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'Despacito' Is Now Officially Tied As The Longest-Running No. 1 Hit Of All Time

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After a tense week when nobody knew what was going to happen on the Hot 100, the news has finally broken and a winner has been declared: Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito” is now tied as the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. history.

The Latin smash is on top of the Hot 100 for its sixteenth consecutive week, which stands as the most frames any single has ever been able to rack up on top of the most important songs tally in America. “Despacito” is now tied with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” which broke the record for the longest stay atop the Hot 100 and established the 16-week record that still stands to this day back in 1995. No track has seriously challenged the R&B/pop hit in the decades since, but now that popular tune will forever need to share the spotlight with “Despacito,” unless the latter can hold on for one more frame.

The massive hit single had been stuck in second place in terms of history for a pair of weeks now, so all three artists involved are surely thrilled with today’s news. Two weeks ago, “Despacito” earned its fourteenth week at No. 1, which at the time stood as the second-longest reign. It was tied with seven other massive cuts, all of which stopped running the show after 14 weeks. Once it collected its fifteenth week last turn, it remained in second place, while the seven other songs it was once tied with were pushed down to third place.

If “Despacito” remains at No. 1 next week, it will become the new No. 1 on the list of the longest-running chart-toppers of all time, pushing Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men down to second place. It would be incredibly exciting to see that happen, but all signs point to this frame being the last at the peak for Fonsi, Yankee and Bieber's biggest hit to date. While the numbers are still being crunched, it looks like Taylor Swift's new single "Look What You Made Me Do" will begin its charting run in first place, ending the history-making streak that "Despacito" has been enjoying all summer.