Rihanna reached a special milestone: she spends her
500th week in the Dutch Top 40, this friday.
Rihanna is
only the second artist to do this, in the 50 year Top 40 history. Rihanna, who is currently charting with FourFiveSeconds, is
second behind Madonna. The Queen of Pop has
spend 540 weeks in the Top 40.
Madonna last charted on March 24, 2012 with Give Me All Your Luvin', eversince Rihanna has spent 119 weeks in the Top 40, while Madonna's run hasn't moved up for almost 3 years.
Source
Full Top 40:
# Artist Weeks
1 Madonna 540
2 Rihanna 500
3 The Rolling Stones 462
4 Michael Jackson 449
5 Marco Borsato 420
6 Golden Earring 389
7 U2 387
8 BZN 380
9 Anouk 370
10 Queen 366
11 David Guetta 362
12 The Bee Gees 345
13 Blof 343
14 The Cats 336
15 Robbie Williams 333
16 The Beatles 328
17 P!nk 323
18 George Baker Selection 287
19 André van Duin 279
20 Prince 277
21 UB40 274
22 André Hazes 264
23 Christina Aguilera 258
24 Nelly Furtado 257
25 Coldplay 253
26 Whitney Houston 252
27 Vader Abraham 248
28 Abba 247
29 Mariah Carey 246
30 Justin Timberlake 244
31 Elton John 243
32 Bruno Mars 242
33 Normaal 241
34 Jennifer Lopez 236
35 David Bowie 234
36 Kane 233
37 The Kinks 230
38 Jan Smit 229
39 Eminem 229
40 Pitbull 228