Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is now the sole longest-leading hit ever on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart as it adds a record-rewriting 15th week at No. 1 on the list dated Oct. 4.
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The song surpasses Ace of Base’s “The Sign,” which ran up its 14-week reign consecutively from February through March 1994, for the longest No. 1 stay since the ranking began in October 1992.
“Ordinary,” on Atlantic Records, first topped Pop Airplay in June and has led for all but one week since; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” interrupted its No. 1 run earlier in September.
The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.
Here’s a look at the longest leading Pop Airplay hits, all enduring smashes, from bops to ballads, over the chart’s 33-year history:
- 15 weeks at No. 1, “Ordinary,” Alex Warren, beginning June 21, 2025
- 14, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 12, 1994
- 13, “Stay,” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, Sept. 4, 2021
- 11, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, Oct. 8, 2016
- 11, “Over and Over,” Nelly feat. Tim McGraw, Nov. 6, 2004
- 11, “Torn,” Natalie Imbruglia, April 25, 1998
- 11, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 31, 1996
- 11, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 9, 1995
“Ordinary” previously dominated the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks and finished at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart. Among its other coronations, it led the Billboard Global 200 for 10 weeks and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. for eight frames.
Warren recently discussed the song’s mass appeal with Billboard, saying, “When you write a song, you want it to apply to as many people as possible.”
All charts dated Oct. 4 will update Tuesday, Sept. 30, on Billboard.com.
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