Katy Perry zooms past Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga to set a new record
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Katy Perry has gone where no other act has gone: As “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” rises to the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 chart, her album “Teenage Dream” becomes the only album in the chart’s 19-year-history to feature five No. 1s.
“Last Friday Night” follows “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg, “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” and “E.T.” featuring Kayne West to the top, according to Billboard.
She surpasses Justin Timberlake’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds” and Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” both of which took four songs to the top of the Mainstream Top 40 chart.
“Last Friday Night” also set a record for the most weekly plays in the chart’s history, zooming past the previous record holder, her own “E.T.” That makes it a pretty good week for Perry, who also appears in the new "Smurfs" movie, which kicked Smurf butt at the box office this weekend.
Of course the real record that Perry is going for is to go to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. In doing so, “Teenage Dream” would join Michael Jackson’s “Bad” as the only two albums in the Hot 100’s 53-year history to produce five charttoppers. If that happens, we can be assured that we’ll see another single from “Teenage Dream” in an effort to break the tie.
UPDATE: Perry has now also set the same record on Billboard's Pop Songs chart as "Last Friday Night" assumes the summit there as well.
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August 2, 2011 at 3:03AM EST Reply to CommentI'm sick of Katy Perry! Just fall in a hole bitch!
GaGas_little_monster Me too she's such a copier (^^^ ) paws up
August 2, 2011 at 6:37AM ESTFREE B*CH BABY!
August 2, 2011 at 9:07AM EST Reply to Commenti hate perry :/ such a copycat whore little monstre forever <3
mike
August 2, 2011 at 12:47PM EST Reply to Commenti love when lady gaga fans accuse other artists of ripping of their beloved clown...ummm newsflash little turdheads .. ur mother munster has so far made a career off copying others...i cant think of one thing it has done that is anywhere near original ... but her fans wouldnt know that...theyre just as clueless .. PAWS UP ...lame
jess Good one :)
August 2, 2011 at 12:50PM ESTnick u said it best!
August 2, 2011 at 1:21PM ESTtracksone I love when Katy Perry fans think she is the one to deserve all this recognition. It's her writers and music producers that created these really cool songs, Katy was nothing more than a semi-average voice behind autotone where is the only place she sounds half-way decent.
August 2, 2011 at 1:25PM ESTNo, you need to credit where it's due. Katy had very little influence in the making of her album. Her co-writers credits are just a formality they give to every singer no matter how little they contributed. And if you ever go see her live expect nothing but a mediocre performance as any top 10 American Idol finalist can belt out a much better voice than her.
Just sayin.
@mike You do know all great artist steal right? Isn't that the ol' saying. Beyond what Gaga takes from the old and reinnovates it to new she doesn't blatantly copy others. If you can name a very specific thing I will give you more crediability but I doubt you will be able to. Have a nice day.
August 2, 2011 at 4:03PM ESTlol wow
August 2, 2011 at 1:50PM EST Reply to Commenttracksone reply completely nailed it, i do like katy, gaga, and justin though. but yeah katy was just lucky she had such support backing her and you can tell that both gaga and justin is way more talented because of they things they do on their own