This week, the Mark Ronson-Bruno Mars collaboration "Uptown Funk" hit its 14th week at the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song ties with six other songs that also hold that record: Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" (1992-1993), a song which, at that point, held the record for longest time at Number One; Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love To You" (1994); Los del Rio's "Macarena (Bayside Boys mix)" (1996); Elton John's "Candle In the Wind '97" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997-98); Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (2005); and the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (2009); and now, we have "Uptown Funk". The current record holder for the most weeks at #1 goes to none other than Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, whose heart-wrenching 1995 ballad "One Sweet Day" spent 16 weeks at the #1 position before being knocked off by Céline Dion's "Because You Love Me".
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