this chart, which started in the 70s to track what was heating up american discos, used to be topped by singles and even entire albums for several weeks at a time. nowadays its movement looks more like the country airplay chart, with a new #1 single almost every single week and #1 hits nosediving down the chart after their sole week at the top. while artists back in the day could legitimately cross over from this chart to the mainstream, this almost never happens now; those now found topping the list, as this person writes, include "super giant current mainstream hits (of any style); non-Top 40 label dance pop artists; flop singles by artists the gays like (or like ironically); and small indie/unsigned/underground artists."
nevertheless a very small number of hits on this chart in recent years manage to stay atop the chart for more than one week. these are they. what's your favorite?
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Madonna - Hung Up | 7 |
| Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella | 6 |
| Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky | 4 |
| David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over | 3 |
| Lady Gaga - Bad Romance | 2 |
| Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous | 2 |
| Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? | 2 |
| Madonna - Jump | 1 |
| Donna Summer - Stamp Your Feet | 1 |
| Avicii - Wake Me Up | 1 |
| The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part | 1 |
| Depeche Mode - Precious | 1 |
| Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love | 1 |
| Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes | 0 |
| Tony Moran feat. Martha Wash - Keep Your Body Workin' | 0 |
| Seal - Amazing | 0 |
| Chaka Khan feat. Mary J. Blige - Disrespectful | 0 |
| Seal - Killer 2005 (Peter Rauhofer/Morel/DJ Monk/Jim Albert mixes) | 0 |
| The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha (Ralphi Rosario/Kaskade/DJ Dan mixes) | 0 |
| Eurythmics - I've Got a Life | 0 |
| Madonna - Sorry | 0 |
| Bob Sinclar feat. Steve Edwards - World, Hold On (Children of the Sky) | 0 |
| Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man (Junior Vasquez/Shape:UK/Ospina & Sullivan mixes) | 0 |
| Pepper Mashay - Lost Yo Mind | 0 |
| Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar | 0 |
| Britney Spears feat. Madonna - Me Against the Music | 0 |