Katy Perry‘s 2020 album, ‘Smile’ (and its singles), may be ranked her worst commercial performers to date among her major label offerings, but the diva still managed to land in history books at multiple junctures throughout the year thanks to the ongoing love affair with her earlier work.

After watching her 2010 single, ‘Firework,’ shoot to 12x Platinum status with the RIAA in August, she learned shortly after the song sits in history books for being the highest certified single by a female artist ever.  What’s more, its parent album – ‘Teenage Dream’ – bested King of Pop Michael Jackson‘s ‘Thriller’ to become the most certified era of any artist in history.

With RIAA record books rocked and the Hot 100 impacted by her induction into the elusive club of ‘female singers with a top 40 hit in three or more decades’ thanks to single, ‘Daisies,’ rise to #40 (as we reported here), 2020 was a fairly history-making year for Perry.

Now, thanks to YouTube, she’s adding yet another impressive stat to the pile.

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Sam Smith is leaving no stone unturned in promotion of their long-awaited, October 30-released third album ‘Love Goes’ (click here to stream).

In addition to recently rocking the BBC 1 Live Lounge with a stunning rendition of one of the project’s singles, ‘Diamonds’ (as we reported here), the GRAMMY winner’s brought the tune to both sides of the pond – shining on BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ eTalk’s ‘Open House’ (iHeart Radio), and ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’

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John Legend and Lady Gaga were the talent selected to rock Joe Biden‘s final political rally ahead of 2020 election night.

Shot live in Pennsylvania Monday night (November 2), the chart-topping pair took to the stage to each perform two of their most inspiring hits.

For Legend, he rendered stirring rendition of his Oscar Award-winning hit, ‘Glory’ (alongside rapper Common), before launching into his single ‘Never Break’ (found aboard his latest album ‘Bigger Love’).  Elsewhere, Gaga turned to her Oscar award-winning hit, ‘Shallow,’ to energize the crowd before launching into her 2011 ‘Born This Way’ hit, ‘You & I.’

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Jeannie Mai is ‘heartbroken‘  after being forced to quit the hit show ‘Dancing With The Stars’.

Citing pressing health concerns as the reason for her departure, find out what The Real co-host had to say about the unfortunate matter…

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As he continues to win over new fans with ‘The Kinection,’ his first album in six years (click here to stream), Omarion is out to give undecided record buyers reasons to give his new LP a spin.

His latest bid comes in the form of the music video for ‘Do You Well.’

Much like its predecessors, ‘Can You Hear Me?’ and ‘Involved’ (click here to watch), the Deji La Ray-directed clip sees O show off his fancy footwork during a complicated choreographed breakdown.

“You be callin’ me, girl, when you all by yourself / Sendin’ freaky pictures to my phone / Askin’ me to come and do you well, yeah / Ain’t no pressure, yeah, I’ll embrace ya, yeah / I come over, shock it like a taser, yeah / Bend it forward, yeah, buss at no one, yeah / Girl, you know that I’ma do you well,” O croons on the Smash David-produced tune’s chorus.

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Rapper-actress turned talk show hostess Eve is pressing pause on her stint on CBS’ hit talk show, ‘The Talk,’ after four seasons.

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Drake’s ‘Take Care‘ may have been released way back in 2011, but that hasn’t stopped the album from enjoying continued success on the Billboard.

And while many of his fans go back and fourth between ‘Take Care’ and ‘Nothing Was The Same‘ being the defining record of his career, the former LP may have the edge in light of a new milestone it’s crossed.

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Saweetie is making room on her wall for yet another plaque from the Recording Industry Association of America – all ahead of her debut album.

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Ty Dolla $ign has a reason to celebrate this week.

The rapper scored his first Top 5 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his latest release, ‘Featuring Ty Dolla $ign.’ 

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Lil Nas X fans may not have to wait long for new music.

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With just a day to go before before the US Presidential Election, Beyonce is making her position clear while encouraging the masses to do the same to.

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Thanks to the impressive debut of Ariana Grande‘s latest single, ‘Positions,’ the GRAMMY winner finds herself in a familiar position:  Hot 100 history books.

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