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Songs With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the 21st Century

As Billboard celebrates the top performers of the first 25 years of the century, browse the songs with the most weeks atop the Hot 100 in that span.

1s on the Billboard Hot 100 chart over the first 25 years of the 21st century – and all-time: Lil Nas X ’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, and Shaboozey ’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The former reigned for a record-breaking 19 weeks in 2019, while the latter matched the mark in 2024. That’s where the chorus lyric came from – it was me saying, ‘I want to leave everything behind.’ But during the month of me making [it], I gave it a different meaning, so that the ‘old town road’ would be the symbol for success. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.)

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