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Jason Mraz just carved himself into the foundations of history as his song ‘I’m Yours’ is now the longest0running song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its 51-year history. The singer has officially beaten the likes of LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. The song is also the only track to reach number 1 on each of the following four radio-based charts, namely Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40 and Triple A. And it still doesn’t seem like his song will be going anywhere soon and Jason still has the chance to edge out a lead that might prove to be unbeatable. Congratulations!

After Michael Jackson’s sudden death last week, his greatest hits and even some of his lesser known songs have earned nonstop radio airplay to honor his memory. According to Billboard, the late King of Pop’s airplay increased by 1735% from last week. Prior to his death, the singer’s hit ‘Rock with You’ was heard around 500 times in a week. But in the past week, 22 of Michael’s song were played over 1000 times! Leading in the airplay is ‘Billie Jean’ which places the track at number 51 among the titles for the past week. That’s not bad for a song that was released back in 1983.

Jamie Spear’s hard work has really paid off because not only did Britney make a comeback, she is even better than ever. The recovered pop star’s song ‘Circus’ has hit the number 1 spot on the Top 40 radio charts, giving the singer her fifth number 1 single overall. In addition to ‘Circus’, ‘Womanizer’ and ‘If You Seek Amy’ are also in the Top 40. Britney’s fifth album ‘Circus’, which debuted at number 1, is also the singer’s fifth number 1 debut which makes her the first female artist to score 5 number 1 debut albums. Congratulations to her! She deserves it after all that hard work.

Saving Abel have just released a brand new video for their radio smash “Addicted.” This is the third time the band filmed a clip for the track. The video was directed by Steven Oritt (Ours, Sugarcult) and shot in Los Angeles earlier this month.

The Mississippi hard-rock group’s self-titled debut album was produced by Skidd Mills who has also worked with bands like ZZ-Top, Saliva, and Skillet. Saving Abel will be heading out on tour with Avenged Sevenfold and Buckcherry starting November 4th in Casper, WY.

All of the dates can be found on the band’s MySpace page.

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