Sabrina Carpenter has tied a 71-year-old record by becoming only the second artist in the U.K. Official Singles Chart‘s history to spend 20 weeks at No. 1 in a calendar year.
“Taste,” from her 2024 album Short n’ Sweet, has spent an eighth consecutive week at No. 1, becoming 2024’s longest-running top single, overtaking Noah Kahan‘s “Stick Season.”
This means that Sabrina has now logged 20 weeks atop the Official Singles Chart this year with “Taste,” “Espresso” (7 weeks at No. 1) and “Please Please Please” (5 weeks at No. 1), all songs from the 12-track album.
Carpenter is only the second artist in Official UK Chart history to manage 20 weeks at No. 1 in a calendar year.
The only other artist to do so was crooner Frankie Laine in 1953, during the infancy of the Official Singles Chart. Reaching 28 weeks in total at No. 1 that year, Laine spent 18 non-consecutive weeks at the top with “I Believe,” two weeks with “Hey Joe” and eight with “Answer Me.”
Carpenter also secures a fourth Top 10 hit from Short N’ Sweet, with “Bed Chem” entering the chart at No. 9.
Rising to a brand-new peak of No. 2 is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars‘s “Die With A Smile,” while Gigi Perez‘s “Sailor Song” jumps three spots to No. 3.
Gracie Abrams caps off an extraordinary breakout year with her first Top 10 single, “I Love You, I’m Sorry” (4), while Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D jump into the Top 5 with “Somedays.”
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