De vijf numbers die het langst de Top 40 aanvoerden
- 1. Harry Styles – As It Was (18 week in 2022)
- 2. Calvin Harris in Dua Lipa – One Kiss (16th week in 2018)
- 3. Ed Sheeran – Shape of You (15th week in 2017)
- 3. Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee in Justin Bieber – Despacito (15 years ago in 2017)
- 3. Tones & I – Dance Monkey (15 week in 2019)
The 40 longest hits on record
The record for the longest hit ever recorded was also broken in the Top 40 not long ago. In 2013 and 2014, Pharrell Williams was on the list for at least 49 consecutive weeks with his worldwide hit happy. It is also the most successful score in Top 40 history (based on a points system where the number 1 gets 40 points each week and the number 40 gets 1 point each week). Williams big lead on No. 2: Lewis Capaldi comes with it Someone you love Not to exceed 42 weeks.
De drie langst genoteerde numbers in de Top 40
- 1. Pharrell Williams – Happy (49 weeks in 2013-2014)
- 2. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (42 weeks in 2019)
- 3. Corry en de Rekels – Huilen Is Voor Jou Te Laat (41 weken in 1970 en 1971)
De vijf artists met de meeste Top 40-hits
- 1. David Guetta (59 hits)
- 2. Madonna (55 hits)
- 2. BZN (55 hits)
- 4. Michael Jackson (50 hits)
- 5. Rolling Stones (49 hits)
Artists with the most number one hits
Where David Guetta only scored one hit with 59 listings, there are artists who have ended up in first place more often with fewer hits. The Beatles have the most number one songs to their name: sixteen. They have reached the Top 40 a total of 29 times. It should be noted that the Beatles had been active for several years when the Top 40 began in 1965. Marco Borsato follows the Beatles closely with fifteen No. 1 hits.
De drie artiesten met de meeste number 1-hits
- 1. The Beatles (16 stuks)
- 2. Marco Borsato (15 hits)
- 3. ABBA (8 hits)