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OLIVIA LEADS THE WAY, KIWI REGGAE ON THE RISE
Chalk up another week for Olivia Dean as she maintains her grip on both the #1 Album and #1 Single positions with The Art Of Loving and Man I Need respectively. It's ten weeks now that the young English singer has managed the impressive double.
OLIVIA DEAN HOLDS STEADY ON TOP 40, 'READY TO RIDE' HITS 20 WEEKS AT #1 ON NZ TOP 20
Olivia Dean heads both the Singles and Albums Top 40 for a ninth week, surpassing a 50-year-old record held by none other than ABBA.
OLIVIA STARTS 2026 RIGHT, LORDE RETURNS TO TOP OF AOTEAROA ALBUMS CHART
Olivia Dean's reign on the Top 40 shows no sign of waning. 'Man I Need' has now spent more weeks at #1 than any single by a solo female artist, while only 6 UK artists have an album that has spent longer at #1 on the Official Albums Chart.
RECORD BREAKER! OLIVIA DEAN ACHIEVES LONGEST #1 SINGLE REIGN OF ALL-TIME WITH 'MAN I NEED'
Olivia Dean breaks an 11-year chart record, as her neo-soul smash single 'Man I Need' chalks up a 16th week at #1, bettering the 15-week record set by Pharrell Williams ('Happy') in 2014 and matched recently by Alex Warren ('Ordinary') in early-2025.
The track's weeks at #1 have been non-consecutive – interrupted by chart-toppers from Wham! for one, and Taylor Swift for two – but its total weeks spent at the top is now greater than any other song in the 50-year history of the Charts in Aotearoa. 'Man I Need' began its run back in September 2025, when it knocked the KPop Demon Hunters from the top spot – and secured Dean her first #1 single globally. The track has since also topped the charts in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
Over on the Top 40 Albums Chart, the 26-year-old's The Art Of Loving also holds at #1. The artist has now been #1 on both Charts simultaneously for 11 weeks – also a record. The previous record was held by ABBA, whose own dual #1 run extended to eight weeks way back in 1976 with 'Fernando' and The Best Of ABBA.
