I edited my post on the previous page, but it took me so long to research what I edited that everyone was already on this page.
@winroute In response to your "Rihanna spent more than a year at #1?" comment, here is my EDIT:
Ok, I will do this properly. I read it somewhere that Rihanna was the female artist to spend most weeks at #1, but I will break it down and see how many weeks Rihanna actually did spend. Oh, I am using wikipedia as a reference, but I don't care. I just need a rough idea.
SOS: 8 weeks
Umbrella: 6 weeks
Don't Stop the Music: 4 weeks
Rude Boy: 2 weeks
Love the Way You Lie: 6 weeks
Only Girl (In the World): 4 weeks
S&M: 5 weeks
8 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 6 + 4 + 5 = 35 weeks
Oh, ****. This post is so messy. Let me quickly go through Kylie Minogue's #1 weeks and see if Rihanna is still ahead.
Ok, I have used the same source, (wikipedia), and counted up all of Kylie's weeks of #1 on the singles chart. I can now confirm that Kylie has spent 33 weeks at #1, which makes Rihanna the Australian singles Queen.