JUSTIN BIEBER CLAIMS HIS 30th WEEK AT NUMBER 1 IN THE UK

With "Despacito" reaching an 11th week at Number 1 in the UK, it gives Justin Bieber his 30th week at Number 1 in total.  In fact it is his 30th week since just 12th September 2015, meaning that he has been Number 1 for 30% of the time!  Impressive!

Only six other artists have spent longer at the top in their chart careers.

80 weeks  (21 Number Ones) - Elvis Presley

18 weeks (4 Number Ones) 1950's

44 weeks (11 Number Ones) 1960's

11 weeks (2 Number Ones) 1970's

7 weeks (4 Number Ones) 2000's (3 of these were reissues of previous Number Ones)

69 weeks (17 Number Ones) - The Beatles

(All in the 1960's)

46 weeks (14 Number Ones) - Cliff Richard

11 weeks (2 Number Ones) 1950's

20 weeks (7 Number Ones) 1960's

4 weeks (1 Number One) 1970's

7 weeks (2 Number Ones) 1980's

4 weeks (2 Number Ones) 1990's

44 weeks (12 Number Ones - 7 with Cliff Richard) - The Shadows

11 weeks (2 Number Ones - both with Cliff Richard, one as the Drifters) 1950's

33 weeks (10 Number Ones - 5 with Cliff Richard) 1960's

32 weeks (4 Number Ones) - Frankie Laine

(All in the 1950's)

31 weeks (9 Number Ones) - Abba

26 weeks (7 Number Ones) 1970's

5 weeks (2 Number Ones) 1980's

30 weeks (6 Number Ones) - Justin Bieber 

(All in the 2010's)

Also, as you can see above, only Frankie Laine in the 50's, & Elvis, the Beatles & the Shadows have bettered Bieber's total of 30 weeks in a single decade.

So Elvis is top, will his total ever be beaten - here he is with his last UK Number One from 2005 "It's Now Or Never" (it was also his 5th in 1960!)