Lady Gaga Claims 1,000th Hot 100 No. 1
Jason
…as if the egg (vessel) entrance wasn’t enough.
By storming the Billboard Hot 100 song chart at No. 1, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” makes history as the 1,000th leading song in the list’s 52-year history.
Fittingly for such a milestone, the first single and title track from Lady Gaga’s third album, due May 23, arrives in record-breaking fashion.
On Radio Songs, the Hot 100’s airplay component chart, “Born This Way” begins at No. 6 with a first-week audience of 78.5 million. That’s the highest bow and largest opening airplay figure for a song since the tally began incorporating all radio formats in December 1998.
The arrival of “Born This Way” bests the previous debut record on Radio Songs, set when Janet Jackson’s “All for You” soared in at No. 9 with 70 million in 2001.
With opening-week digital sales of 448,000, “Born This Way” likewise breaks barriers with the largest debut sum for a female artist. Britney Spears established the prior mark four weeks ago upon, the arrival of “Hold It Against Me” (411,000).
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