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Hit Songs Are Lasting Longer on the Charts – But Why?
Teddy Swims' "Lose Control" set a new Hot 100 longevity record, but other hit songs have refused to die as well. Here's why.
Before Morgan Wallen’s new album I’m the Problem cleared out a sizable chunk of the chart this week with its 29 new debuts, the top half of the Hot 100 was littered with hits that had spent months — and in some cases, over a year — on the tally. Kraines points to artists like Chappell Roan, whose “Pink Pony Club” is approaching 50 weeks on the Hot 100, and Charli XCX, whose 2020 song “party 4 u” is just now hitting the chart, who helped define the mainstream last year while also boasting ample back catalogs for fans to explore on streaming services. After all, before “Lose Control” logged 92 weeks on the chart, The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” were quarantine-era anthems that previously set the record in April 2021 and October 2022, respectively.
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