achievement Easy On Me becomes Adele's longest leading #1 on Billboard Radio Songs Chart

[Hector]

‘Easy on Me’ Is Adele’s Longest Leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs Chart

 

Adele rewrites her longest reign on Billboard‘s all-genre Radio Songs chart, as “Easy on Me” spends a 12th week at the summit (on the tally dated Feb. 19). The song surpasses the 11-week rule of “Hello” in 2015-16 for her new career best. (She has notched five No. 1s on the survey.) “Easy on Me” maintains its command with 85.3 million in airplay audience, down 4%, in the Feb. 4-10 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Notably, Adele is just the third artist with multiple No. 1s to lead Radio Songs for 11 weeks or more. She joins Boyz II Men, with four, and Mariah Carey, with three (including their duet, “One Sweet Day”). Meanwhile, “Easy on Me” is only the 20th No. 1 with at least 12 weeks on top since Radio Songs began in December 1990 (of 295 total leaders to date, lifting the song to among only 7% of all No.1s that have scored such dominations).

 

Longest-Leading Radio Songs No. 1s

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date reached No. 1

26, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, April 18, 2020

18, “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 1998

16, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Aug. 4, 2018

16, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, May 28, 2005

16, “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt, Dec. 7, 1996

14, “High Hopes,” Panic! at the Disco, Dec. 1, 2018

14, “No One,” Alicia Keys, Nov. 3, 2007

14, “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion, April 13, 1996

13, “No Scrubs,” TLC, March 20, 1999

13, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 24, 1996

13, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 9, 1995

13, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 26, 1994

13, “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 22, 1992

12, “Easy on Me,” Adele, Dec. 4, 2021

12, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, Feb. 25, 2017

12, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Feb. 7, 2015

12, “We Found Love,” Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris, Dec. 3, 2011

12, “Yeah!,” Usher feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris, Feb. 28, 2004

12, “Dilemma,” Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland, Aug. 17, 2002

12, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Sept. 10, 1994

 

To date, “Easy on Me,” the lead single from her Columbia Records album 30, has totaled 1.6 billion in cumulative radio airplay audience, 341.8 million official on demand U.S. streams and 245,000 downloads sold.

 

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The way this became one of her signature songs  It is also at 2,523,000 SPS in the US, should reach 3x Platinum by the Spring. 

[Zoe_]

Another Billboard Year-End #1??

[Carrie-is-no-1]

1 minute ago, Zoe_ said:

Another Billboard Year-End #1??

Top 5 is probably locked with the way it’s going. I wouldn’t be so sure about #1 because we’re only in Feb.

[Agenor]

[Agenor]

Just now, Carrie-is-no-1 said:

Top 5 is probably locked with the way it’s going. I wouldn’t be so sure about #1 because we’re only in Feb.

I read somewhere that in the last 10 years the Hot 100 year-end #1 was already charting by the end of January, so the #1 should be among the songs already released and charting.

[HeWon'tGo]

A tropical depression downgraded from a level 6 hurricane did THAT

 

[My Tears Ricochet]

Payola did that

[rihannabiggestfan]

Quality did thaT  no wonder Her second fanbase is fuming (their fave can't even do it with payola, let alone without like Adele!)

 

[doonerr]

Love this for her

[Anomaly]

A future classic  

 

The 245,000 total downloads is kinda unbelievable and makes me sad though… Hello probably did that in a few hours of release.  The industry changed so much. Hello was really the final bang of the digital era. 

[Tropez]

The fact that her “flop” era is bigger than her haters faves is hilarious. 

[MardinBeksloy]

See when you do payola on top of delivering a same good song the GP will love. My fav needs to learn a thing or two from British pop stars like Adele and Ed. 

[rihannabiggestfan]

13 minutes ago, MardinBeksloy said:

See when you do payola on top of delivering a same good song the GP will love. My fav needs to learn a thing or two from British pop stars like Adele and Ed. 

 

If Adele used payola like Taylor, She would be #1 for like 30 weeks  but yeah, maybe your fave should try releasing a song as good as Easy on Me first (maybe then she wouldn't need payola)

[MardinBeksloy]

5 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

 

If Adele used payola like Taylor, She would be #1 for like 30 weeks  but yeah, maybe your fave should try releasing a song as good as Easy on Me first (maybe then she wouldn't need payola)

So like not sending EOM to radio, and send IDW / OMG to different formats at the same time just to have all of them flopped? You'd wish your fav won't do the same, love. 
 

[Cryptique]

It's a LEGITIMATE SMASH

[DONTYELLATME]

2 hours ago, Carrie-is-no-1 said:

Top 5 is probably locked with the way it’s going. I wouldn’t be so sure about #1 because we’re only in Feb.

 EOM is over 900 points ahead of Stay rn 

[Zaynsus]

That's cute but it's time to let it die and play Oh My God or I Drink Wine instead 

[aliwonderland]

good for ha but omg deserves to be an hit as well.

[Johnny Jacobs]

This song is doing much more that I thought it would do 

[Literature]

2 hours ago, Hector said:

 

To date, “Easy on Me,” the lead single from her Columbia Records album 30, has totaled 1.6 billion in cumulative radio airplay audience, 341.8 million official on demand U.S. streams and 245,000 downloads sold.

 

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It is also at 2,523,000 SPS in the US, should reach 3x Platinum by the Spring. 

   not this having nearly the same sales as willow, atw and cardigan despite being #1 for 12 weeks

Edited February 16, 2022 by Literature

[brianc33710]

Adele accomplished this feat with an amazing across multiple formats/genres, NOT by dependence on 1 or 2 genres. I've actually been working on a list of the songs with the widest audience reaches. All 5 of Adeles #1s have had support at 9+ genres in BB & 11+ genres in MB. EOM actually charted on 13 MB Top 50 format charts, and is the only song in the electronic tracking era to place on Pop, Rock, Country & Urban airplay charts at the same time. Payola may work at 1 or 2 formats but not double digits genres airplay.

[Frozen99]

34 minutes ago, Literature said:

   not this having nearly the same sales as willow, atw and cardigan despite being #1 for 12 weeks

do we have exact figures for these?

 

the downloads number made me cackle too, going back to hello, the industry has changed so much.

 

EOM is a great song, loved it on the first listen, happy she's smashed so hard with it and it's become her signature song

 

i drink wine next!

 

 

[Carrie-is-no-1]

2 hours ago, Literature said:

   not this having nearly the same sales as willow, atw and cardigan despite being #1 for 12 weeks

isn't it going to have more streams than Willow and Cardigan combined on Spotify alone? And it's doing even better on AM in terms of streams?

[Green]

The Swifites always perched in Adele's threads

 

I don't even want to post threads about her achievements anymore because it's always the same trolls there

 

[Elusive Chanteuse]

3 hours ago, brianc33710 said:

Adele accomplished this feat with an amazing across multiple formats/genres, NOT by dependence on 1 or 2 genres. I've actually been working on a list of the songs with the widest audience reaches. All 5 of Adeles #1s have had support at 9+ genres in BB & 11+ genres in MB. EOM actually charted on 13 MB Top 50 format charts, and is the only song in the electronic tracking era to place on Pop, Rock, Country & Urban airplay charts at the same time. Payola may work at 1 or 2 formats but not double digits genres airplay.

Thanks for this