One of the main goals in the music industry today, is to beat records set by stalwarts such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. No?
Well, god bless Rihanna, because she just did.
She’s surpassed The Beatles for second-longest cumulative weeks at #1. So altogether, she’s spent 60 weeks at No. 1 during her career, while the quartet from Liverpool managed 59.
This is obviously thanks to her track ‘Work’, featuring Drake. It’s been numero uno in the charts for 9 weeks now:
However, Riri still isn’t quite the top of the list. The title for most weeks spent at No. 1 in a career is held by new Casino Queen of Australia, Mariah Carey, who holds the record at 79 weeks.
Source: Vulture.
