By Lauren
3 Debuts at #1!!!
Posted under Blog, Music on October 14, 2009
From Billboard:
Britney Spears becomes the first artist in over three years to debut at
No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, to be released tomorrow (Oct. 15), as
"3" opens at the pinnacle of the chart. Her new track, a racy paean to
the joys of three-way sex from the upcoming hits set "The Singles
Collection," due Nov. 24, shifts 255,000 downloads in its first week of
release, also propelling it to No. 1 on Digital Songs. The title also
jumps 38-25 on the Pop Songs chart and debuts at No. 49 on Radio
Songs/Hot 100 Airplay, which ranks songs based on airplay audience on
all radio formats.
"3"
is the first title to debut at No. 1 since Taylor Hicks' "American
Idol" victory song "Do I Make You Proud" did so on the chart dated July
1, 2006. In fact, the last four songs to open at No. 1 were all
"American Idol"-related. Prior to Hicks, Carrie Underwood's "Inside
Your Heaven" (July 2, 2005), "I Believe" by Fantasia (July 10, 2004)
and Clay Aiken's "This Is The Night" each debuted at No. 1. The last
non-"Idol" song to open at No. 1 was Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That
Thing)" on Nov. 14, 1998. "3" is Spears' third Hot 100 No. 1. Her debut
single "...Baby One More Time" spent two weeks at No. 1 in 1999 and
"Womanizer" spent a sole frame at the top, exactly one year ago this
week, on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2008.
martha said:
Oct 14
hahaha yeah!!!! that's britney for ya!!! britney i listened to your song about 10 times today in the car!!! you are a legend and icon! Don't let anyone ever tell you that you aren't talented!