Katy Perry Breaks Records while Jay Z & Kanye bow Big on the Charts

Katy Perry has finally out done Madonna, Whitney, Celine and Janet in the record books. She just landed her fifth # 1 single from her Teenage Dream album with “Last Friday Night”. Bolstered by a ridiculously huge amount of airplay and added sales from a remix by Missy Elliott, the song makes it five in a row for Perry as she becomes the first female artist and second singer in history to land five # 1′s on the Hot 100 from a single album. She follows Michael Jackson who did it with his Bad album and the chart toppers “Bad”, “The Way You Make Me Feel”, “Dirty Diana” Man in the Mirror” and “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” with Siedah Garrett. Katy’s chart leaders were “California Gurls” with Snoop Dogg, “Teenage Dream”, “Firework”, “E.T.” with Kanye West and now “Last Friday Night”. Congrats Katy! … In case you’re wondering the artists with four # 1′s from one album are Whitney Houston (Whtiney), George Michael (Faith), Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation 1814), Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey) and Paula Abdul (Forever Your Girl)… Madonna has had three chart toppers from an album, True Blue, while Celine has actually never had more than one # 1 single per album strangely enough. For more on the singles and Katy’s record head to Billboard here. And check out the new top ten below.

Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten Singles:
1. “Last Friday Night”- Katy Perry (last week~ 2)
2. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw~ 1)
3. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera (lw~8)
4. “Super Bass”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 5)
5. “Lighters”- Bad Meets Evil w/Bruno Mars (lw~ 5)
6. “How to Love”- Lil Wayne (lw~ 6)
7. “Give Me Everything Tonight”- Pitbull w/NeYo, Nayer & Afrojack (lw~ 4)
8. “Pumped Up Kicks”- Foster the People (lw~ 13)
9. “I Wanna Go”- Britney Spears (lw~ 7)
10. “Good Life”- OneRepublic (lw~ 11)

Over on the Album chats, Jay Z & Kanye West make a huge debut on top with their collaboration album, Watch the Throne. It sold 436,000 copies for the second biggest bow of 2011 after Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. The rappers lead three other debuts in the top ten including country singer Luke Bryan who gets his biggest sales week ever with his latest, Tailgates & Tanlines, which also tops the Country charts. Check out the new top ten albums below.

Billboard 200 Top 10 Albums:
1. Watch the Throne- Jay Z & Kanye West (debut)
2. Tailgates & Tanlines- Luke Bryan (debut)
3. Now 39 Compilation- Various Artists (debut)
4. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
5. Chief- Eric Church (lw~ 2)
6. My Kinda Party- Jason Aldean (lw~ 6)
7. 4- Beyonce (lw~8)
8. Dream with Me- Jackie Evancho (lw~ 22)
9. Blood Sweat + Tears- Ace Hood (debut)
10. Kidz Bop 10- Various Artists (lw~ 7)

And here’s Katy Perry’s brand new # 1 single “Last Friday Night”. (Please enjoy the cameos by Debbie Gibson, Rebecca Black, Corey Feldman, Kevin McHale, Kenny G and more as well. High-larious)

In honor of his passing a year ago today~ Michael Jackson’s top 50 Hits

One year ago, we lost pop superstar Michael Jackson far too soon at the age of 50. This Grammy winning music icon produced so many hits he became the King of Pop and remains one of the most influential artists in rock and roll history. To celebrate his life and career, Billboard magazine has a special story on Michael’s legacy in their new issue here. They also count down his top 50 Greatest Hits, and I’ve got the list for you below. Also scroll down for a video of my favorite Jackson tune. We miss you Michael.

Billboard’s Top 50 Michael Jackson Hits:
50. “Looking Through the Windows” –Jackson 5 (peak position~ 16, 1972)
49. “Torture”- The Jacksons (# 17, 1984)
48. “Get it Together” –Jackson 5 (# 28, 1973)
47. “You Rock My World”- MJ (# 10, 2001~ his last top ten hit)
46. “Heartbreak Hotel” –The Jacksons (#22, 1981)
45. “Corner of the Sky”- The Jackson 5 (# 18, 1972)
44. “Little Bitty Pretty One”- The Jackson 5 (# 13, 1972)
43. “I Want to Be Where You Are”-MJ (#16. 1972)
42. “Butterflies”- MJ (# 14, 2002~ his last top 40 hit)
41. “I Am Love (pt. I & II)”- The Jackson 5 (# 15, 1975)
40. “Lovely One”- The Jacksons (# 12, 1980)
39. “Another Part of Me”-MJ (# 11, 1988)
38. “PYT”- MJ (# 10, 1983)
37. “Sugar Daddy”- The Jackson 5 (# 10, 1972)
36. “In the Closet”- MJ (# 6, 1992)
35. “Off the Wall”- MJ, (#10, 1980)
34. “She’s Out of My Life”- MJ (# 10, 1980)
33. “Scream/Childhood”- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson (# 5, 1995)
32. “Will You Be There”- MJ (# 7, 1993)
31. “Human Nature”- MJ (# 7, 1983)
30. “Smooth Criminal”- MJ (# 7, 1989)
29. “Mama’s Pearl”- The Jackson 5 (# 2, 1971)
28. “Thriller”- MJ (# 4, 1984)
27. “Enjoy Yourself”- The Jacksons (# 6, 1977)
26. “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)”- The Jacksons (# 7, 1979)
25. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”- MJ (# 5, 1983)
24. “Remember the Time”- MJ (# 3, 1992)
23. “State of Shock”- The Jacksons (# 3, 1984)
22. “You Are Not Alone”- MJ (# 1, 1995~ his last # 1 single and his 13th # 1 solo song)
21. “Ben”- MJ (# 1, 1972 ~ did you know it’s a love song about a rat?!)
20. “Never Can Say Goodbye”- The Jackson 5 (# 2, 1971)
19. “Rockin’ Robin”- MJ (# 2, 1972) … and this is my least fave song of his…
18. “Don’t Stop til you Get Enough”- MJ (# 1, 1979)
17. “Dirty Diana”- MJ (# 1, 1988)
16. “Got to Be There”- MJ (# 4, 1974)
15. “Bad”- MJ (# 1, 1987)
14. “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”- Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett (# 1, 1987)
13. “Black or White”- MJ (# 1, 1991~ it spent 7 weeks on top, tied for his longest reign)
12. “The Way You Make Me Feel”- MJ (# 1, 1988)
11. “The Love You Save/I Found the Girl” – The Jackson 5 (# 1, 1970)
10. “The Girl is Mine”- Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney (# 2, 1982)
9. “ABC”- The Jackson 5 (# 1, 1970)
8. “I Want You Back”- The Jackson 5 (# 1, 1970)
7. “Man in the Mirror”- MJ (# 1, 1988)
6. “Dancing Machine”- The Jackson 5 (# 2, 1974)
5. “Rock with You”- MJ (# 1, 1980)
4. “Beat It”- MJ (# 1, 1983)
3. “I’ll Be There”- The Jackson 5 (# 1, 1970)
2. “Billie Jean”- MJ (# 1, 1983~ tied for his longest reign on top with 7 weeks)
1.“Say Say Say”- Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney (# 1, 1983 ~ 6 weeks on top, but it spent more weeks in the top 10, top 20 and top 40 than any of his other hits making it the top single of his career)

After some debate over “Billie Jean”, “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”, “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” and “Will You Be There”, I realized that this is my favorite MJ Song….

Michael Jackson “Man in the Mirror”