Rihanna just slayed your faves.
After snatching the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with her latest single “S&M,” Princess RiRi just smashed a butt-load (note: industry term) of records.
From Billboard:
+ Rihanna bests the five-year, four-month span between current Island Def Jam labelmate Mariah Carey’s first (“Vision of Love,” Aug. 4, 1990) and 10th (“One Sweet Day,” Dec. 2, 1995) toppers to complete the quickest sprint to 10 Hot 100 No. 1s among solo artists. (Carey collected the first 15 of her 18 career No. 1s while signed to Columbia Records).
+ Among all acts, Rihanna trails only the Beatles (one year, eight months and one week) and the Supremes (two years, eight months and three weeks) for the fastest accumulation of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s.
+ Rihanna is additionally the youngest artist to notch 10 No. 1s in the Hot 100’s archives. At 23 years, two months and one week, Rihanna (born Feb. 20, 1988) eclipses the mark established by Carey, who was 25 years, eight months and one week old when she tallied her 10th Hot 100 leader.
+ Rihanna is just the ninth artist to total at least 10 Hot 100 No. 1s and the fifth solo female, following Mariah Carey (18), Madonna (12), Whitney Houston (11) and Janet Jackson (10).
+ All versions of the song, which claims the Hot 100’s Digital Gainer award and becomes Rihanna’s record-extending 10th No. 1 on Digital Songs, sold a combined 293,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 108% increase over last week. The Spears-assisted version of the track accounted for 66% of the song’s overall weekly digital sum.
Plus, because of the Britney-assisted “Rih-Mix” released last week, Britney is now counted as a “featured artist”–meaning “S&M” also counts as Britney’s 5th #1 single since “Hold It Against Me”!
Now listed as featured artist on “S&M,” Spears earns her fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and second this year, following her own “Hold It Against Me” in January. She had previously reigned with her debut single “…Baby One More Time” in 1999 and returned to the summit with “Womanizer” (2008) and “3” (2009).
In related news: National news sources are now confirming that the letting up potential for Rihanna’s reign has dropped from “not very likely” to “just won’t.”
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