Posted December 24, 20159 yr Early in 2014, a virtually unknown singer was a featured vocalist on a single entering the charts at Number One. Impressive in it's own right, but it's been done before, several times. What hasn't happened before, is that that singer, Jess Glynne, has been on every Top 75 singles chart since, that makes 100 consecutive weeks since her début. Only a very few artists have had 100 straight weeks on the chart, but none following on from their very first appearance RIHANNA - Run of 197 consecutive weeks from week ending 05/09/2009 SHADOWS - Run of 187 consecutive weeks from week ending 02/05/1959 DAVID GUETTA - Run of 148 consecutive weeks from week ending 06/03/2010 ELVIS PRESLEY - Run of 145 consecutive weeks from week ending 23/07/1960 CLIFF RICHARD - Run of 125 consecutive weeks from week ending 02/05/1959 CALVIN HARRIS - Run of 123 consecutive weeks from week ending 18/06/2011 KATY PERRY - Run of 120 consecutive weeks from week ending 26/06/2010 BEATLES - Run of 105 consecutive weeks from week ending 13/10/1962 PHARRELL - Run of 103 consecutive weeks from week ending 20/04/2013 BRUNO MARS - Run of 100 consecutive weeks from week ending 29/05/2010 JESS GLYNNE - Run of 100 consecutive weeks from week ending 01/02/2014 I didn't find this by originally looking for Jess Glynne facts, I was wondering how may consecutive charts Ed Sheeran had been on. This is Ed's 90th, which also puts him behind SHADOWS - Run of 99 consecutive weeks from week ending 01/12/1962 RIHANNA - Run of 98 consecutive weeks from week ending 19/05/2007 LADY GAGA - Run of 95 consecutive weeks from week ending 10/01/2009 ELLIE GOULDING - Run of 92 consecutive weeks from week ending 06/10/2012 EMELI SANDÉ - Run of 91 consecutive weeks from week ending 20/08/2011 And one other thing about Ms Glynne's run, she hasn't needed the chart to be a Top 75 to achieve this, she has spent 100 weeks inside the Top 50, her "worst week" being w/e 22/11/14 when her only entry was "Rather Be" at number 48. There is the possibility of longer runs when Top 100 charts are taken into account, but I haven't added all the 76-100 positions to my database yet, so I've kept to the Top 75 to be consistent (and no, I haven't forgotten the Virtual Book of Hit Singles, this year has been very heavy with other things and it has had to give second best, but data is still being collected and the project will resume at some point!)
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December 24, 20159 yr Great Stat that fchd, I guess in the age of streaming and songs staying around in the chart a bit longer this has helped but impressive nonetheless.
December 24, 20159 yr Partly down to the fact her voice is perfect for radio so everything she releases has airplay longevity. But well done :wub:
December 24, 20159 yr only the queen of music http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png
December 24, 20159 yr Welcome back fchd! Feels like ages since you last visited us here, I meant to ask you a while ago if the Virtual Book of Hit Singles was carrying on and you hadn't even been online for weeks at the time. This is a very impressive statistic, especially with the stipulation of her never being outside the top 50 so her run is at least ostensibly comparable to the time before the chart was expanded to a top 75 (though of course it's still not as much of a big deal as that would have been, since her songs have been able to chart for longer due to the greater longevity provided by downloads and streaming).
December 24, 20159 yr http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2014-12/13/17/enhanced/webdr12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-9106-1418509642-10.gif .
December 25, 20159 yr Author As a Christmas present, I've uploaded the current state of play of the Virtual Book of Hit Singles as 4 pdfs Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Some of it is a bit rough and ready, and there is still work to go back and sort out from 2015 while it was somewhat "dormant" - dates of death, million sellers etc. It is still only Top 75 at this point, my capturing of the Top 100 has now got back to the start of 2010 so there's still some way to go before I have the full set of 76-100 to add in. Edited December 25, 20159 yr by fchd
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