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Billboard Global Charts Turn 250 Weeks Old: Here Are the Two Songs That Have Been There Every Week
As the Billboard Global Charts turn 250 weeks old, only two songs have been on every single edition of the Billboard Global 200.
Even extending to the 22 songs that have lasted 200 weeks or more on either chart, the only broader international representation comes from Daft Punk (France), featured on The Weeknd’s “Starboy” with robotized backing vocals; a-ha (Norway), with the 1980s classic “Take on Me;” and Pinkfong, the South Korean educational company responsible for “Baby Shark.” It might seem counterintuitive that some of the longest-lasting chart hits peaked outside that range, but it makes sense that the 250-weekers were pre-existing songs that have continued to linger. 2 in January and February of 2021, powered in part by hype around The Weeknd’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, but could have topped the lists had they existed months prior.
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