The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ Ties Record for Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top 10
The track logs a 32nd week in the upper tier, matching the staying power of LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live."
The Chainsmokers‘ “Closer” kept getting closer to a noteworthy Billboard Hot 100 longevity record. Now, it’s tied it.
As it holds at No. 10 on the March 25-dated Hot 100, the song, featuring Halsey, spends a 32nd week in the top 10, matching the mark for the most weeks logged in the bracket, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. “Closer” equals the 32 weeks that LeAnn Rimes‘ “How Do I Live” accumulated in the top 10 in 1997-98.
“Closer,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 beginning Sept. 3, has charted all 32 of its weeks so far on the Hot 100 in the top 10 (dating to its Aug. 20 debut at No. 9), also a record for the most frames that a song has spent in the chart’s top 10 from its debut.
The collab also holds the record for most weeks totaled in the Hot 100’s top five: 27 (having passed the 25-week top 10 runs of “How Do I Live” and Mark Ronson‘s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars).
Here is an updated look at the hits to run up the longest stays in the Hot 100’s top 10.
Weeks in Top 10, Title, Artist, Peak Pos./Date
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12 weeks), Sept. 3, 2016
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14 weeks), Jan. 17, 2015
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas, No. 1 (12 weeks), Oct. 23, 1999
29, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), July 16, 2011
28, “Foolish Games”/”You Were Meant for Me,” Jewel, No. 2, April 19, 1997
26, “Truly Madly Deeply,” Savage Garden, No. 1 (two weeks), Jan. 17, 1998
25, “Trap Queen,” Fetty Wap, No. 2, May 16, 2015
25, “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor, No. 1 (eight weeks), Sept. 20, 2014
25, “Counting Stars,” OneRepublic, No. 2, Jan. 18, 2014
25, “Apologize,” Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, No. 2, Nov. 10, 2007
25, “Un-Break My Heart,” Toni Braxton, No. 1 (11 weeks), Dec. 7, 1996
25, “The Twist,” Chubby Checker, No. 1 (three weeks), Sept. 19, 1960