Only three per cent of hits that have landed atop the Billboard Hot 100 have stayed there for 10 or more weeks.

Uptown Funk keeps Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud tied to the number two spot for an eighth week, while Maroon 5's Sugar stays put at three.

Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do and FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul MCCartney round out the new top five.