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Monday, January 24, 2011

Britney tops US chart in week one


After a long time pop star Britney gets into her way. She tops charts in 16 countries with "Hold It Against Me." ... time) at the top of the iTunes charts in 16 countries. The album  holds the record on its arrival just nearly in a week .It has made her the second artist in the US chart's 52-year history to have more than one single top the chart in its opening week and just the 18th song to debut at No. 1 since the Billboard Hot 100 began in1958.Another pop star Marria Carey got this record for the first time in 1995. By the way ,this is not the first time for britney. She got this record for four times before.

Billboard reports the following:

“The first single from Spears’ forthcoming ninth album storms the survey at No. 16 with 4,071 plays, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart’s 18-year history.“‘Hold It Against Me’ also ties Madonna’s ‘Frozen’ (No. 16, March 7, 1998) for second-highest launch in the list’s archives. Only Mariah Carey’s ‘Dreamlover’ began at a higher rank, having rocketed in at No. 12 the week of Aug. 14, 1993.”

It becomes  Britney's fourth chart-topper, following “…Baby One More Time” (1999), “Womanizer” (2008) and “3″ (2009). “Seriously, I have the best fans ever,” Spears tweeted after the single leaked .She added..“I love you all so much!! Everything I do is for you! xoxo Brit,”












In 2009, her allbum "Track Three" also claimed the top spot in the first week. But, this album  gets more success than the previous one. The album ets huge responce over internet. Over 411 thousand was sold in the first week from itunes and some other sites. This happens for the foirst time for any singer . Before this,Taylor Swift held the record for her album "Speak Now" ,sold 320 thousand over internet.

A little question for you. Do you think “Hold It Against Me” a worthy single to top the chart?


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