Morgan Wallen Just Tied Mariah Carey for This Chart Record
Written by djfrosty on August 16, 2023
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” ties Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the second-most weeks spent atop Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart in the tally’s decade-long history, crowning the Aug. 19-dated survey. Meanwhile, the songs share the record for the most time on top, 18 weeks each, among hits billed to singular acts and no collaborators.
“Last Night” leads Streaming Songs for an 18th nonconsecutive week with 26.3 million official U.S. streams in the Aug. 4-10 tracking week, down 2%, according to Luminate.
The song first crowned the Streaming Songs list dated March 18, its sixth week on the ranking, boasting 47.5 million streams that week. It has not fallen below No. 3 since.
An 18th week at No. 1 ties Carey’s holiday anthem, which first led Streaming Songs upon the Jan. 5, 2019, chart and has returned each year since for anywhere between three and five weeks at No. 1 during the holiday season.
The overall record for most weeks at No. 1 belongs to Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus: 20 weeks in 2019.
Most Weeks at No. 1, Streaming Songs:
- 20 weeks, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (2019)
- 18, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen (2023)
- 18, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (2017)
- 14, “Rockstar,” Post Malone feat. 21 Savage (2017-2018)
- 14, “Panda,” Desiigner (2016)
- 13, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast (2022)
- 13, “The Box,” Roddy Ricch (2020)
- 13, “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX (2014)
- 13, “Wrecking Ball,” Miley Cyrus (2013-2014)
“Last Night” remains Wallen’s only Streaming Songs-topping tune. He first appeared on the ranking with “Whiskey Glasses” in 2019 and rose as high as No. 3 twice, with “Wasted on You” in 2021 and “Don’t Think Jesus” in 2022, prior to the reign of “Last Night.”
“Last Night” concurrently spends its 27th week at No. 1 on Country Streaming Songs, which is nearly halfway to the overall record, kept by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant To Be,” which ruled for 55 weeks in 2017-19.
As previously reported, “Last Night” spends a 16th week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Billboard Hot 100, rewriting the mark for the most frames at the summit among non-collaborations.