Carly Rae Jepsen Lands Longest Run At the Top of the U.S. Charts in 2012

9 August 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen has landed the longest number one run on the U.S. pop charts in 2012 after scoring a ninth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Call Me Maybe extends its run, edging out Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know by a week.

But it isn't all bad news for Australian hitmaker Gotye - his hit holds steady at number six on the new countdown and becomes the first track to surpass six million download sales in 2012.

Ellie Goulding's Lights jumps up three spots to two, while Flo Rida's Whistle rounds out the new top three.

Meanwhile, rapper Rick Ross is back at the top of the U.S. album charts for a fourth run with his new release God Forgives, I Don't.

The heavyweight star has debuted at number one with his biggest sales week ever - 218,000.

Zac Brown Band drops a spot to two on the new countdown, while Justin Bieber rises back up the charts to three.

One Direction are also on the rise at four and The Bee Gees Number Ones returns to the chart at five, giving the Gibb brothers their first top 10 since the Staying Alive soundtrack in 1983.