What is the longest somebody has had to wait to score another No.1 in your chart?

 

Here are mine with a gap of longer than five years:

 

Daft Punk - 12 years between Digital Love (2001) and Get Lucky (2013)

Sia - 10 years between Destiny (2001) and Titanium (2011)

ATB - 9 years between I Don't Wanna Stop (2003) and Never Give Up (2012)

The Veronicas - 8 years, 7 months between 4Ever (2006) and You Ruin Me (2014)

Christina Aguilera - 8 years, 6 months between Beautiful (2003) and Moves Like Jagger (2011)

Vanessa Amorosi - 8 years, 1 month between Absolutely Everybody (2000) and This Is Who I Am (2009)

Colbie Caillat - 6 years, 9 months between Realize (2007) and Try (2014)

Kelly Clarkson - 6 years, 3 months between Behind These Hazel Eyes (2005) and Mr Know It All (2011)

Sara Bareilles - 5 years, 6 months between Love Song (2008) and Chasing The Sun (2013)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - 5 years, 6 months between Murder On The Dancefloor (2001) and Love Is Here (2007)

Mariah Carey - 5 years, 4 months between Thank God I Found You (2000) and We Belong Together (2005)

Leona Lewis - 5 years, 1 month between Run (2008) and One More Sleep (2013)

Katy Perry - 5 years, 1 month between Self Inflicted (2008) and Roar (2013)

Barbra Streisand - 24 years : "Second Hand Rose" (1966) and "Woman In Love" (1980)

Blondie - 19 years : "Call Me" (1980) and "Maria" (1999)

Cilla Black - 19 years : "Baby We Can't Go Wrong" (1974) and "Through The Years" (1993)

Cher - 19 years : "All I Ever Need Is You" (1972) and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (1991)

Lulu - 18 years : "I'm A Tiger" (1968) and "My Boy Lollipop" (1986)

Bonnie Tyler - 17 years : "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" (1996) and "Believe In Me" (2013)

 

Geri Halliwell - 8 years : "Desire" (2005) and "Half Of Me" (2013)

Barbra Streisand - 24 years : "Second Hand Rose" (1966) and "Woman In Love" (1980)

Blondie - 19 years : "Call Me" (1980) and "Maria" (1999)

Cilla Black - 19 years : "Baby We Can't Go Wrong" (1974) and "Through The Years" (1993)

Cher - 19 years : "All I Ever Need Is You" (1972) and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (1991)

Lulu - 18 years : "I'm A Tiger" (1968) and "My Boy Lollipop" (1986)

Bonnie Tyler - 17 years : "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" (1996) and "Believe In Me" (2013)

 

Geri Halliwell - 8 years : "Desire" (2005) and "Half Of Me" (2013)

alexrange 60+ years old oops

oops I only had 4 years as max

 

4 / Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2009) and Aura (2013)

4 / Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground (2003) and Call The Shots (2007)

 

3 / The Knife - Seeds (2010) and Full of Fire (2013)

3 / The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray (2007) and Choices (2010)

3 / David Guetta - In Love With Myself (2006) and Sexy Bitch (2009)

3 / Bloc Party - One More Chance (2009) and Octopus (2012)

oops I only had 4 years as max

 

4 / Lady GaGa - Bad Domance (2009) and Aura (2013)

4 / Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground (2003) and Call The Shots (2007)

 

3 / The Knife - Seeds (2010) and Full of Fire (2013)

3 / The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray (2007) and Choices (2010)

3 / David Guetta - In Love With Myself (2006) and Sexy Bitch (2009)

3 / Bloc Party - One More Chance (2009) and Octopus (2012)

 

Oops

alexrange 60+ years old oops

:lol:

I'm not so ancient. Those retro charts were compiled in 2012-2014 period.

 

 

How on EARTH could one know what their #1 on, say, September 16th, 1969 would be if they never lived in that period. :manson: This is both sad and creepy that someone can compile 52 charts consisting of 1969 songs while living in 2014 AND consider those to be their PERSONAL CHARTS. FIFTY TWO. PER YEAR. Jonna help us all.

001 24/12/2011 - The Saturdays - Last Call (1 week)

047 24/08/2013 - The Saturdays - Disco Love (2 weeks)

^ 1 year 8 months

 

016 14/07/2012 - Rita Ora - How We Do (Party) (1 week)

066 05/04/2014 - Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down (1 week)

^ 1 year 9 months

 

That's about as big as they come when your chart only started in 2011 :lol:

How on EARTH could one know what their #1 on, say, September 16th, 1969 would be if they never lived in that period. :manson: This is both sad and creepy that someone can compile 52 charts consisting of 1969 songs while living in 2014 AND consider those to be their PERSONAL CHARTS. FIFTY TWO. PER YEAR. Jonna help us all.

I have very small interest (near with zero) in modern music and prefer to finish retro charts. There is many official old charts in Web for free. It's very good source for compiling of retro charts. Unfortunately, it's hard to find the date of release for many non-charting singles (even from 70s). :cry: :cry: Most my retro charts are not very long (sometimes top 10, but mostly top 20). Some weeks ago I finally found Billboard Pop ME list, which include even pre-charts era. Don't want to start in 1920s, but 1949 year seems a good time for my first personal retro chart.

Edited July 17, 201410 yr by AlexRange

2 years, 4 months;

 

Lady GaGa "Judas" (25/4/11)

Lady GaGa "Applause" (19/8/13)

 

1 year, 5 months;

 

Rihanna - S&M (7/2/11)

Coldplay feat. Rihanna "Princess of China" (2/7/12)

 

1 year, 2 months;

 

will.i.am feat. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" (17/10/11)

will.i.am feat. Britney Spears "Scream and Shout" (31/12/12)

 

1 year, 2 months;

 

David Guetta feat. Rihanna - Who's That Chick (6/12/10)

David Guetta feat. Sia "Titanium" (30/1/12)

You can chart 1960's song in 2014 charts - no one cares really. But compiling an entire YEAR worth of charts in just a few WEEKS OF 2013 consisting of songs from 1951 doesn't make them '1951 charts'. They are 2013 charts consisting of 1951 songs. Year-end lists like that would logically be fine really but more than that is cheating and making the term 'personal chart' look like a joke.

 

(Love, Personal Chart Police <3)

My longest span of No.1's would be even wider, as ATB first topped my chart in 1999. For someone to have THAT much impact on you at the ages of 12 and 25 with new material are pretty incredible. Retro charts are impossible to compile imo as there are so many other factors that determine how much you like a song each week than just the other songs also out at the time.

Similar to Gooddelta, the record belongs to Daft Punk. Underworld in second place though, followed by Groove Armada and Arcade Fire.

 

11 Years, 10 Months, 3 Weeks (17/06/01 Daft Punk "Digital Love" to 12/05/13 Daft Punk "Get Lucky")

9 Years, 10 Months, 2 Weeks (15/09/02 Underworld "Two Months Off" to 05/08/12 Underworld "Caliban's Dream")

8 Years, 6 Months, 1 Week (12/08/01 Groove Armada "Superstylin'" to 07/03/10 Groove Armada "Paper Romance")

8 Years, 2 Months, 2 Weeks (28/08/05 Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)" to 22/12/13 Arcade Fire "Afterlife")

The longest time for an artist to get another number one would be The Saturdays actually who took 2 years 11 months to do so (with their last being AFU in August 2011 when it premiered).

Edited July 17, 201410 yr by Let Go For 2nite

The Veronicas added to my list, having waited 8 and a half years to grab that second #1. I was still a teenager when they had their first eek!

Anastacia probably for me with a 10 year gap between, 'Sick & Tired' and 'Stupid Little Things'.

R. Kelly: 16 years / "I Believe I Can Fly" 1997 - "Do What U Want" 2013

Take That: 12 years / "Back For Good" 1995 - "Shine" 2007

The Verve: 11 years / "The Drugs Don't Work" 1997 - "Love Is Noise" 2008

Mariah Carey: 8 years / "When You Believe" 1999 - "All I want For Christmas Is You" 2007

Christina Aguilera: 8 years / "Hurt" 2006 - "Say Something" 2014

Laura Pausini: 7 years / "Incacelabile" 1996 - "Surrender" 2003

Natalie Imbruglia: 7 years / "Big Mistake" 1998 - "Shiver" 2005

Edited October 5, 201410 yr by N-S

Everyone who's waited 3 years or more. Mariah the longest with just over 5 years between two #1s! Some of the artists below were 'featuring' artists.

 

5 years & 1 month - Mariah Carey: Touch My Body (2008) & #Beautiful (2013)

4 years & 11 months - Justin Timberlake: 4 Minutes (2008) & Mirrors (2013)

4 years & 9 months - Lily Allen: The Fear (2009) & Hard Out Here (2013)

4 years & 3 months - Ciara: 1, 2 Step (2005) & Work (2009)

4 years & 3 months - Missy Elliott: 1, 2 Step (2005) & Work (2009)

4 years & 1 month - Chris Brown: Forever (2008) & Don't Wake Me Up (2012)

4 years & 1 month - Ciara: Work (2009) & I'm Out (2013)

4 years & 1 month - Leona Lewis: Happy (2009) & One More Sleep (2013)

3 years & 11 months - Snoop Dogg: Buttons (2006) & California Gurls (2010)

3 years & 10 months - Madonna: 4 Minutes (2008) & Give Me All Your Luvin' (2012)

3 years & 10 months - Missy Elliott: Work (2009) & How Ya Doin'? (2013)

3 years & 7 months - Kylie Minogue: All The Lovers (2010) & Into The Blue (2014)

3 years & 6 months - Girls Aloud: Untouchable (2009) & Something New (2012)

3 years & 4 months - Eminem: Love The Way You Lie (2010) & The Monster (2013)

3 years & 2 months - Calvin Harris: Dance Wiv Me (2008) & We Found Love (2011)

Edit: Actually I've done my list a bit different, from the first hit to the first number one. Looking at the previous posts it was supposed to be gap between number ones?

 

 

Never mind, the longest time an artist took to finally get to number one is what I did...

 

10 years or more...

 

26 years 1 month DEBORAH HARRY (Backfired in 1981 to Two Times Blue in 2007)

 

25 years 7 months HOLLY JOHNSON (Love Train in 1989 to Follow Your Heart in 2014)

 

21 years 6 months NEW ORDER (Blue Monday in 1983 to Krafty in 2005)

 

20 years 11 months TINA TURNER (Let's Stay Together in 1983 to Open Arms in 2004)

 

18 years 2 months D:REAM (UR The Best Thing in 1992 to All Things to All Men in 2010)

 

14 years 11 months MICHAEL JACKSON (Off the Wall in 1980 to Earth Song in 1995)

14 years 9 months JANET JACKSON (Nasty in 1986 to All for You in 2001)

14 years 7 months MANIC STREET PREACHERS (A Design for Life in 1996 to Some KInd of Nothingness in 2011)

14 years 1 month CAROLA (All the Reasons in 1992 to Invincible in 2006)

14 years JENNIFER LOPEZ (If You Had My Love in 1999 to First Love in 2014)

 

13 years 8 months OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN (Physical in 1981 to No Matter What You Do in 1995)

 

12 years PINK (Most Girls in 2000 to Blow Me (one Last Kiss) in 2012

 

11 years 9 months GEORGE MICHAEL (Careless Whisper in 1984 to Fastlove in 1996)

11 years 9 months KATRINA AND THE WAVES (Walking on Sunshine in 1985 to Love Shine a Light in 1997)

11 years 1 month THE BEE GEES (Spirits Having Flown in 1980 to Secret Love in 1991)

 

10 years 10 months ENYA (I Want Tomorrow in 1987 to Only If in 1998)

10 years 5 months JOHNNY LOGAN (What's Another Year in 1980 to One By One/Lay Down Your Heart in 1990)

10 years 5 months ELAINE PAIGE (Memory in 1981 to Well Almost in 1991)

10 years 2 months PAUL YOUNG (Wherever I Lay My Hat in 1983 to Now I Know What Made Otis Blue in 1993)

10 years 2 months ROBYN (Show Me Love in 1998 to Who's That Girl in 2008)

Edited January 3, 201510 yr by tuzapicabit

Long gaps in 2014

 

4 Years, 11 months La Roux- Bulletproof > Let Me Down Gently

4 Years, 5 months Paloma Faith- New York > Can't Rely On You

3 Years, 9 months Cheryl- Promise This > Crazy Stupid Love

3 Years, 8 months Nicole Scherzinger- Poison > Your Love