Love her or hate her, there’s no denying Katy Perry’s status as this generation’s single’s Queen.
For today, adding to the 6 US #1s she already has under her belt, her new single ‘Part Of Me’ has topped the Billboard Hot 100,
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Following her rendition of the track at the 54th Annual Grammys, the single marks yet another smash hit for the star, lifted from her upcoming LP ‘Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection‘.
This, serving as the deluxe edition of 2010’s ‘Teenage Dream’ which spawned 5 #1 singles, which include ‘Last Friday Night’, and ‘California Girls‘, which both saw Perry match Michael Jackson’s record for having five singles from the same LP, ‘Bad‘, top the chart.
In other chart news, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships‘ debuts at #9 while Chris Brown‘s ‘Turn Up The Music’ storms the digital chart at #9.
Unfortunately for Madonna, ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’ drops 29 places to #39 while Adele enjoys 3 songs in the top ten, making her the first female ever to have three numbers in the Hot 100’s top 10 concurrently as a lead artist.
Note : #1s from ‘Dream’s deluxe edition will not count towards Perry’s current record.