HOT 100 (WEEKS): Need more example's of Adele's continued chart dominance?
To recap, here are some of the records that Adele has already attained:
- "21" has spent the most weeks - 23 - at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for an album by a female artist.
- "21" spent its first 39 weeks on the Billboard 200 in the top five, passing Michael Jackson's "Bad" (38 weeks, 1987-88) for the most consecutive weeks in the top five dating to an album's debut.
- The set's lead single "Rolling in the Deep" appeared on 12 Nielsen BDS-based Billboard airplay charts, making it the most widely crossed-over hit of the past 25 years.
- "Someone Like You" became the first song featuring only vocals and piano accompaniment to top the Hot 100.
- Following her breakout 2011, Adele became the first woman to sweep three of Billboard's signature year-end honors in a single year: top artist, top Billboard 200 album and top Hot 100 song.
Here's another.
On this week's Hot 100, "Deep" spends a 63rd week on the list and "Someone" remains charted for a 37th week, making for an even, and fitting, 100 weeks on the Hot 100 combined for the two former No. 1 songs.
No artist had previously charted two songs concurrently on the Hot 100 whose total chart weeks reached at least 100 weeks.
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