It has certainly been Taylor Swift‘s week. For, not only did she see her name etched in history books for being the first female act to sell 1 million copies of a single album in one week twice, she has now notched her 56th (yes, you read that right) entry on Billboard’s Hot 100.
How, you ask? Well, with 4 top 10 singles from her most recent album ‘Red’ (‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’, ‘Red’, ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’, ‘Begin Again’), Swift just added 5 new titles to the Hot 100 – bringing her tally to 9 entries from one album simultaneously.
But, she’s not the only one celebrating this week. Ke$ha, Rihanna, and Chris Brown have all seen considerable gains on the singles front. Read about it all below:
Via Billboard:
Pop princesses Ke$ha and Rihanna have seen their respective singles ‘Die Young’ and ‘Diamonds’ shine on the charts, recently moving up into the top 5 (#4 and #5 respectively). Notching her 23rd top 10 single, the Barbadian beauty also celebrated tying Whitney Houston‘s top 10 chart run this week.
And, while the ladies are running the charts, crooners Ne-Yo and Chris Brown should not be counted out. Indeed, Brown notches his second top 10 from his latest set ‘Fortune’ with ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ (#10) – a song that has steadily moved up charts despite minimal recent promotion.
As Ne-Yo’s ‘Let Me Love You’ sits tight at #9, other notable moves are Alicia Keys’ ‘Girl On Fire’ blazing up from 47-28 and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Va Va Voom’ revving back up charts at #98.
But, it’s this week queen of charts Taylor Swift who has most reason to celebrate. For, with notching her 56th entry on Billboard’s Hot 100 this week (and 300k more sold of her ‘Red’ album), she ties Queen of Pop Madonna and legendary R&B vocalist Dionne Warwick for females with most Hot 100 chart appearances.
Madonna, however, still reigns as the queen of Billboard’s top 10, with 38 to her name, Madge has more top 10 singles than any artist in Billboard history – including Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Elvis Presley.
See this week’s top 10 below (# in parenthesis indicates last week’s position):
1. (1) Maroon 5: ‘One More Night’
2. (2) Psy: ‘Gangnam Style’
3. (3) fun.: ‘Some Nights’
4. (5) Ke$ha: ‘Die Young’
5. (8) Rihanna: ‘Diamonds’
6. (6) Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean: ‘As Long as You Love Me’
7. (15) Bruno Mars: ‘Locked Out of Heaven’
8. (7) Alex Clare: ‘Too Close’
9. (9) Ne-Yo: ‘Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)’
10. (11) Chris Brown: ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’
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