The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s

Skip to main content A select few hits have led the chart for at least 10 weeks. 8/3/2026 (l-r) Mariah Carey, Lil Nas X, Harry Styles, Shaboozey and Whitney Houston Illustrated by Mark Harris; Photos: Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images for iHeartMedia; Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images; Prince Williams/WireImage; Chris Grieve/Mirrorpix/Getty Images Español Beginning with Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” in 1977, a relatively select few smashes have led the Billboard Hot 100 for at least 10 weeks. How few? Just a mere 4% of all Hot 100 No. 1s dating to the chart’s launch on Aug. 4, 1958, have earned the achievement. Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” flexed 10 weeks at No. 1 in 1981-82, and that smash and Boone’s shared the mark for the longe