faith turned the #1 hit into a disco version, titled "Summer Place '76." Ironically, the song made famous by "A Summer Place" is not the version played in the film. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 23 - Topped the charts from March 5, 2005, to April 30, 2005 50 Cent's third #1 Billboard single, "Candy Shop," has nothing to do with sweets—it's all about sex. Billboard reported in 2005 that the hit bumped the nine-week #1 song "Let Me Love You' by Mario, noting, "50 Cent can't rest easy on top of the Hot 100, as Green Day's 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' continues to push skyward, making a 3-2 move this week." A cover version of the song by Dan Finnerty and the Dan Band was featured in "The Hangover" in 2009. The "Candy Shop" music video broke into YouTube's Billions Club in November 2024. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from May 16, 1981, to July 18, 1981 The famous song about a Hollywood actor's eyes would win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammys in 1982, making Kim Carnes go down in music history. Co-written by Jackie DeShannon, who opened for the Beatles, and Donna Weiss, who toured with Joe Cocker , "Bette Davis Eyes" was also named Billboard's #1 Year-End Hot 100 single of 1981. DeShannon first recorded the song in 1974 after watching "Now, Voyager" with Bette Davis. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from Oct. 5, 1959, to Dec. 7, 1959 Bobby Darin started performing "Mack the Knife" in nightclubs after hearing it in a Greenwich Village production of "The Threepenny Opera," for which it was written. Though Darin kept "Mack the Knife," a song about a serial killer, at #1 for nine weeks, several other artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, brought the song fame. Fitzgerald famously once forgot the words while singing, so she came up with a now-famous scat on the spot . You may also like: 50 songs you won't believe are turning 50 this year - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 27 - Topped the charts from Aug. 15, 1981, to Oct. 10, 1981 The title song for the 1981 film "Endless Love" would later be famously covered by Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross in 1994. Precisely 30 years after it held the top spot, Billboard christened the love song the greatest duet of all time , reporting it was both Diana Ross and Lionel Richie's biggest #1 hit, staying on the famous music chart for 27 weeks. The coming-of-age movie starring Brooke Shields was also a big part of the song's success. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from Oct. 4, 2003, to Nov. 29, 2003 Like many of Beyoncé's songs, Jay-Z co-wrote this tune along with dancehall-reggae singer Sean Paul, as well as Robert Waller and Scott Storch. Long after the song saw nine straight weeks at #1, the song reentered the spotlight for alleged copyright infringement by songwriter Jennifer Armour. Beyoncé won the suit, saying it was a shame it even happened and that she was happy to move on. Needless to say, she did. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 30 - Topped the charts from March 8, 2003, to May 3, 2003 Where can you find 50 Cent? "You can find me in a club, bottle full of bub," is the opening line to the famous rapper's biggest Billboard hit. Co-written by Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, "In Da Club," faced an infringement lawsuit in 2006 by copyright owner Joseph Weinberger, who alleged 50 Cent stole the line "It's your birthday" from the Luther Campbell song of the same title. The case was dismissed, with artists like Beyoncé and Usher sampling the song and singers like Mary J. Blige and P. Diddy remixing it. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 32 - Topped the charts from Dec. 13, 2003, to Feb. 7, 2004 Singer André 3000 told HuffPost all about "Hey Ya!" on its 10th anniversary, saying it had several working titles and isn't autobiographical. What's real is the song was inspired by the Ramones, the Smiths, and the Buzzcocks, three artists the rapper was listening to "heavily" before he wrote it. As for the famous line "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," André admits you're actually not supposed to shake the film, but it sounded good while writing the lyrics. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 36 - Topped the charts from March 5, 2016, to April 30, 2016 Barbadian singer Rihanna and Canadian rapper Drake had many other writers work on this #1 hit, including Rupert "Sevn" Thomas, who sampled the dancehall rhythm with an urban and island vibe refrain. With "Work," Rihanna achieved a #1 Billboard hit off all seven of her albums, breaking Mariah Carey's record for doing the same with six consecutive records, according to Songfacts. The song also scored a diamond certification in May 2024. You may also like: Iconic karaoke songs from the '80s - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 36 - Topped the charts from Jan. 1, 2005, to Feb. 26, 2005 Mario may have sung this hit, but Ne-Yo wrote it. The tune would be Mario's only #1 song, which appeared on his second album, "Turning Point." Nominated for several accolades, including a Grammy and two Teen Choice Awards, to no avail, "Let Me Love You," is one of the Baltimore-born R&B singer's signature hits. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 38 - Topped the charts from Jan. 2, 2010, to Feb. 27, 2010 Kesha wrote the famed opening lyric, "Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy," after waking up one morning surrounded by 10 beautiful women. A completely random phone call from Diddy to Kesha's producer, Dr. Luke (Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald), a few hours later led the music mogul to contribute a couple of lines to the song. "TiK ToK" dominated digital sales in 2010, with 12.9 million downloads, 3 million more than Lady Gaga's "Poker Face." Four years later, in 2014, Kesha filed a lawsuit accusing Dr. Luke of sexual assault among other things, spurring a brutal legal battle between the singer and her mother, Dr. Luke, and Sony. In 2024, Kesha announced her plans to change that iconic first line to "F--- P. Diddy" following allegations of sex trafficking against the rapper. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from Sept. 29, 2012, to Nov. 24, 2012 One More Night was Maroon 5's third #1 hit on the Hot 100, joining "Makes Me Wonder" and "Moves Like Jagger." The song, about a dysfunctional relationship, debuted at #42 in early July 2012 and took almost three months to reach the pinnacle spot. The song was the second of the same name to top the Hot 100 after Phil Collins' composition spent two weeks at #1 in 1985. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 44 - Topped the charts from Oct. 12, 2013, to Dec. 7, 2013 Ella Yelich-O'Connor, aka Lorde, broke several barriers with her smash hit when, at just 16, she became the youngest artist to write and perform a chart-topping song on the Hot 100. "Royals" was written as a sort of diss track against the lavish lifestyle and excesses of many pop stars but got its title when Lorde saw a picture of Kansas City Royals star George Brett in a magazine. "It was just that word. It's really cool," she told VH1 of the song, which would earn her a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance in 2014. - Weeks at #1: 9 - Total weeks on chart: 50 - Topped the charts from June 23, 2012, to Aug. 18, 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen produced a cultural phenomenon with her 2012 hit, with everyone from athletes to pop stars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez singing the iconic line, "Hey, I just met you and this is crazy/ But here's my number so call me maybe." Billboard ranked the track at #21 on its list of the catchiest songs of all time. The nine-week stint at the pinnacle of the charts was the longest ever by a Canadian woman, passing Celine Dion and Nelly Furtado, who each had #1 tracks to last six weeks on the chart, respectively. You may also like: 10 popular '90s artists on tour in 2024 - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 20 - Topped the charts from June 5, 2021, to Sept. 11, 2021 Recorded by South Korean boy band BTS, "Butter" is revered as a smooth summer dance-pop hit. It marks the group's second English-language song after "Dynamite." According to Forbes , "Butter" also helped BTS set a new record for the longest #1 debut streak ever held by a group. BTS took the title away from Aersomith, who had held the record for almost 23 years after "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" debuted at #1 and remained there for four consecutive weeks. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 22 - Topped the charts from July 21, 2018, to Sept. 22, 2018 2018 was the year of Drake , and "In My Feelings" became the artist's sixth overall song to top the Hot 100. The song replaced the Canadian recording artist's own "Nice for What," which replaced "God's Plan," making him the fourth artist ever to swap #1s twice, joining Justin Bieber, Usher, and the Beatles. Rolling Stone also named it the best song of 2018 . - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 25 - Topped the charts from Oct. 15, 1977, to Dec. 17, 1977 "You Light Up My Life" was the title track from the movie of the same name and was originally performed by jingle singer Kasey Cisyk, with Debby Boone rerecording it when studios wouldn't release the movie. The song, which shared the Grammy for Song of the Year (in a rare tie) with Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams' "Evergreen (Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born')," actually appeared twice at the same time on the Hot 100. The "original cast" version (performed by Cisyk) reached #80, and Boone's version reigned despite the song's dark past . - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from Nov. 14, 2015, to Jan. 16, 2016 "Hello" was all Adele had to say to return to the limelight after nearly a four-year hiatus following the astounding success of "Rolling in the Deep." And a triumphant return it was, as the album on which the song appeared, "25," broke multiple records and sold 2.3 million copies in a week . "Hello" would earn the British singer another five Grammys, including Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from Nov. 21, 1981, to Jan. 23, 1982 "Physical" was released just one week after MTV went on the air, making it one of the first videos to replay on the new station. Unassuming Australian singer Olivia Newton-John had concerns about singing the song , which was originally written for Rod Stewart, so the video was created as a distraction from the fact that the song was about sex. Her worry was for naught: "Physical" won the Grammy for Video of the Year in 1982. You may also like: With Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter,' Black country music fans are front and center, at last - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 26 - Topped the charts from April 8, 2000, to June 10, 2000 The sultry song "Maria Maria" won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2000. The tune returned to the airwaves in 2017 when Rihanna, DJ Khaled, and Bryson Tiller sampled it in "Wild Thoughts." - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from Aug. 17, 2002, to Nov. 2, 2002 Before Beyoncé rose to become queen, former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland found the top of the charts by teaming up with superstar Nelly for "Dilemma." The duo earned the Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for the song, which sampled Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You." Nelly became the fifth artist to replace himself in the top spot, knocking "Hot in Herre" from #1. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 30 - Topped the charts from Dec. 16, 2006, to Feb. 17, 2007 "To the left, to the left—everything you own in a box to the left" became a rallying cry for women when it reigned over the Hot 100 in 2007. "Irreplaceable," off Beyoncé's second solo album, "B'Day," helped establish the superstar as the Queen B. Written by Ne-Yo, the song was originally intended as a country ballad with Shania Twain or Faith Hill in mind . - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 31 - Topped the charts from Oct. 30, 2021, to Jan. 29, 2022 "Easy on Me" marked Adele's return in 2021 after a six-year hiatus. The ballad served as the lead single for the English singer's fourth studio album, "30," and was the first song fans heard after Adele filed for divorce from her ex-husband Simon Konecki in September 2019. "Easy on Me" became Adele's fifth #1 hit. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 32 - Topped the charts from April 20, 2002, to June 22, 2002 Off Ashanti's self-titled debut album, "Foolish," samples the family group DeBarge's song "Stay with Me." Other artists who have sampled the same tune include the Notorious B.I.G. in "One More Chance" and Mariah Carey in "I'll Be Lovin U Long Time." You may also like: A Carnegie Hall concert series designed for mental health - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 36 - Topped the charts from May 21, 2016, to July 30, 2016 Drake dominated yet another year in 2016, with "One Dance" earning the Canadian rapper his first #1 on the Hot 100. The song, featuring Afrobeat artist WizKid and sampling Kyla's 2008 song "Do You Mind," became Spotify's most-streamed song at the time with over 882 million listens. "One Dance" has since passed the 3 billion mark as of 2024. "Old Town Road" later overtook "One Dance" as the longest-running #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 39 - Topped the charts from Sept. 17, 2005, to Nov. 19, 2005 Jamie Foxx wanted to break into the music industry, and if it weren't for Kanye West, it never would have happened . Though West and Fox sampled Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" to make "Gold Digger," which won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2006, the song was originally intended for female rapper Shawnna. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 40 - Topped the charts from Jan. 5, 2008, to March 8, 2008 Flo Rida introduces his "Shawty" wearing Apple Bottom jeans and boots with fur in "Low," the first #1 and longest-running song on the Hot 100 in 2008. Featuring T-Pain, who co-wrote it, the tune details just how low the song's protagonist can go on the dance floor after giving "that big booty a smack." According to Flo, it took less than an hour to record all the verses. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from Nov. 12, 2011, to Jan. 28, 2012 "We Found Love" made history for Rihanna as her longest-running #1 hit. It became her 20th top 10 hit in six years and four months, a feat Rihanna accomplished five months quicker than Madonna . Rihanna wasn't writer-producer Calvin Harris's first choice, however: Nicole Scherzinger passed on the song . Leona Lewis recorded a different version of the track, too, but didn't want it to be the leader on her album, prompting Harris to go with Rihanna. - Weeks at #1: 10 - Total weeks on chart: 47 - Topped the charts from March 8, 2014, to May 10, 2014 The famous song from "Despicable Me 2" was written by Pharrell Williams, who also wrote the lead single for "Despicable Me." The catchy tune spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, with the movie's success helping it soar to the top of the charts. To ensure fans could get enough of his song, Pharrell created the first 24-hour music video , a continuous loop of his track that featured different people, including Steve Carell, who voiced Gru in the "Despicable Me" movies. You may also like: 20 iconic rock songs written on the spot - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 28 - Topped the charts from Nov. 18, 2000, to Jan. 27, 2001 Destiny's Child called on "all the women who are independent" to "throw your hands up to me" in this #1 single that topped the charts for almost three months. Featured in the 2000 movie "Charlie's Angels," the song was written by Beyoncé, who names the stars of the film—Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu—in the first few lines of the song. - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 30 - Topped the charts from May 21, 1994, to July 30, 1994 Before "I Swear" by the R&B band All-4-One commanded the #1 Billboard spot between May and June 1994, singer John Montgomery made it a country hit in February that same year. Twenty years later, Montgomery and the pop group reunited to create a duet rendition of the song for All-4-One's album "Twenty+." The artists sang the song once before together at the Grammys in 1995, when the song won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 33 - Topped the charts from June 14, 1997, to Aug. 23, 1997 The sole purpose of "I'll Be Missing You," which samples "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, was to pay tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., who was shot and killed three months before the song's release. The rapper, then known as Puff Daddy, told Billboard magazine in 1997 that he wrote the song because he missed his fallen friend, whom he talked to every day. "I was finally able to talk to him," he said. "That's all it was: a conversation." - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 36 - Topped the charts from Feb. 3, 2018, to April 14, 2018 After "God's Plan" dominated the #1 Billboard for 11 weeks, it won Best Rap Song at the Grammys and was viewed over a billion times on YouTube in 2019. Boi-1da told Billboard magazine that Drake came to him with a half-finished version of the track and that he was happy to help him complete it. Drake bestowed the song's video budget of almost $1 million to the less fortunate, opening the short film with a title card that reads, "We gave it all away. Don't tell the label..." - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 38 - Topped the charts from Jan. 18, 2020, to March 28, 2020 Roddy Ricch's first album, "Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial," has already made history as the longest-running debut rap album to top the Billboard 200. His single "The Box" continued to top Billboard's charts and found a massive audience through social media. Through YouTube views, downloads, and fan-made videos on platforms such as TikTok, the rapper from Compton, California, has garnered millions of plays . That's not Ricch's only victory with this track—in February 2024, he won a copyright lawsuit alleging "The Box" had similarities with the 1975 soul song "Come on Down." You may also like: The one-hit wonders every rock music fan will remember - Weeks at #1: 11 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from Dec. 7, 1996, to Feb. 15, 1997 Toni Braxton walked away with a Grammy for Best Female Pop Performance and an 11-week stint at the top of the Hot 100 with "Un-Break My Heart," written by Diane Warren. Off of her second album, "Secrets," the song lyrics plead for a partner to come back and "take these tears away." The R&B ballad was produced by David Foster, the famed Canadian composer, who acquired 16 Grammys while working with mega musicians throughout the decades. - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 24 - Topped the charts from Nov. 9, 2002, to Jan. 25, 2003 Off the "8 Mile" film soundtrack, "Lose Yourself" won the Detroit-born rapper Eminem an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2003. Eminem and Jeff Bass, co-writer and producer of the song, were not present to accept their award, and Bass said he hoped his son would one day appreciate it— he skipped the ceremony to attend his birth . - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 33 - Topped the charts from April 18, 2009, to July 4, 2009 A decade ago, the Black Eyed Peas swapped out this #1 hit for "I Gotta Feeling," making them the longest-reigning group to hold a #1 on the Hot 100 for 26 weeks. Following positive press for its #1 spot, "Boom Boom Pow" saw negative news when artist Phoenix Phenom sued the group for allegedly infringing on her song "Boom Dynamite." - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 47 - Topped the charts from Feb. 28, 2004, to May 15, 2004 Before Usher bumped "Yeah!" from the #1 spot with his other four-letter hit "Burn," the jam saw 12 straight weeks of success atop the Hot 100. The song would be billed as Billboard's Song of the Year in 2004 and #16 on its All-time Top 100 Songs list. "Yeah!" perfectly captured the hottest sounds of that era, fusing Usher's silky vocals, Ludacris' clever rhymes, and Lil Jon's Crunk&B production. - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 48 - Topped the charts from June 22, 2013, to Sept. 7, 2013 Criticized as "rapey" by The Daily Beast , "Blurred Lines" still held the #1 Billboard spot for 12 weeks despite the negative controversy it drew. The Guardian covered the collateral damage it had caused, reporting how student unions in the U.K. had banned "Blurred Lines" and SlutWalk activists protested it in the States. Billboard recapped the song, which also got sued for copy infringement over Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" five years after its release, noting how it " aided in creating necessary conversations about sexuality, gender, consent, and cultural narratives in pop music." You may also like: 20 popular '70s bands that still perform today - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 52 - Topped the charts from Sept. 3, 2016, to Nov. 19, 2016 During its three-month stint at #1, the Chainsmokers frontman Drew Taggart told Harper's Bazaar the hit was a long time coming. At the time, the duo had been listening to a lot of Blink-182, who were mentioned in the song. "We were talking about how we haven't heard a conversational song where a person is so literal about what they mean, and we wanted to do something like that," he said of the tune, which details a couple hooking up after a breakup four years earlier. - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 52 - Topped the charts from April 25, 2015, to July 18, 2015 Famous for its tribute to Paul Walker, the fallen "Fast & Furious" star who was killed in a car accident in 2013, "See You Again" almost didn't make it into 2015's "Furious 7," according to Billboard . Charlie Puth, who penned the song in 10 minutes, nearly pulled it from the movie after he was told he wouldn't be featured in the music video. Fortunately, the song made it into "Furious 7," and Puth made it into the now-viral music video. - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 58 - Topped the charts from Jan. 28, 2017, to April 29, 2017 Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" was originally written for Rihanna, according to the English songwriter . After realizing lyrics about Van Morrison ("Put Van the Man on the jukebox") would not likely come out of the Barbadian singer's mouth, Sheeran sang it himself. He even admits he wasn't sure he would place it on "Divide," which became the biggest album of 2017. - Weeks at #1: 12 - Total weeks on chart: 58 - Topped the charts from Oct. 23, 1999, to Jan. 8, 2000 The collaboration between the Mexican American guitar legend and Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas almost didn't come to pass. Thomas said he wrote the summer jam with his idol, George Michael, in mind . What came of it was a 12-week run atop the charts and a #2 placement on Billboard's All-Time Top 100 Songs list. Thomas said he drew inspiration for the song from Santana himself, calling him "so smooth," and his then-girlfriend the "Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa." - Weeks at #1: 13 - Total weeks on chart: 27 - Topped the charts from June 6, 1998, to Aug. 29, 1998 The collaboration would be the most successful song for either artist and capture both their lone Grammy wins. The two made up and announced a tour in 2019 after a falling out and 20 years of jabs over ownership of the song, and they even reunited to record a 2024 remix with Ariana Grande. Inspiration for the song was derived from the 1982 duet "The Girl Is Mine" by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. You may also like: Are the Grammys biased against hip-hop and rap? Here's what the numbers say. - Weeks at #1: 13 - Total weeks on chart: 32 - Topped the charts from Aug. 15, 1992, to Nov. 7, 1992 Boyz II Men's 13-week run atop the Hot 100 was a record at the time, breaking that held by Elvis Presley since 1956. The song, about the end of a relationship, was inspired by songwriters Babyface and Daryl Simmons' experiences with going through divorces at the same time. Made for the movie "Boomerang" starring Eddie Murphy, the song was Boyz II Men's fifth single and first of five to top the Hot 100. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 29 - Topped the charts from Nov. 28, 1992, to Feb. 27, 1993 Whitney Houston's remake of the Dolly Parton hit marked the third time the song would reach #1, after Parton made it happen in 1974 and 1982. Remade for the 1992 film "The Bodyguard," starring Houston and Kevin Costner, "I Will Always Love You" is one of the top-selling singles of all time by a woman artist. The song returned to the Hot 100 in 2012 , shortly after Houston's death, peaking at #3. It continues to appear on charts worldwide today, like in November 2024, when "I Will Always Love You" spent time on two U.K. rankings. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 33 - Topped the charts from Aug. 27, 1994, to Nov. 26, 1994 To think the slick-singing quartet from Philadelphia didn't want to release "I'll Make Love To You" as a single, thinking it sounded too much like "End of the Road." Written by Babyface, the song earned Boyz II Men a Grammy in 1995 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 42 - Topped the charts from Oct. 11, 1997, to Jan. 10, 1998 Princess Diana's death in August 1997 was the impetus for Elton John to rerecord his 1974 song of the same name. The 1997 remake would be the bestselling single of all time since Bing Crosby's 1942 song "White Christmas." Despite the success, Diana's funeral would be the only time John would perform the version live. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 43 - Topped the charts from June 4, 2005, to Sept. 10, 2005 "We Belong Together" was written and recorded in a 12-hour span, according to writer-producer Jermaine Dupri. It earned Carey three Grammys and the Song of the Decade honor from Billboard. The elusive chanteuse has said she considers "We Belong Together" one of her favorites to perform. You may also like: How TikTok has changed the music industry - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 56 - Topped the charts from Jan. 17, 2015, to April 18, 2015 The 2015 megahit was a struggle to create, according to Mark Ronson, who said it took months while Mars was on tour. The song features 11 writers overall after five were added following a copyright suit by the Gap Band . "Uptown Funk" is still climbing the charts today, having reached a new high of #139 on the Billboard Global as of November 2024. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 56 - Topped the charts from July 11, 2009, to Oct. 10, 2009 The Black Eyed Peas still hold the record for most consecutive weeks atop the Billboard charts, when "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow" reigned for 26 straight weeks in 2009. Both songs earned the group three Grammy wins, collectively. The song became hugely popular for wedding DJs , with Billboard rating it #19 on its list of the top 100 most popular wedding songs. - Weeks at #1: 14 - Total weeks on chart: 60 - Topped the charts from Aug. 3, 1996, to Nov. 2, 1996 "Macarena" set off one of the biggest dance crazes of the 1990s and was the first hit for the Spanish flamenco group since the 1960s. VH1 named it the top one-hit wonder of all time , and it spent more weeks on the Hot 100 than any other song to reach #1. This record stood until "Old Town Road" passed "Macarena" in July 2019 as the longest-running debut single at #1. - Weeks at #1: 15 - Total weeks on chart: 68 - Topped the charts from Dec. 21, 2019, to Dec. 30, 2023 This uptempo love song was first released in 1994 on Mariah Carey's fourth studio album and first holiday album, "Merry Christmas." But it wasn't until December 2019 that "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the Hot 100 for the first time. Since then, the song has rejoined the chart every year to reign supreme during the holiday season and makes Carey the first artist to have ranked #1 in four distinct decades. In 2024, the song made noise by reaching the #1 spot again for its 16th total week. - Weeks at #1: 15 - Total weeks on chart: 61 - Topped the charts from April 16, 2022, to Oct. 1, 2022 Harry Styles describes "As It Was" as a song about " metamorphosis ," and the track certainly changed the English singer-songwriter's career for the better. Serving as the lead single from his third studio album, "Harry's House," this guitar-driven synth-pop track showcased Styles' shift away from his former classic rock sound . This proved fruitful for the singer: "As It Was" became the longest-running #1 on the Hot 100 by a British artist after 15 weeks in the top spot. You may also like: 10 first-time Grammy nominees for 2024 - Weeks at #1: 16 - Total weeks on chart: 27 - Topped the charts from Dec. 2, 1995, to March 16, 1996 The death of Boyz II Men's manager Khalil Rountree in a shooting prompted member Nathan Morris to write a tribute song to their "father figure." After receiving a call from Carey's manager about a potential collaboration, the two got together and found they were penning similar songs. They merged the two and produced a 16-week reign atop the charts that stood alone for over 21 years. - Weeks at #1: 16 - Total weeks on chart: 51 - Topped the charts from May 27, 2017, to Sept. 9, 2017 The Spanish-language hit set off a dance and meme craze in 2017, becoming the most-viewed video in YouTube history at the time, with over six billion clicks. Justin Bieber got involved after seeing the reaction to the song in a club while in Colombia, prompting a call to Luis Fonsi. The collaboration did not win a single Grammy Award despite its worldwide mega-success, losing out to Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" in one of the biggest snubs of all time. - Weeks at #1: 16 - Total weeks on chart: 60 - Topped the charts from March 18, 2023, to Aug. 19, 2023 Country singer Morgan Wallen scored his first #1 on the Hot 100 chart with "Last Night," the third single from his third studio album, "One Thing at a Time." Telling the story of a drunken fight between a couple, this genre-bending crossover track helped make Wallen a recognizable name outside of Nashville and the country scene. With 16 weeks on top, "Last Night" also beat out Harry Styles' "As It Was" to earn the longest #1 run for a noncollaboration—before Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" entered the chart. - Weeks at #1: 19 - Total weeks on chart: 34 - Topped the charts from July 13, 2024, to Nov. 30, 2024 While " everybody at the bar gettin' tipsy ," they'll likely hear Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" at least once during the night. This sing-along country-pop track is the fourth single from Shaboozey's third album, "Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going," and catapulted the country singer into mainstream popularity. "A Bar Song" spent a record-tying 19 weeks atop the Hot 100 chart before being knocked down by West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar's 2024 single "squabble up." - Weeks at #1: 19 - Total weeks on chart: 45 - Topped the charts from April 13, 2019, to Aug. 17, 2019 "Old Town Road" took a rare, organic rise to the top, as Lil Nas X released the original version on the video-sharing app TikTok in December 2018. A crossover between rap and country music he calls "country trap," Lil Nas X bought the beat for just $30 from YoungKio. Billy Ray Cyrus was brought in for the remix after Billboard controversially dropped the song from the country charts over a genre debate. The remix and accompanying long-form video propelled the song to the longest-running #1 of all time. Additional writing and story editing by Cu Fleshman. Copy editing by Paris Close.
American Packaging Corporation Advances Recycle Ready High Performance Paper PackagingPHILADELPHIA — Former Eagles running back Wendell Smallwood Jr. is facing federal charges over allegedly defrauding COVID-19 relief programs and the Internal Revenue Service in a series of schemes that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely obtained payments. Federal prosecutors in Delaware charged Smallwood late last month with felony counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the IRS. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Fresno County Election Clerk/Registrar of Voters James Kus wants elections to be perfect. He can take solace that his vote machines counted every ballot correctly. However, not every voter got the correct ballot. After a GV Wire investigation, Kus said that at least 11 voters received ballots with the Fresno City Council District 6 race even though they didn’t live in the district. “I don’t want there to be any errors. There should never be any errors. Our goal is to have that zero error rate,” Kus said. As part of the 1% manual count to check the accuracy of ballots, everything added up correctly, Kus said. “That’s a wonderful thing to know that our tabulators are 100% perfect and we would really love that we were 100% perfect. The irony being that one of the processes that we did to make sure that we got the ballot correctly to everybody had an error and that hurts me a little bit that we didn’t provide that service level that I want,” Kus said. What Went Wrong In September, two months before the election, staff checked the address on file with a database known as the Geographic Information System. This is mainly done to ensure each voter is in the correct precinct — a geographic unit of about 1,000 voters who would have the same elections on a given ballot. “We regularly get addresses that don’t make sense. The voter provides an address that is missing an ‘east’ or a ‘west,’ that is missing a digit or has an extra digit,” Kus said. Any anomaly is corrected by a human. Of the 1,293 addresses needing an update, at least 11 were changed that should not have been. Kus is trying to figure out why that happened. “I don’t think that review was done to the level that it should have been. And because of that, while we made a lot of good changes, we had changes for these 11 voters that were not good and should not have been made and should have been caught,” Kus said. Kus said the mistake was “11 too many, but it’s also a thousand fewer than it was going to be.” The wrong ballots were not confined to any geographic cluster. Kus said the error appears to be a case of changing “west” to “east” in the address. That would change which precinct and ballot a voter received. An update from the elections department on Friday said that a review of those initial 1,293 address changed is about “two-thirds completed.” An update is expected Monday afternoon. The county said the elections department will implement “several procedural changes” to prevent a repeat mistake. This includes conducting the address review at least 90 days before the election, a secondary review process to double-check any changes, and another layer of review from a senior IT specialist. Receiving the Wrong Ballot After being informed that voter Rick Steitz received a wrong ballot, Kus went line by line of all District 6 voters to find which addresses did not match, and when a change of address was made. Kus could tell that the city council race appeared on Steitz’s ballot — based on data on the envelope — even though Steitz does not live in the district. The actual result of that vote remains secret. Once the ballot is separated from the envelope — or cast in-person — it is impossible to know who voted for which candidate. “We then went through all 50,000 (District 6 voters) looking for that situation of the change that occurred for that one voter, and we were able to find 10 others,” Kus said. In Steitz’s case, what should have been “west” on his mailing address was changed to “east.” Another close election Steitz received on his ballot but should not have is for Fresno Unified Trustee Region 6. Incumbent Claudia Cazares trailed Daniel Bordona by 141 votes as of Friday. The District 6 Race The vote differential between Marine reservist/safety consultant Nick Richardson and attorney Roger Bonakdar — 861 votes as of Friday — is greater than the number of wrong ballots sent. If there were more erroneous ballots than the margin of victory, only a judge could halt the results, said Matthew Alvarez, an attorney with San Francisco-based Rutan & Tucker, LLP specializing in political and election law. Richardson said the ballot mistake makes the job of election workers, whom he called “the hardest working people this year,” more difficult. “Unfortunately, it probably throws a little bit of uncertainty into what is otherwise a very solid trusted process, which is not what we need right now. It’s an example of of a small but very noticeable government mistake. And the government, again, making mistakes is what makes life harder for people,” Richardson said. Bonakdar declined to comment on the ballot error. Kus put the error in perspective. “I hate to minimize because it is our goal that everyone votes, because it is important that everyone votes, and obviously very important to me that everyone votes the right ballot. But those 11 ballots, added or removed, do not change that race right now,” Kus said.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton point guard Steven Ashworth likely won't play Tuesday in the No. 21 Bluejays' game against San Diego State in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas. Ashworth sprained his right ankle late in a loss to Nebraska on Friday, and coach Greg McDermott said he didn't know how long he would be out. “He stepped on a guy's foot on a 3-point shot and you're defenseless in that situation," McDermott said after the game. "He torqued it pretty good.” An athletic department spokesman said Monday that Ashworth's status was doubtful for the game against the Aztecs. Ashworth is Creighton's second-leading scorer with 16 points per game and leads the team with 6.4 assists per game. He also is 23 of 23 on free throws. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP collegebasketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballA proposed development that would see 68 townhomes built in Stratford east end was referred back to staff due to questions about the number of affordable units and environmental initiatives in the homes. During Monday night meeting, council heard a presentation from planner Julia von Westerholt, a consultant presenting on behalf of the applicant, Paradize Properties Development Ltd. According to von Westerholt, the constraints of the subject lands, which are located between Douro Street and County Road 111, limited the number of possible designs for building housing on the land The proposed medium density with a special provision designation would permit a maximum of four storeys and a maximum density of 65 units per hectare. To achieve the goal of 25 per cent affordable housing, the plan presented to council called for 40 per cent of the units to be in forms other than single-detached dwellings. However, the question about whether or not this affordability aspect would be a requirement was called into question Monday, notably by Coun. Lesley Biehn. While Adam Betteridge, the city’s director of building and planning, explained the 2016 official plan calls for 25 per cent of all new housing developments to be affordable, it’s not reflective of today’s current needs. Coun. Geza Wordorfa asked how much the homes would sell for, but Punya Sagar of Municipal Development & Planning Services, who was answering questions on behalf of Paradize, was unable to provide an answer since the actual design for the homes has not progressed very far. Also discussed during the presentation was environmental concerns posed by the new development. Resident Mike Sullivan, who said he was speaking on behalf of local advocacy group Climate Momentum, noted the planning report made no mention about energy conservation, climate change or greenhouse gas avoidance. Sullivan, who pointed out the city has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent of 2017 levels in the next six years, said buildings in the city will no longer be able to use natural gas by 2050. If this new development employs natural gas, the homes will have to be converted, he said. “There is nothing preventing the city from making demands of these builders, these developers, that they build without natural gas heating or hot water. The technology for heat pumps is now on par in terms of cost with gas furnaces and hot water. (It’s) no longer more expensive to build a home with a heat pump than it is to build with a natural gas furnace,” he said. Sullivan found sympathetic ears in Coun. Larry McCabe, who asked if the developer would consider heat pumps, and in Jo-Dee Burbach, who asked of staff if there was a way to restrict natural gas developments. Betteridge, though, told the councillors there was no way to impose these restrictions if the homes meeting the province’s building code. Because there were questions that staff and Sagar were unable to answer, Betteridge suggested council could make a motion to defer the decision until staff could provide more information on affordability and climate design. The motion passed with only Wordofa in opposition. Coun. Brad Beatty was absent from the meeting.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith missed practice for the second straight day because of a hamstring injury. The latest update indicates there's a possibility that Smith could miss the Eagles' Week 12 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. For a second straight day, Eagles WR DeVonta Smith did not practice today due to a hamstring injury. pic.twitter.com/P2SaEEuW8D More News: 49ers' Brock Purdy Exits Practice Early Due to Significant Injury Smith, 26, was spotted limping back to the locker room after Thursday night's win. Since then, Smith has been trending to miss this upcoming week but nothing has been confirmed. Smith has missed just two games throughout his NFL career, one being earlier this season due to a concussion. If Smith were to miss Sunday's game, it would mark the first time in his four-year career that he would miss more than one game in a single season. Smith's near-perfect attendance is a testament to his durability. The hamstring injury Smith is dealing with has plagued the wide receiver for several weeks now. A.J. Brown also missed time this season due to a hamstring injury. Smith took much of the receiving load in Brown's absence as he was sidelined for three games. The Eagles could choose to keep Smith out as the team prepares for a deep playoff run. Smith has 41 catches for 516 yards and four touchdowns this season. As of late, Smith has tallied just six receptions and 43 yards on nine targets through the last two games. Smith's lack of production seems to be because of a weird combination of factors. Plays are certainly dialed up for the wide receiver but haven't been successful. Smith isn't the only offensive starter to be dealing with an injury heading into Week 12. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has also been nursing an ankle injury but was listed as a full participant in practice Thursday which is a sign he will be ready to go for Sunday's game against the Rams. "At this point of the year, I think it's not about, I think it's necessarily about me, I think it's the mentality where we are," Hurts told NBC Sports . "We're in a phase of the year where things could very easily (go bad). Well, it did (last year), it didn't end the way we wanted to. And so that's at the top of my (list) as we enter this phase and putting the emphasis on finishing strong, putting ourself in a good place." The Eagles hope to escape their playoff woes in 2024 but will need both Smith and Hurts to remain healthy in order to do so. For more on the NFL , head to Newsweek Sports .
The New England Patriots have missed some key players on defense for a chunk of the season, but they're getting closer to having one of them back. On Monday, the NFL reinstated safety Jabrill Peppers from the league's commissioner's exempt list. Peppers was arrested and charged with "assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation, and possession of a Class B substance believed to be cocaine" on October 7 following an alleged altercation in Braintree, Massachusetts. The 29-year-old, who received an extension during training camp , has a jury trial set for Jan. 22 following a pretrial hearing in Quincy, Massachusetts this past Friday. At this point, Peppers is allowed to return to practice and attend games with his removal from the commissioner's exempt list from a league perspective, but the investigation is still ongoing. “In accordance with the Personal Conduct Policy, the league initiated a preliminary investigation into an incident from early October. That review will remain ongoing and is not affected by this change in Peppers’ roster status.” New England released their own comment after the news. "The league has removed Jabrill Peppers from the commissioner’s exempt list. After missing the past seven games, he will now return to the active roster. We understand that the league’s investigation into the matter will continue, as will the legal process. We will await the outcome of both before making any further comment." It's unclear, at this point, if and when he'll return to the team. MORE PATRIOTS NEWS Winners and losers from Patriots’ Week 12 matchup vs. Dolphins Takeaways from New England’s loss to Miami Where Patriots sit in 2025 NFL draft order after Week 12 Patriots should consider coaching/front office changes
Another complaint has been filed with the chief prosecutor at the International Crimes Tribunal against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 43 others, accusing them of committing genocide and crimes against humanity during a Hefajat-e-Islam rally in the capital's Motijheel Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013. It was filed yesterday by Iffat Ara, the mother of Rehan Ahsan, a former student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) who was killed during the 2013 rally, said her lawyer, SM Tasmirul Islam . Besides the former PM, her defence adviser Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui, then home minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, leaders of Awami League and its alliance are named in the complaint. It also named top law enforcement officials, including then Police IGP, Rab director general, and DMP commissioner who allegedly led the joint operation that day. Speaking to the media, Tasmirul said Rehan was shot dead on the night of May 5, 2013, near the Mohammedan Sporting Club, located next to Shapla Chattar. His body was later found in the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Rehan's family didn't even receive his autopsy report despite making several requests, he added. Rehan's mother, Iffat Ara, said, "I had truly given up hope that I would ever be able to get to fight for justice. After the political change on August 5, I found the courage to file this case." At the time of his death, Rehan, 23, was a third-year student in the computer science and engineering department.
Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% Thursday, its first loss after three straight gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Gains by retailers and health care stocks helped temper the losses. Trading volume was lighter than usual as U.S. markets reopened following the Christmas holiday. The Labor Department reported that U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. Treasury yields fell in the bond market. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
US authorities on Tuesday charged the man suspected of gunning down a health insurance CEO in New York earlier this month with murder, including a charge of second-degree murder "as an act of terrorism." Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street on December 4, triggering a nationwide manhunt that ended last week when he was spotted at a Pennsylvania McDonald's. The former data engineer remains jailed in that state as he fights efforts to extradite him to New York to face charges there over the killing, which brought into focus widespread public anger against the US health care system. Mangione "is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree, including one count of murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism," said Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg said the terrorism charge was included because the shooting met the prerequisites for such a determination under New York law. "In its most basic terms, this was a killing that was intended to evoke terror and we've seen that reaction," he said. "This was not an ordinary killing." The maximum penalty for the murder charges Mangione faces is life in prison without parole, Bragg said. The suspect was also charged with several crimes related to his possession of a weapon, which authorities said was a 3D-printed "ghost gun." "We allege he... took out a nine-millimeter 3D-printed ghost gun equipped with a 3D-printed suppressor and shot (Thompson) once in the back and once in the leg," said Bragg. "These weapons are increasingly proliferating throughout New York City and the entire country. Evolving technology will only make this problem worse," he said. "Last year, over 80 ghost guns and ghost gun parts were recovered in Manhattan alone." In the wake of Thompson's killing, many social media users have lionized Mangione, with some even calling for further killings of other CEOs. Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner, criticized members of the public who had praised the murder. "In the nearly two weeks since Mr Thompson's killing, we have seen a shocking and appalling celebration of cold-blooded murder," said Tisch. Mangione is due in Pennsylvania court on Thursday for a hearing on his extradition to New York. Police say a "life-changing, life-altering" back injury may have motivated Mangione, although they added that there was "no indication" that he was ever a client of UnitedHealthcare. When he was arrested, Mangione had a three-page handwritten text criticizing the US health care system. Police have said that Mangione's fingerprints matched those found near the crime scene, and that shell casings match the gun found on him when he was arrested. Bragg said that the suspect traveled to New York on November 24 with the intention of murdering Thompson. On December 4, he is alleged to have waited "for nearly an hour" outside the hotel where Thompson was shot early that morning. "This was a frightening, well planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation," said district attorney Bragg. bur-aha/md
Wallets are on the EU’s mind, as use cases in identity verification, ticketing and payments grow. Under eIDAS 2.0, EU nations have until 2026 to offer a digital wallet to their residents. Some are ahead of the curve, running large-scale pilots. Others are mired in the fog, with awareness of the EUDI wallet running low. Time is running out to become wallet-ready. Anticipating the rise of digital wallets in the EU context, identity verification firm has introduced a new feature to its platform, allowing organizations to add their data to identity wallets. A release from the Norwegian IDV provider says will simplify how users control their data. What gives them so much potential is the possibility to add data to them (like a proof of income, insurance policy number, etc.). “Exactly this capability was added to the Signicat platform,” the firm says. But the variety of potential data, from personal information to real estate and vehicle ownership, means a huge effort would be required for businesses and public sector entities to familiarize themselves with different , protocols and policies. Enter Signicat. “Signicat’s platform can issue data to any (EU) wallet and supports any mandated data format. We tested this during the Nordic-Baltic eID collaboration (NOBID) pilot, where we offered help to the Norwegian government by adding data from their national population and contact register to the .” The NOBID wallet is among the EU Digital Wallet Consortium’s large-scale being run as part of the larger European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet program. In keeping with regulatory requirements, “Signicat complies with the EU’s interoperability standards, as proven by integrating two different wallets using distinct data formats ( mdoc and SD-JWT VC).” The firm says that its role as a facilitator is clear: “Signicat enables public and private organisations to issue their data into wallets across Europe securely. This approach eliminates the need for these organisations to invest in new infrastructure, invest in compliance or audits, while Signicat takes the burdens as a trusted service provider.” Last year, Esther Makaay, an eID expert at Signicat, noted the importance of the . “With an ecosystem that needs private sector services, we cannot neglect this element,” she says. “Until recently, wallets have been viewed as apps for managing means of payment,” says a from the Swiss Bankers Association ( ). “But they are increasingly being used to handle everything from assets and passes (such as tickets and membership cards) to electronic identities (e-IDs).” The SBA commissioned a study from the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, categorizing existing according to a taxonomy of 18 attributes. They include use cases, interoperability, governance, authentication privacy, underlying technology, end-user pricing and more. In considering the results, the SBA says banks need to decide on a “preferred role in the .” Options might include storing and managing digital identities and assets, processing payments and transactions, or acting as wallet providers or compliance partners for third-party providers. Once a bank has chosen what it wants to do, it can “essentially consider three generic strategies to unlock the potential of wallets.” These are 1) integrating into existing wallet platforms such as or , 2) developing Switzerland’s “favourite app”, , into a “super-app” with e-ID, digital signatures and digital asset management functionality, and 3) developing a proprietary wallet as a central access point for customers. “Consumers will increasingly use the capabilities of digital wallets in their everyday lives,” says the SBA. “Wallets will take on more and more functions, from e-IDs to and even insurance policies. User-friendliness and multiple features will continue to drive takeup. It is time for banks to think about what these developments mean for their business.” One key to getting customers to use digital wallets is to make sure they know about them at all. The problem of awareness is currently plaguing . A press release from Labs of Latvia notes a recent survey by the research company Norstat showing that 69 percent of Latvian residents “know nothing about the digital identity wallet.” Twenty three percent “have heard of its existence but are unsure how it works,” while “only 8 percent of respondents claim to be familiar with its functionality.” Considering the legislative and regulatory push the EU is giving digital identity wallets, this counts as a major communication breakdown in transferring knowledge of . Use cases such as airport check-ins, healthcare and mobile driver’s licenses are still well under the public radar. According to Ivars Muciņš, CEO of the IT company , “Latvia’s sluggishness and delays, and half-hearted approach to informing the public about such important changes, will hinder successful implementation” of wallets. A from Techradar says all Italians can now digitize their using the IT Wallet, the country’s offering under the EUDI wallet scheme. users can “digitally scan their driving license and health card directly from the IO app, Italy’s public services application.” Support for other documents, such as ID cards and passports, is forthcoming. Where there are wallets, of course, there are , privacy and ethical concerns. Journalist Martina Pastorelli has referred to the IT Wallet as “the EU digital cage, which will reduce governments into platforms and citizens into users, transforming rights into concessions and services into products.” Another critic calls it a “ that is not safe to use!!!” | | | | | | |None
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The UK’s first driverless bus service, originally heralded as a breakthrough of global significance, is being withdrawn from service because too few passengers used it. The autonomous buses, operated by Stagecoach, have been running between Fife and Edinburgh along a 14-mile route over the Forth road bridge since May 2023 to relieve the heavy congestion which can bring traffic to a standstill. The service, a collaboration between Fusion Processing, the coach-building company Alexander Dennis, Napier University in Edinburgh and the Bristol Robotics Lab – a joint venture between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England – was touted as the most ambitious and complex in the world. Built at an estimated cost of more than £6m, partly funded by the UK government, the fleet of five single-decker buses had the capacity to carry 10,000 passengers a week but needed two crew on board for safety reasons. In a brief statement, Stagecoach said that actual passenger numbers “did not reach expectations” and suggested this was a delay to the technology’s rollout rather than a setback. The route is one of Scotland’s busiest commuter journeys, with about 80,000 vehicles a day using the Queensferry crossing, the recently built bridge sitting alongside the 60-year-old bridge used in the pilot project. The Scottish government has set a target to cut car usage by 20% by 2030 but the latest data shows that is a long way from being achieved. The campaign group forecasts cars will travel more than 40bn km a year by 2030, up from 34bn km last year, with a record 3.1m vehicles of all types registered in Scotland in 2022. Bus usage has grown, however, driven in part by free bus passes for all under-22s and over-60s, though it is still far below pre-pandemic levels. on buses, linked to free bus travel for young people. In a statement from Stagecoach, the consortium said: “We are proud to have achieved a world first with our CAVForth autonomous bus service, demonstrating the potential for self-driving technology on a real-world registered timetable in East Scotland. “Although passenger adoption did not meet expectations, the trial has significantly advanced the understanding of the operational and regulatory requirements for autonomous services, delivering what was expected from this demonstrator project. “The partners remain committed to exploring new opportunities for self-driving technology in other areas across the UK, ensuring that this exciting innovation can play a transformative role in future transport networks.”Labor will harden its demands on the Greens to pass more than a dozen bills through parliament in the next four days in the belief that voters will blame the smaller party at the next election for blocking the government’s agenda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking to have the draft laws passed without a single deal with the Greens after months of argument over housing, the environment, university fees, school funding and other reforms. The approach reflects a crucial calculation that the Greens have lost ground in recent state and local government elections and are at risk of losing federal seats because voters think the party has moved too far to the left on economic policy and the Middle East. But in two significant retreats, Labor shelved a bill on Sunday that sought to crackdown on misinformation and did not put forward a long-awaited ban on gambling advertising after earlier saying it would unveil the package before the end of the year. Read more about the bills before the parliament in the final sitting week of the year here. The Greens’ latest housing proposal is “unlawful, unworkable” and wouldn’t construct any new homes, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says. In an interview with ABC News Breakfast, O’Neil took issue with how a question on housing was framed, arguing it implied the Greens had “attempted some type of negotiation with the government”. “That’s not how I would describe it,” O’Neil said. Housing Minister Clare O’Neil. Credit: Dominic Lorrimer “For 21⁄2 years now, the Australian Greens have done nothing but block and delay the action the government has attempted to take on housing. They’ve worked with Peter Dutton to do so. “The result of that has been more homelessness, fewer homes built, and fewer social and affordable homes built.” O’Neil said it was time to “stop playing games” and pass the housing bills. Pushed to be specific on why the government wouldn’t accept the Greens’ proposed amendment to build 25,000 social and affordable homes, O’Neil said the projects weren’t value for money. “The way that the Greens have proposed this is something that would be unlawful, unworkable, and not actually construct any new homes,” she said. O’Neil continued: It’s a bit technical, but the government has just given Housing Australia $10 billion to fund social and affordable homes. They have money to build social and affordable homes. The reason they haven’t proceeded with the projects the Greens are proposing is because those projects are not value-for-money or those projects are going to get built anyway without government support.” Labor will harden its demands on the Greens to pass more than a dozen bills through parliament in the next four days in the belief that voters will blame the smaller party at the next election for blocking the government’s agenda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking to have the draft laws passed without a single deal with the Greens after months of argument over housing, the environment, university fees, school funding and other reforms. The approach reflects a crucial calculation that the Greens have lost ground in recent state and local government elections and are at risk of losing federal seats because voters think the party has moved too far to the left on economic policy and the Middle East. But in two significant retreats, Labor shelved a bill on Sunday that sought to crackdown on misinformation and did not put forward a long-awaited ban on gambling advertising after earlier saying it would unveil the package before the end of the year. Read more about the bills before the parliament in the final sitting week of the year here. The warm weather returns to Brisbane this week, with a top of 27 degrees forecast today, and most days this week expected to go over 30. It should be a cloudy day with just the slight chance of a shower in the River City. In fact, no sunny days are forecast this week, with the chance of showers to rise within days. Here’s how the week looks to be panning out so far: Here’s what’s happening beyond Brisbane this morning: A media storm threatens to thwart plans to transfer five of the Bali Nine drug traffickers to Australia by year’s end, heightening a dispute over their fate. Bunnings aims to roll out facial recognition technology in all stores , despite a determination from the privacy commissioner that its use breaches privacy laws. Sitting at work is often unavoidable, but incorporating these six healthy habits into your day could be game-changing. From earbuds to e-books, here are some of our favourite gift ideas for the tech-obsessed or those who could do with a few more gadgets. Clockwise from top: Blink Outdoor 4, Adventures with Interactive LEGO Peach, Google TV Streamer, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. And in sport, a former Junior Wallaby was one of the Scottish stars who ended Australia’s unbeaten run in a match that saw Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii leave the field injured. Also, Nathan McSweeney capped a horror debut – the worst by an Australian opener in 45 years – with a second-innings duck as Marnus Labuschagne failed to bat his way out of a concerning form slump to leave Australia on the brink of a humiliating first Test defeat in Perth. Good morning, thanks for joining us for Brisbane Times’ live news blog. It’s Monday, November 25, and we’re expecting a possible shower and a top temperature of 27 degrees. In this morning’s local headlines: As Brisbane’s population booms, something strange is happening in one pocket of the city – the number of residents is shrinking . The Brisbane suburbs shrinking the fastest. Credit: Fairfax Media The LNP’s new youth crime bill – including its signature “adult crime, adult time” policy – will be tabled on Thursday and be law by Christmas, according to Premier David Crisafulli. Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls has cast doubt over the future of pill testing at schoolies , saying that as of Friday, just 27 tests had been conducted, equating to $8000 a test. And a police officer’s gun and ammunition have been stolen from an unmarked car in Townsville as part of a break-in spree by at least four people.