Royals ties We Found Love: 3rd most weeks top 10 this decade
Songs with +20 weeks in the Hot 100 top 10 this decade:
This week Royals notches its 23rd week in the top 10 on the Hot 100. It now is tied for the third most weeks in the top 10 this decade, alongside We Found Love and Call Me Maybe who have also matched 23 weeks.
29 weeks
2011-2012: Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock)
25 weeks
2013-2014: Counting Stars - One Republic
24 weeks
2012: Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
23 weeks
2011-2012: We Found Love - Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris)
2012: Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
2013-2014: Royals - Lorde
22 weeks
2010-2011: Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
2012: We Are Young - Fun. (feat. Janelle Monáe)
21 weeks
2011: Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 (feat. Christina Aguilera)
2011-2012: Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO
2012: Starships - Nicki Minaj
2012-2013: One More Night - Maroon 5
2013: Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Wanz)
2013: Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke (feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams)
2013: Wake Me Up! - Avicii
2014: Dark Horse - Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J)
20 weeks
2011: E.T. - Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West)
2011-2012: Rolling In The Deep - Adele
2011-2012: Someone Like You - Adele
2012-2013: Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
2013: Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Note that Tik Tok - Ke$ha (20 weeks), I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas (22 weeks), and Down - Jay Sean (feat. Lil' Wayne) (24 weeks), are not included because their total weeks are spread between the previous decade in 2009.
Starships in the same league as all those #1s, slaying
Starships, Radioactive, and Wake Me Up are the only ones that didn't go #1 on this list. With that said they all deserved the top spot, they clearly proved it by their longevity