Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that plays an important role and is the place where the most famous singers and artists in the world, regardless of whether they are novice amateurs, wish their work to be on the top of the list. number one in this ranking. Because when their works and songs have one foot on the charts, it means that their brainchild has won the hearts of music critics and touched the hearts of the authors. And whenever it comes to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, most people will immediately think of the songs that stay on the top one for the longest time. But today will be a little different, Topshare will share with you the top songs that have been at number two for the most weeks (without reaching number one) on this US music industry standard music chart. . Let's follow along!
1 Waiting for a Girl Like You
Foreigner - owner of the hit Waiting for a Girl Like You. Image source: SoundCloud
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You (Official Music Video)
Waiting for a Girl Like You is one of the hit singles by the band Foreigner - a British-American rock band. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record 10 weeks. It was the group's second single from album 4 in 1981 and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It became one of the band's most successful songs worldwide, although it only peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 because it was blocked from #1 by Olivia Newton-John's single "Physical". for nine consecutive weeks, and then Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" for the tenth week on January 30, 1982, but the song reached number one. on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 100 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time". Waiting for a Girl Like You also achieved some notable achievements such as reaching number 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. In short, it was Foreigner's biggest hit until "I Want to Know What Love Is" hit #1 in 1985.
2 Work It
Missy Elliot - owner of the hit Work It. Image source: SoundCloud
Missy Elliott - Work It [Official Music Video]
"Work It" was released on September 9, 2002 and is a song by American rapper Missy Elliott. The song is from her fourth studio album, Under Construction (2002), co-written and produced by Elliott and Timbaland. "Work It" is a dirty rap with an old school hip hop style of the early 1980s. What's interesting about this song is that part of its chorus is reversed, coming from an incident. accident of a sound engineer when his hand slipped during implementation. But it seems that it was thanks to this incident that the song became more catchy than ever and received a lot of positive praise from music critics. The song has the honor of becoming the longest number of weeks at number two in history without reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, also for 10 weeks, equaling "Waiting for" a Girl Like You" by Foreigner. In addition, Work it also achieved great success when consecutively entering the top 10 in many prominent markets, such as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Not only that, the song also received many awards and nominations at major awards ceremonies, including two Grammy Award nominations for "Best Rap Song" and "Best Female Rap Solo Performance" at 46th Annual Awards Ceremony.
3 I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis - owner of the hit I Love You Always Forever. Image source: Pause & Play
Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever (Official Music Video)
"I Love You Always Forever" is from the debut studio album Now in a Minute (released May 14, 1996 in the United States and in the United Kingdom on August 22, 1996) by American recording artist. Wales Donna Lewis. The song is the singer's debut single, written and produced by herself, with co-production from Kevin Killen, a familiar collaborator throughout her career. "I Love You Always Forever" is a pop ballad that combines the sounds of piano, guitar, synthesizer and percussion, mixed with Lewis' soft yet charismatic voice, which the song received. Positive feedback from music critics. Therefore, the song has reached the record of holding the second position on the US Billboard chart for 9 consecutive weeks (behind "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los del Río). Not only that, but "I Love You Always Forever" also reached the top 10 in most of the countries it appeared in, including many major markets such as Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand , Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
4 You're Still the One
Shania Twain - the owner of the hit You're Still the One. Image source: yeutienganh.com
Shania Twain - You’re Still The One (Official Music Video)
"You're Still the One" is a song from the third studio album "Come On Over" (1997) by Canadian recording artist Shania Twain. The song was co-written by Twain with her then-husband, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced it and the entire album. It's a country pop song with elements from adult contemporary (a musical style that ranges from 1960s vocals and 1970s soft rock[2] to more avant-garde music). ballads today). After being released, the song received positive responses from music critics, especially they appreciated the emotional content of the lyrics conveyed through Twain's deep voice. In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, making it one of the longest-running number two songs without a number one. You're Still the One" has also garnered numerous awards and nominations at major awards ceremonies, including four Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Country Song and Performance Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 41st Annual Awards.
5 If I Ever Fall in Love
Shai group - owner of the hit song If I Ever Fall in Love. Image source: Fado
Shai - Bài hát If I Ever Fall In Love
"If I Ever Fall in Love" is a song by American R&B-soul quartet Shai (Shai was an American musical group of the 1990s). The song was released on September 1, 1992, in the genre of A cappella R&B, written and produced by Carl "Groove" Martin. "If I Ever Fall in Love" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in 1992 for eight consecutive weeks, held at number one by the massive success of the hit "I Will Always Love You" by singer Whitney Houston. Besides, the song also reached number one on the US R&B chart. It was also Shai's only top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 36.
6 Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
Deborah Cox - owner of the hit Nobody's Supposed to Be Here. Image source: Genius
Deborah Cox - Nobody's Supposed To Be Here (Official Video)
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" is the lead single released by Canadian recording artist Deborah Cox from her second studio album "One Wish" (1998). It was released on September 22, 1998, and belongs to the R&B Soul genre. It was Deborah Cox's most successful song, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks, and spending a record fourteen weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/B/ Hip Hop Songs. In 2017, Billboard ranked the song at number five on the "Best R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" chart. "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" was written and produced by Anthony "Shep" Crawford and written by Montell Jordan, Anthony "Shep" Crawford.
7 Back at One
Brian McKnight - owner of the hit Back at One. Image source: www.poppiano.org
Brian McKnight - Back At One (Official Video)
"Back at One" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Brian McKnight, taken from his fifth studio album of the same name. The single was released on August 17, 1999, with lyrics written by him. An Anglo-Brazilian Portuguese version was released in South America on September 12, 2000 featuring Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo. The song belongs to the R & B Soul genre, along with the gentle melodious melody combined with Brian McKnight's deep voice, the song has easily captured listeners' hearts, perhaps this is also the reason why it helps. The song peaked at number two for eight weeks. The music video for the song "Back at One" was directed by Francis Lawrence and was nominated for R&B Video of the Year in the Music Video Producers Guild Awards.
8 I Don't Wanna Know
Mario Winans - owner of the hit I Don't Wanna Know. Image source: musixmatch
Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know (Official Music Video)
"I Don't Wanna Know" is a song by American R&B artist Mario Winans featuring rapper P. Diddy and backing vocals recorded by singer-songwriter Enya. On February 17, 2004, the song peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, charting eight consecutive weeks after the single ". Yeah!" and Usher's "Burn". The song belongs to the R&B genre, the melody is extremely gentle, but the voice of Mario Winans when telling a love story through the lyrics, it seems to cut the listener's heart. Is this the reason why the song was able to stay at number two on the Billboard chart for weeks?
9 Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran - owner of the hit
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (Official Music Video)
"Thinking Out Loud" is a song by British singer Ed Sheeran. The song is from his second studio album, x (pronounced "multiply", multiply sign) and was released in the United States on September 24, 2014, as the third single from the album. Before Ed Sheeran's hit "Shape of You" hit number one in the US and Canada, "Thinking Out Loud" was Ed Sheeran's highest charting single in North America, peaking at #2 on the US and Canada charts. Billboard Hot 100 music chart in the US within 8 weeks record and Hot 100 in Canada. In addition, the song also achieved some outstanding achievements such as being in the top 40 for 19 weeks in the UK, reaching number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia and the South. Fly. In October 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" became the first song to be listened to more than 500 million times on Spotify, the song's music video on YouTube reaching over 3.3 billion views. It's an amazing achievement for a song that ranked second on the Billboard chart, isn't it?
