| Saturday 19 September 2009 |
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Not yet "The E.N.D."
 | With "I Gotta Feeling" having recently reached double-digit weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the Black Eyed Peas have reached rarified chart air. Until two weeks ago, only Santana had scored two No. 1s of 10 weeks or more from one album, when "Supernatural" produced "Smooth" (12 weeks) and "Maria Maria" (10 weeks) in 1999-2000. Two weeks ago, BEP's "The E.N.D." became the second such album to score that distinction.
With 12 weeks at No. 1 for "Boom Boom Pow" and 12 (to date) directly following for "I Gotta Feeling", "The E.N.D." is now, thus, the first release to yield a pair of 12-week No. 1s. Boyz II Men have had three hits each spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1, but "End of the Road" (13 weeks), "I'll Make Love to You" (14 weeks) and "One Sweet Day, with Mariah Carey (16 weeks, the Hot 100's all-time longest-reigning leader), were from three different albums.
"I Gotta Feeling" is also challenging for longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 not to be a lead single from an album. At 16 weeks on top, "One Sweet Day" was actually the second single from Carey's "Daydream," following "Fantasy".
Cheers, Mike Warner, Alexandria, Virginia Hi Mike. Thanks very much for your insightful research. Per your Mariah Carey item, for such a superstar, it's notable that her two longest-leading No. 1s were second, not first, singles from albums. In addition to "One Sweet Day", "We Belong Together" (14 weeks at No. 1) followed a No. 16 peak for "It's Like That", the lead track from "The Emancipation of Mimi," in 2005.
We'll see if the second single from Carey's forthcoming "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" outperforms the first. It's too early to tell now, however, as both songs are still on the rise. "I Want to Know What Love Is" could debut on next week's Hot 100, having arrived at digital retailers this week, but lead track "Obsessed" is still bulleted on the Hot 100; it dips 7-8, but gains in total chart points.
One more Hot 100 record we've been tracking is broken this week. Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" logs a 62nd week in the top 40, passing the 61-week top 40 run of LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live", which held the mark since Sept. 5, 1998. "I'm Yours" also extends its record overall Hot 100 stay to 74 weeks, ranking at No. 38 this week. (Ask Billboard)
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