US charts: Thicke rules Hot 100 for 11th week

Paul Williams

Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines has become the longest-running Hot 100 No 1 in three years after just holding off Katy Perry's Roar.

The track featuring TI and Pharrell Williams this week achieves its 11th consecutive week in charge of the countdown, the lengthiest run at No 1 since Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow ruled for 12 weeks in 2009. It means just 13 songs - including those pre-dating the Hot 100's creation in 1958 - have now spent longer ...

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