BEYONCE SPENDS A 40TH WEEK AT NUMBER 1 ON THE US HOT 100

With "Perfect" spending a fourth week at Number 1 on the US chart, it means that Beyoncé has now spent a total of 40 weeks atop the US Hot 100 chart in her solo career - a total bettered by just 5 artists since the Hot 100 began in August 1958.

Here is the full list.

79 weeks - Mariah Carey (18 Number Ones)

  1. Vision Of Love - 4th-25th August 1990 (4 weeks)

  2. Love Takes Time - 10th-24th November 1990 (3 weeks)

  3. Someday - 9th-16th March 1991 (2 weeks)

  4. I Don't Wanna Cry - 25th May-1st June 1991 (2 weeks)

  5. Emotions - 12th-26th October 1991 (3 weeks)

  6. I'll Be There - 20th-27th June 1992 (2 weeks)

  7. Dreamlover - 11th September-30th October 1993 (8 weeks)

  8. Hero - 25th December 1993-15th January 1994 (4 weeks)

  9. Fantasy - 30th September-18th November 1995 (8 weeks)

 10. One Sweet Day (with Boyz II Men) - 2nd December 1995-16th March 1996 (16 weeks)

 11. Always Be My Baby - 4th-11th May 1996 (2 weeks)

 12. Honey - 3th-27th September 1997 (3 weeks)

 13. My All - 23rd May 1998 (1 week)

 14. Heartbreaker (with Jay-Z) - 9th-16th October 1999 (2 weeks)

 15. Thank God I've Found You (with Joe & 98 Degrees) - 19th February 2000 (1 week)

 16. We Belong Together - 4-25th June 2000 (4 weeks) & 9th July-10th September 2000 (10 weeks)

 17. Don't Forget About Us - 31st December 2005-7th January 2006 (2 weeks)

 18. Touch My Body - 12th-19th April 2008 (2 weeks)

60 weeks - Rihanna (14 Number Ones)

  1. SOS - 13th-27th May 2006 (3 weeks)

  2. Umbrella (with Jay-Z) - 9th June-21st July 2007 (7 weeks)

  3. Take A Bow - 24th May 2008 (1 week)

  4.  Live Your Life (with T.I.) - 8th October 2008 (1 week) & 15th November-6th December 2008 (4 weeks) & 20th December 2008 (1 week)

  5. Disturbia - 23rd-30th August 2008 (2 weeks)

  6. Rude Boy - 27th March-24th April 2010 (5 weeks)

  7.  Love The Way You Lie (with Eminem) - 31st July-11th September 2010 (7 weeks)

  8. What's My Name? (with Drake) - 20th November 2010 (1 week)

  9. Only Girl (In The World) - 4th December 2010 (1 week)

 10. S & M (with Britney Spears) - 0th April 2011 (1 week)

 11. We Found Love (with Calvin Harris) - 12th November-31st December 2011 (8 weeks) & 21st-28th January 2012 (2 weeks)

 12. Diamonds - 1st-15th December 2012 (3 weeks)

 13.  The Monster (with Eminem) - 21st December 2013-11th January 2014 (4 weeks)

 14.  Work (featuring Drake) - 5th March-30th April 2016 (9 weeks)

59 weeks - The Beatles (20 Number Ones)

  1. I Want To Hold Your Hand - 1st February-14th March 1964 (7 weeks)

  2. She Loves You - 21st-28th March 1964 (2 weeks)

  3. Can't Buy Me Love - 4th April-2nd May 1964 (5 weeks)

  4. Love Me Do - 30th May 1964 (1 week)

  5. A Hard Day's Night - 1st-8th August 1964 (2 weeks)

  6. I Feel Fine - 26th December 1964-9th January 1965 (3 weeks)

  7. Eight Days A Week - 13th-20th March 1965 (2 weeks)

  8. Ticket To Ride - 22nd May 1965 (1 week)

  9. Help! - 4th-18th September 1965 (3 weeks)

 10. Yesterday - 9th-30th October 1965 (4 weeks)

 11. We Can Work It Out - 8th-15th January 1966 (2 weeks) & 9th January 1966 (1 week)

 12. Paperback Writer - 25th June 1966 (1 week) & 9th July 1966 (1 week)

 13. Penny Lane - 18th March 1967 (1 week)

 14. All You Need Is Love - 19th August 1967 (1 week)

 15. Hello Goodbye - 30th December 1967-13th January 1968 (3 weeks)

 16. Hey Jude - 28th September-23rd November 1968 (9 weeks)

 17. Get Back (with Billy Preston) - 4th May-1st June 1969 (5 weeks)

 18. Come Together/Something - 9th November 1969 (1 week)

 19. Let It Be - 11th-18th April 1970 (2 weeks)

 20. The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue - 13th-20th June 1970 (2 weeks)

50 weeks - Boyz II Men (5 Number Ones)

  1. End Of The Road (From "Boomerang") - 15th August-7th November 1992 (13 weeks)

  2. I'll Make Love To You - 27th August-26th November 1994 (14 weeks)

  3. On Bended Knee - 3rd-10th December 1994 (2 weeks) & 31st December 1964-21st January 1965 (4 weeks)

  4. One Sweet Day (with Mariah Carey) - 2nd December 1995-16th March 1996 (16 weeks)

  5. 4 Seasons Of Loneliness - 4th October 1997 (1 week)

47 weeks - Usher (9 Number Ones)

  1. Nice & Slow - 14th-21st February 1998 (2 weeks)

  2. U Remind Me - 7th-28th July 2001 (4 weeks)

  3. U Got It Bad - 15th December 2001 (1 week) & 19th January-16th February 2002 (5 weeks)

  4. Yeah! (with Lil' Jon & Ludacris) - 28th February-15th May 2004 (12 weeks)

  5. Burn - 22nd May-3rd July 2004 (7 weeks) & 17th July 2004 (1 week)

  6. Confessions Part II - 24th-31st July 2004 (2 weeks)

  7. My Boo (with Alicia Keys) - 30th October-4th December 2004 (6 weeks)

  8. Love In This Club (with Young Jeezy) - 15th-29th March 2008 (3 weeks)

  9. OMG (with will.i.am) - 15th May 2010 (1 week) & 29th May-12th June 2010 (3 weeks)

40 weeks - Beyoncé (6 Number Ones)

  1. Crazy In Love (with Jay-Z) - 12th July-30th August 2003 (8 weeks)

  2. Baby Boy (with Sean Paul) - 4th October-29th November 2003 (9 weeks)

  3. Check On It (with Slim Thug) - 4th February-4th March 2006 (5 weeks)

  4. Irreplaceable - 16th December 2006-17th February 2007 (10 weeks)

  5. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - 13th December 2008 (1 week) & 27th December 2008-10th January 2009 (3 weeks)

  6. Perfect (with Ed Sheeran) - 23rd December 2017-6th January 2018 (4 weeks)

**She has also spent 16 weeks at Number One as a member of Destiny's Child***

Here she is with her latest Number One with Ed Sheeran, this is "Perfect".