The Official Charts Company reports that US artist Sabrina Carpenter, who is responsible for two of the hottest singles of the summer, has broken a UK chart record.
The celebrity, who was born in Pennsylvania, is the first female musician to have held the top two spots on the singles chart for three weeks in a row.
This week’s top song on the list was Still Please Please Please, with her previous track Espresso remaining at number two.
The Beatles achieved the same feat in the 1960s, scoring the chart double on two separate occasions.
More recently, Justin Bieber scored four weeks in the top two slots in 2015, while Ed Sheeran notched up five weeks on two occasions in 2017.
Despite being in second place, Espresso actually recorded slightly more streams (7.1m) in the last week than Please Please Please (7m).
Both songs will feature on Carpenter’s forthcoming album Short ‘n Sweet, set to be released in August.
The only other female artists to have held the number one and two spots simultaneously are Madonna (in 1985) and Ariana Grande (2019). But Carpenter is the first to do so for three consecutive weeks.
The video for Please Please Please, starring Carpenter’s boyfriend, actor Barry Keoghan, has so far attracted more than 44 million views on YouTube, while Espresso has almost twice as many.