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Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is now the sole longest-leading hit ever on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart as it adds a record-rewriting 15th week at No. 1 on the list dated Oct. 4.

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The song surpasses Ace of Base’s “The Sign,” which ran up its 14-week reign consecutively from February through March 1994, for the longest No. 1 stay since the ranking began in October 1992.

“Ordinary,” on Atlantic Records, first topped Pop Airplay in June and has led for all but one week since; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” interrupted its No. 1 run earlier in September.

The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.

Here’s a look at the longest leading Pop Airplay hits, all enduring smashes, from bops to ballads, over the chart’s 33-year history:

15 weeks at No. 1, “Ordinary,” Alex Warren, beginning June 21, 2025

14, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 12, 1994

13, “Stay,” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, Sept. 4, 2021

11, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, Oct. 8, 2016

11, “Over and Over,” Nelly feat. Tim McGraw, Nov. 6, 2004

11, “Torn,” Natalie Imbruglia, April 25, 1998

11, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 31, 1996

11, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 9, 1995

“Ordinary” previously dominated the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks and finished at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart. Among its other coronations, it led the Billboard Global 200 for 10 weeks and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. for eight frames.

Warren recently discussed the song’s mass appeal with Billboard, saying, “When you write a song, you want it to apply to as many people as possible.”

All charts dated Oct. 4 will update Tuesday, Sept. 30, on Billboard.com.

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