I can't believe Lady Gaga's "Hair" debuted at #12. iTunes countdown/promo single are obnoxious, and that song is taco snatch.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele*3 weeks* 2. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 3. "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer 4. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 5. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 6. "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars 7. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears 8. "Party Rock Anthem"- LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 9. "The Show Goes On"- Lupe Fiasco 10. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
It's a second week for Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and an eighth week at #1 for her sophomore album 21 on the Top 200 chart. Not only is 21 the only album to cross the million mark as far as copies of an LP sold this year, it's also getting closer to 2 million (right now it stands at 1.7 million since its late February release).
Elsewhere, Lady Gaga's "Judas" looks to be officially dead in the water. The song drops from #19 to #27 on this week's chart, while previous single "Born This Way" slides still hangs in the Top 20 at #19. Of course, the good news is that "The Edge Of Glory" debuts at #3 and becomes her eighth single to crack the Top 5. Only "Paparazzi" (#6) and "Judas" (#10) charted lower.
And let's face it — while I liked "Judas" at first, it's kind of a dud when compared to some of the hotter tracks from Born This Way (like "Marry The Night" and "Electric Chapel"). That broad needs to step away from the bong and start making better single choices.
Enrique Iglesias' new single "Dirty Dancer" debuts one notch above "Born This Way," at #18 (credit his performance on last week's American Idol results show).
Meanwhile, the True Talent From Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland cracks the Top 30 with her Lil Wayne-assisted single "Motivation." It's at #26, while Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)" continues its disastrous plummet, this week from #65 to #76.
Jordin Sparks also performed on Idol last week, and her new single "I Am Woman" debuts at #82. Enjoy it, darlin', because it's pretty much off to the stripper pole in Victorville once you're dropped from the label by Christmas.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele*2 weeks* 2. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 3. "The Edge Of Glory"- Lady Gaga *new* 4. "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer 5. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 6. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 7. "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars 8. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears 9. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 10. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent
All seems right in the world now that Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" has finally topped the Billboard Hot 100. I'm not saying I'm a massive Adele stan or that I don't have my moments where I'm completely sick of hearing "Rolling In The Deep." But it just feels like a song that should be a #1 hit. And given that it was released back in December, it sure took its time getting there.
Believe it or not, "Rolling In The Deep" actually only peaked at #2 in the UK, despite the fact that the song's parent album 21 has been #1 for 14 of its 15 weeks on the chart in Adele's home country. Here in the U.S., 21 is the top album for a seventh non-consecutive week.
Further down, Lady Antebellum's "Just A Kiss" debuts at #7. I have a total weak spot for Lady A these days, I'm afraid. I think I played their new single about 15 times in a row the day it came out. Call me a sucker for a good old-fashioned, well-structured ballad.
Outside of the Top 10, David Guetta, Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj's "Where Dem Girls At" debuts at #14 while Lady Gaga's "Judas" rebounds (thanks to the video's premiere) and moves up one position to #19. She's set to perform that hot trash on American Idol tonight.
Meanwhile, Kelly Rowland's "Motivation" climbs up to #31, i.e. two notches higher on the chart than Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)" made it to. Once again, Kelendria proves who the REAL talent in Destiny's Child was.
In it's third week on the Hot 100, Beyonce's MEGA-FLOP single is down to #65.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele*1 week* 2. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 3. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 4. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 5. "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars 6. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears 7. "Just A Kiss"- Lady Antebellum *new* 8. "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer 9. "S&M" - Rihanna feat. Britney Spears 10. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Exactly two months after the single first arrived, Britney Spears'"Till The World Ends" gets a major push up the Billboard Hot 100 (to #3) thanks to the new remix featuring Wigney's upcoming tourmate Nicki Minaj and the song's co-writer Ke$ha. The last Britney single to peak at #3 on the chart was "Circus." This now gives her three Top 5 hits in a row, following "Hold It Against Me" and "3."
Don't expect The Wig's latest to stick around too long, though — the novelty of the remix appears to have been fleeting, as it's already dropped to #20 on iTunes. The original version of "Till The World Ends" is at #36 on the digital store's chart.
Likewise, it's odd that Billboard even credits Britney this week on Rihanna's "S&M" (#6), since that remix has plummeted to #152 on iTunes. (RiRi's Loud version is hanging in there at #18).
But let's focus on the two high profile singles that have dropped faster than an 17-year-old hooker's panties at R. Kelly's mansion: Lady Gaga's "Judas" and Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)." Gaga's latest has steadily tumbled, from #10 to #12 to, now, #20. At least she has this week's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the premiere of the music video tonight to rely on (not to mention upcoming performances on the American Idol and Saturday Night Live finales).
Meanwhile, House Of Dereon's Main Wig has yet to premiere her video for "Run The World." But let's face it — that song sucks dry weave dust, hence its plunge from #33 to #48.
On the flip side, Kelly Rowland, the TRUE talent from Destiny's Child, climbs 11 positions to #43 with "Motivation." Finally, a little justice comes along to put Beyonce in her place.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West*5 weeks* 2. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele 3. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears feat. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha 4. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 5. "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars 6. "S&M" - Rihanna feat. Britney Spears 7. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 8. "Blow"-Ke$ha 9. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent 10. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Following the pattern of her previous single "Firework,"Katy Perry's "E.T." returns to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth non-consecutive week after a brief chart-topping interruption last week by Rihanna and Britney Spears' remix of "S&M."
Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" was performed by American Idol contestant Haley Reinhart last week to rather positive effect; the hopeful crooner managed to survive another week on the show, and Adele's single climbs to a new high of #2, matching its UK peak position. Likewise, Adele's 21 ballad "Turning Tables" debuts at #63 after a performance of it by Gwyneth Paltrow on Glee.
Two other artists from across the pond make slight advances this week on the Hot 100: Tinie Tempah is up one position to #13 with "Written In The Stars" while Jessie J's "Price Tag" also climbs one to #23.
This brings us to Beyonce's depressing (by her standards) debut at #33 with "Run The World (Girls)." The single went on sale at iTunes late last week and sold 77,000 downloads by Sunday evening. By comparison, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sold 448,000 downloads between its Friday release day and the following Sunday in February, and it debuted at #1.
Granted, Lady Gaga is the hot new pop broad on the block. But by that token, Britney Spears moved 411,000 copies of "Hold It Against Me" in its first week of release in January. That single also debuted at #1.
Two weeks ago Gaga's second Born This Way single "Judas" entered the chart at #10 after initially selling 162,000 in only two-and-a-half days.
I guess what I'm saying is this: Beyonce, girl, time to get a new weave.
On a related note, Kelly Rowland's Jim Jonsin-produced "Motivation" moves up one to #54, proving that the Real Talent From Destiny's Child is back to reclaim her wig.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West*4 weeks* 2. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele 3. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 4. "S&M" - Rihanna feat. Britney Spears 5. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent 6. "The Lazy Song"- Bruno Mars 7. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 8. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 9. "Blow"-Ke$ha 10. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green
After previously reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 then falling down the chart a bit, The Chanting Wig's second Femme Fatale single "Till The World Ends" gets a major boost following its music video premiere, and hops from #13 to #8.
To date, The Chanting Wig has never had a single peak at #8 on the Hot 100, so we'll just have to wait and see if "Till The World Ends" becomes the first. For this week at least, her appearance on a new remix of Rihanna's current #2 single "S&M" seems to be stealing all the thunder.
The Chanting Wig should just be thankful that "Till The World Ends" is actually climbing the chart, as opposed to "Hold It Against Me," which debuted at #1 then steadily plummeted after a lone week on top.
Over on the Top 200, Rolling Stone cover girlAdele returns to #1 with 21 for a fourth non-consecutive week as it becomes the first album to sell one million copies this year. This pushes The Chanting Wig's Femme Fatale down to #2.
Other than that, it's a fairly lackluster week. So my wig is off to chant in the shower.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West*3 weeks* 2. "S&M" - Rihanna 3. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 4. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 5. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga 6. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent 7. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 8. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears 9. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 10. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele
Katy Perry's "E.T." now has a second week on top of the Billboard Hot 100, thus giving her four consecutive singles that have spent at least two or more weeks at #1. (Songs that have spent a lone week on top of the chart over the past year include Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow," Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me,"Rihanna's "Only Girl (In The World),"Pink's "Raise Your Glass,"Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" and Eminem's "Not Afraid.")
Further down, Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" climbs to #10 and marks not only her first U.S. Top 10 hit single, but the first song by a UK artist to crack the Top 10 in 2011.
That brings us to the other big news of the week, which is Britney's Femme Fatale debuting at #1 on the Top 200 album chart. It's her sixth album to reach the top, but at 276,000 copies moved, it's also her lowest first-week showing since her debut ...Baby One More Time sold 121,000 out of the gate in 1999.
Still, at 29, The Weave Warrior is the youngest artist to have six #1 albums spanning across three decades. Back on the Hot 100, "Till The World Ends" climbs from #22 to #13 in its fifth week on the chart while "I Wanna Go" debuts at #73. This seems like a special enough occasion for her to pull out the pink wig from her shaved head period, no? God, I really miss that thing...
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West*2 weeks* 2. "S&M" - Rihanna 3. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 4. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 5. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga 6. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 7. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent 8. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 9. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 10. "Rolling In The Deep"- Adele
Katy Perry's "E.T." jumps to #1 on the Hot 100 this week, thus becoming her fourth consecutive chart-topping single off Teenage Dream, and fifth song to reach the peak on the chart overall. (Yes, folks, Katy Perry has had more #1s than Lady Gaga. And Pink. And Britney Spears.)
"E.T." also gives Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin an 11th chart-topping hit in the U.S., and his first since Weaveney's "Hold It Against Me"debuted at #1 in January. Katy's latest addictive slice of trash was co-produced by Dr. Luke and Ammo, and one can't help but wonder if Max and Luke have reached the point of complete over-saturation in the pop market at this point? You really can't throw a wadded up gum wrapper at the chart without hitting a "Raise Your Glass" here, a "Dynamite" there or a "Price Tag" up Jessie J's thong.
Oh, well, speaking of Wigney, Dr. Luke and Max Martin, "Till The World Ends" makes a slight rebound and moves up one position to #22 in its third week on the Hot 100. And outside the Top 40, soul legend Rebecca Black climbs from #72 to #58 with her instant funk classic "Friday."
Over on the Top 200 album chart, Duran Duran's All You Need Is Now re-enters at #29 after the release of the physical CD, and marks the British band's highest-charting album since Astronaut reached #17 in 2004.
1. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West*1 week* 2. "S&M" - Rihanna 3. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 4. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga 5. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 6. "No Sleep" - Wiz Khalifa *new* 7. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 8. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 9. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent 10. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
While Lady Gaga notches a sixth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Born This Way," poor Weaveney Spears sees her single "Till The World Ends" drop from #9 to #23 in only its third week on the chart, following the leak of her album Femme Fatale.
Said album will finally have its official release this coming Tuesday, and it will be interesting to see how many Britney stans actually cough up the cash to buy (remember that word, chyldren?) the record, rather than just settle for their illegally-downloaded version.
"Loser Like Me," a Max Martin-co-written original song from Glee, enters the Hot 100 at #6. Pretty impressive this week, but like The Wig's jam, it'll drop faster than a three-dollar hooker in the presence of an oil tycoon with a bulging wallet and a loose zipper at a bachelor party in Vegas.
Elsewhere, Chris Brown weasels his way into the Top 10 for the first time in three years with "Look At Me Now" (#8). And speaking of stans, I remember stanning hard for "Forever," Breezy's last big hit. Too bad his latest antics (a violent offstage freak-out Tuesday at Good Morning America) further cement his douchebag status. And is anyone else irked to no end that his just-released album F.A.M.E. is going to be #1 next week (with possibly over 250,000 copies sold), according to Billboard?
Selene Gomez debuts down at #24 on the Hot 100 with new single "Who Says," which ties with "Round & Round" for her peak chart position. Still, neither of those so-so offerings stack up to her ultimate jam, "Naturally," in my book.
On a final note, soul goddess Rebecca Black (who Lady Gaga calls a "genius") debuts at #72 with her touching ode to the best day of the week, "Friday." Although, that's not true—Saturday's pretty good, too. Rebecca Black...YOU WHORE!!!!
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*6 weeks* 2. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 3. "S&M" - Rihanna 4. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 5. "Just Can't Get Enough"- The Black Eyed Peas 6. "Loser Like Me" - Glee Cast *new* 7. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 8. "Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown featt. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes 9. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 10. "Down On Me"- Jeremih feat. 50 Cent
Soulful vocal powerhouse Weaveney Spears is probably taking her wig off and hoisting it up on a pole in celebration today, as her latest single "Till The World Ends" has jumped from #20 to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and become her tenth Top 10 jam in the States.
That said, "Till The World Ends" has slid down the iTunes chart since her album Femme Fatale leaked last Friday, so The Wig had better enjoy her stay in the upper reaches of the chart while she can. Spearsney's singles that have peaked at #9 include "Oops!...I Did It Again" and "Toxic."
Have to cut it short there. I'm in Austin for SXSW, to do up the Idolator Pray For Pop party. Catch you tomorrow.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*5 weeks* 2. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 3. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 4. "S&M" - Rihanna 5. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 6. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 7. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 8. "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 9. "Till The World Ends"- Britney Spears 10. "Blow"- Ke$ha
This week The Voice (aka Ke$ha) climbs to #7 with "Blow," a song that, as pointed out before, took six people to write and four to produce. Yes, it's that intricate. This now gives K-dolla her sixth Top 10 hit in a row (not counting that "My First Kiss" trash she did with 3OH!3).
But lest you think that's Ke$ha's only triumph on the chart this week, think again! Yes, the Classy Empress Of Pop also had the honor of co-writing Britney Spears' second Femme Fatale single "Till The World Ends," which debuts at #20 on the strength of 117,000 paid downloads over three days (and becomes her 15th Top 20 hit). Meanwhile, Weaveney's "Hold It Against Me" is still hanging in their at #16 in its eighth week. Those two songs were my jams when I was back in Pennsylvania last week.
Elsewhere, Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" falls from its peak position (so far) of #13 to #18, while her sophomore LP 21 is #1 for a second week on the Top 200 album chart.
And waaaaay down at #99 comes the debut of Willow Smith's "21st Century Girl." Cute video, but I'm having a hard time believing radio is going to warm to this song.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*4 weeks* 2. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 3. "S&M" - Rihanna 4. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 5. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull 6. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 7. "Blow"- Ke$ha 8. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 9. "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 10. ""Firework" - Katy Perry
Pop Kyds, there once was a dark and loathsome time, many, many moons ago, when Jennifer Lopez employed her tenuous voice to chirp out flimsy tunes that would fly to the upper reaches of the chart—garbage like "Jenny From The Block," "Love Don't Cost A Thing" and "I'm Real." On occasion some rent-a-rapper was Scotch-taped onto the trash to make J.Lo's treacle more attractive to the chyldryn.
But in the year of our Pop Lord 2000 and 5, a giant flapping bird named Mimi and a horrendous vulture called Madge—both of whom had been exiled to the Island Of Flop Divas for a spell—returned home. Mimi tended to her nest, bumping all the other whores who dared sit in it while she was gone over the edge, to plummet to their death. Madge picked at their flesh with her evil beak, desperately searching for any usable scraps with which she could fashion something fancy for herself.
While she floundered in Hell, she occasionally dragged others' careers into the gutter with her—Jane Fonda here, Marc Anthony there. As for Matthew McConaughey, well, he was already in Hell, chyldryn.
But something happened—some calamitous collision of forces and alignment of dark stars—and The Lopez was ironically granted a position by which she could now judge the talent of others on a television show called Republican Network Singing Kids You Vote For To Make The Bland Shit You Are Too Cheap To Buy Anyway.
Eventually, Lady Gaga dispatched her most powerful warrior RedOne to breathe new life into The Lopez, so that she could have someone awful to stand next to on the Planet Of Pop, someone to make Gaga herself look better by comparison.
And that, Chyldryn, is how "On The Floor" debuted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, and became her first Top 10 hit in eight years. Resist, if you must. But Fate is undeniable.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*3 weeks* 2. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 3. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 4. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 5. "S&M" - Rihanna 6. "Firework" - Katy Perry 7. "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 8. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West 9. "On The Floor"- Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull *new* 10. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey
In this week's upper tier of the Billboard Hot 100, there are three songs produced by Stargate ("Firework," "S&M," "Black And Yellow"), three with the word "fuck" in the title ("Fuck You," "Fuckin' Perfect," "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)," two co-written by Bruno Mars ("Fuck You," "Grenade"), two containing the word "lesbian" in the lyrics ("Born This Way," "Black And Yellow"), one with "transgendered" in the lyrics ("Born This Way") and one with the word "faggots"("I Need A Doctor").
That's a shame about Dr. Dre's "I Need A Doctor," because I truly love Skylar Grey's haunting chorus on the single. And I've really come around to Eminem, who, after a seemingly hostile-toward-the-gays start, has said he has no problem with gay marriage and is besties with Elton John (did you catch Sir Elt's Rolling Stone cover story a few weeks back? Traaaaaashy—though read the whole thing if you get a chance. Good stuff.)
But it's Dre himself who drops the F-bomb in "I Need A Doctor" when he raps, "When the chips were down you just laughed at us, now you about to feel the fuckin' wrath of Aftermath, faggots." Okay, so the good (?) doctor is using the term in a general sense, targeting all the fair-weather MCs who turned their backs on him when he took a chance mentoring young white rapper Em. But still—faggots. It's 2011. Really?
Wonder what gay rights activist Lady Gaga, who has her own brand of headphones under Dre's "Beats By Dr. Dre" line, thinks? Maybe we're just not supposed to talk about it...
Elsewhere, Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" drops out of the Top 10 and lands at #11 in its sixth week on the chart, while Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" finally cracks the Top 40 by jumping 15 positions to #26. Previously the British singer reached #21 with her 2008 single "Chasing Pavements."
Meanwhile, Adele's 21 was released in the States this week, and is on track to debut at #1 on the next Top 200 album chart. Bet you won't catch her using "faggots" in a song.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*2 weeks* 2. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 3. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 4. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey 5. "Firework" - Katy Perry 6. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 7. "S&M" - Rihanna 8. "Never Say Never" - Justin Bieber feat. Jaden Smith 9. "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 10. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
*Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" has debuted at #1 * "Born This Way" is the 1000th single to top the Hot 100 * The first #1 on the Hot 100: Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool," in 1958 * This is is Gaga's third single to top the Hot 100 * "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" were the other two * "Born This Way" sold 448,000 downloads between last Friday and Sunday * It's now the fourth-best debut sales week ever for a digital single * It also marks the best opening sales week for a female artist * It's the first #1 containing words "drag," "gay," "lesbian" & "transgendered" * "Born This Way" is the 19th single to debut at #1
Billboard also points out another chart achievement this week: the cast of Glee has notched a grand total of 113 song entries on the Hot 100 to date, which now surpasses the record 108 by Elvis Presley.
That's great and all, but the publication clearly overlooked the MAIN triumph on the new chart: all three current hits with the word "fuck" in the title—Pink's "Fuckin' Perfect," Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" and Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You"—are finally in the Top 10 together (now that Cee Lo's had a Grammys-fueled rebound).
And, even better, all three songs are stacked on top of each other at #5 through #7. So it's like they're—well, you know...
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga*new**1 week* 2. "Firework" - Katy Perry 3. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 4. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa 5. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 6. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 7. "Fuck You" - Cee Lo Green 8. "S&M" - Rihanna 9. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas 10. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
Thank Christ it wasn't something trashy like Pitbull's "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)." The full Hot 100 will be published tomorrow.
"Born This Way" makes Lady Gaga's third #1 single (after "Just Dance" and "Poker Face"), and the 1000th different single to top the Hot 100 since the chart began in August 1958.
Billboard has compiled a chronological list of every #1 in Hot 100 history. Get it here.
After only two full days on sale (Friday through Sunday) before Billboard's cut-off for compiling chart data, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" single is set to crash into the #1 position on the Hot 100 this Thursday, reports the publication. And it just happens to be week that will mark the 1000th single to land at the top.
Billboard says "Born This Way" may wind up with a total number of digital downloads sold somewhere around 450,000, which would put Gaga in fourth place for best debut weeks (behind two Flo Rida singles and the Black Eyed Peas' atrocious "Boom Boom Pow"), and first among female artists (Fergie, you see, is clearly not female). Again, this comes after "Born This Way" was only on sale for two days.
It will also mark only the 19th time in the Hot 100's history that a single has debuted at #1. Meanwhile, "Born This Way" has entered Billboard's Pop Songs roundup—which tracks radio play—at #14, making it the second-highest debut in the chart's 18-year history (behind Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover").
Well, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost the Super Bowl, but at least fans of the team waved their Terrible Towels high with one hand as they downloaded Wiz Khalifa's hometown football anthem "Black And Yellow" from iTunes with the other. The Stargate-produced hip hop jam finally climbs to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its 18th week on the chart.
Debuting at #5 is Dr. Dre—who apparently has been more content to live high on his mountain of cash and develop a line of headphones over the past decade than make music under his own name—with "I Need A Doctor." Grammy-nominated British producer Alex Da Kid (check out my interview with him) worked on Dre's track, so its no surprise that Alex's protege Skylar Grey appears on it (not to mention Dre's own protege Eminem).
This brings us to Rihanna's "S&M," which jumps from #66 to #31 after last week's premiere of the song's ho-hum video. Replacing RiRi at #66 is Ke$ha with "Blow," her second single off Cannibal. And two positions above her is Adele's "Rolling In The Deep."
A bit further down, Jessie J's "Price Tag"—this week's UK chart-topper—debuts at #88. Kind of a blase week. But at least, as mentioned yesterday, Pink's Greatest Hits...So Far!!! has finally jumped into the Top 10 on the album chart after three months.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa*1 week* 2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars 3. "Firework" - Katy Perry 4. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 5. "I Need A Doctor"- Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey *new* 6. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 7. "Rocketeer" - Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder 8. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake 9. "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" - Pitbull feat. T-Pain 10. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
Almost three months to the day since it was released, Pink's Greatest Hits...So Far!!! has finally cracked the Top 10 of Billboard's Top 200 album chart. The publication reports today that the collection of brawlin' pop jams has climbed to #9 on the new chart, which will be officially published tomorrow.
Last week Pink's second single off the album, "Fuckin' Perfect,"moved up to #2 on the Hot 100. Here's hoping "Heartbreak Down" (a far better song, in my opinion) gets the same love—if it even gets a full-on single release.
Well, Pink might be preggers, but that isn't keeping pop's toughest broad from fighting her way up the charts. "Fuckin' Perfect" becomes her 11th Top 10 hit in the U.S. this week (not counting the atrocity that was "We Are The World 25") as it jumps nine positions to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's also her fifth Max Martin-produced single in a row to crack the Top 10.
Over on the Top 200 album chart, Pink's Greatest Hits...So Far!!! climbs to a new peak position of #11.
"Fuckin' Perfect" has the good fortune to be accompanied by a powerful—if not a bit graphic—music video. Meanwhile, Rihanna attempted a shocking video with "S&M," and it did apparently get banned in 11 countries. But overall the clip just comes across like something we've seen time and time again—and it's been done way better by others. "S&M" moves up from #90 to #66.
Elsewhere, Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" slides up 15 positions to #69. That's always been a good number in my book, and I'm sure in Adele's, too. Unless, of course, it ends up being Rihanna's three-foot-high red afro between her thighs, holding a riding crop. In which case I'd tell her to go chase pavements.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars*4 weeks* 2. "Fuckin' Perfect" - Pink 3. "Firework" - Katy Perry 4. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa 5. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 6. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake 7. "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" - Pitbull feat. T-Pain 8. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears 9. "Rocketeer" - Far East Movement feat. Ryan Tedder 10. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha
Now that the frenzy over Britney Spears' new-ish single "Hold It Against Me" has blown over, the Dr. Luke/Max Martin dance-pop jam winds up being unable to sustain a lengthy stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and thus plunges to #6 like a scrawny one-eyed whore who just spotted a nickel on the ground in the alleyway behind Rite-Aid on a Sunday morning. This past weekend "Hold It Against Me" debuted at #6 on the UK chart.
Elsewhere, Enrique Iglesias' sex jam "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" inches up to #4, matching the peak of his 2010 hit "I Like It." And just outside the Top 10, Pink's "Fuckin' Perfect" hops from #30 to #11 thanks to the premiere of the somewhat graphic music video.
I love it when inspirational songs have "fuck" in the title and blood on the wall.
Another chica who takes a tumble on the chart this week is Avril Lavigne, who's "What The Hell" drops from #13 to #31. I don't really know what else to say about that song other than it's paper-thin and simply not that memorable. Like, I never find myself thinking, I really need to hear that song...now!
On a final note, Adele's "Rolling In The Deep"—a #2 single in the UK this week—climbs from #97 to #84.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars*3 weeks* 2. "Firework" - Katy Perry 3. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa 4. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"- Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris & DJ Frank E 5. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake 6. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears 7. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha 8. "Raise Your Glass" - Pink 9. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas 10. "Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" - Pitbull feat. T-Pain
