Sorry has been bigger on Top 40, but Hello is a Giant compared to Sorry (and Sorry is pretty big). Unless you listen to nothing but Top 40, I'm not sure how you could think Sorry "feels bigger than Hello." I won't touch potential bias issues here.
This eurodance classic is by the way the longest stay at #3 Hot 100 hit (11 weeks) in 1994-1995 (#1 on Pop)
The longest stay at #3 is like the longest stay at #2 -- kind of strange. The record for the peak at #2 is 10 weeks, but the record for the longest stay is 11 weeks (Exhale -- W. Houston). The record for the #3 peak is 11 weeks, but the record number of weeks at #3 is 12 (How Do I Live -- Rimes).
Also, "Another Night" is the #2 Mainstream Top 40 Song of all time.
I was just kidding with you Although Adele's lead is gonna be small, I did my estimates with 3 days of Spotify + 2 days of YT + some of my own sales estimates and they're pretty close tbh
I was just kidding with you Although Adele's lead is gonna be small, I did my estimates with 3 days of Spotify + 2 days of YT + some of my own sales estimates and they're pretty close tbh