'Fancy' among the longest Hot100 reigns by women this decade
"Fancy" moves up among the longest Hot 100 reigns by women this decade.
With her seventh week at No. 1, Azalea moves into a tie for fifth place among lead women who've scored the longest commands on the Hot 100 this decade. Here's an updated look at the smashes by women in lead roles in that span that have spent most time on top:
10 weeks, "We Found Love," Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, 2011-12
9 weeks, "Royals," Lorde, 2013
9 weeks, "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen, 2012
9 weeks, "TiK ToK," Ke$ha, 2010 7 weeks, "Fancy," Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, 2014
7 weeks, "Rolling in the Deep," Adele, 2011
"Fancy" has clearly joined elite company: Jepsen's "Maybe" became the top song of the summer of 2012, while Adele's "Deep" took the title as the Hot 100's No. 1 song of 2011. ("Fancy" passes two songs in the 2010s by lead women that each topped the Hot 100 for six weeks: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" in 2011 and Katy Perry's "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg, in 2010.)
I don't think she'll beat ICON's record.
It's sales are lagging behind and it's been replaced as #1 on the radio chart by Am I Wrong.
But those streaming points for Fancy are just