RiRi, Katy, Jay Z on Billboard Chart War!

"We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris tops the Hot 100 for the seventh straight week. This ties "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z) and Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie," on which Rihanna was featured, as RiRi's longest-running #1 hit to date. Since 1955, only four other artists have had three or more songs remain at #1 for as many as seven weeks. Elvis Presley, fittingly, had more of these monster hits than any other artist (five). Mariah Carey is second with four. Rihanna is tied with Boyz II Men and Beyonce, with three each.

 

By holding at #1 for a seventh week, "We Found Love" also ties Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" as the longest-running #1 hit so far this year. 

 

Rihanna's "S&M," which reached #1 in April, tops the 3 million mark in digital sales this week. It's the 13th song to reach that sales plateau in 2011, which sets a new record. Twelve songs topped the 3 million mark in all of 2010. Seven songs hit that level in 2009. Just two did it in 2008.
TOP TEN BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES 

Issue Date : 16 December 2011

1. (1) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris, "We Found Love" (12weeks on chart,7weeks #1)
2. (2) LMFAO, "Sexy And I Know It." (14weeks on chart,pk#2)
3. (3) Bruno Mars, "It Will Rain." (11weeks on chart,pk#3)
4. (9) Katy Perry, "The One That Got Away." (9wkonchart,pk#9)
5 (5) Flo Rida, "Good Feeling." (11weeks on chart,pk#5)  
6. (8) Jay-Z/Kanye West, "Ni**as In Paris." (18weeks, pk#7)
7. (6) Adele, "Someone Like You."  (23weeks on chart,5weeks#1)
8. (4) Maroon 5 /Christina Aguilera, "Moves Like Jagger." (25weeks on chart,pk#1)
9. (7) David Guetta featuring Usher, "Without You." (15weeks on chart,pk#4)
10. (11) T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, "5 O'Clock." (11weeks, pk#10)

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