After its first three days of availability,
Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" rockets to a record-setting debut on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart. And thanks to exceptionally strong opening digital sales estimates -- not to mention her eye-grabbing performance of the song at the Grammy Awards last night -- looks likely to storm the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 when the latter list is released Wednesday. This, of course, would make the song the 1,000th No. 1 single in the Billboard Hot 100's history.
The first single and title track from the star's third studio album, due May 23, storms Mainstream Top 40 at No. 14 with 4,602 plays, according to Nielsen BDS, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart's 18-year history. Additionally, sources say that "Born" shifted more than 450,000 downloads its first three days of release since Friday morning.
Its big sales start, plus jaw-dropping radio launch, sets up the song's likely debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Not only would a No. 1 start represent just the Hot 100's 19th No. 1 opening, but, as previously reported, it would also mark the survey's 1,000th leader dating to its 1958 inception.
A bow of 450,000 downloads would secure Lady Gaga the biggest debut for a track by a woman, surpassing Britney Spears' bow with "Hold It Against Me" four weeks ago (411,000). If Gaga moves 450,000, it would also mark the fourth-largest debut among all digital tracks -- a remarkable feat, considering the song had less than three full days of sales availability.
The biggest start for a track overall belongs to Flo Rida's "Right Round," which started with 636,000 in February 2009. In second place: the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000); and, third: Flo Rida's "Low" (460,000).
The opening Mainstream Top 40 plays sum of 4,602 for "Born" (which translates to a first-week audience of 39.3 million) bests the mark established when "Hold It Against Me" arrived with 4,071 spins four weeks ago. (Spears' song debuted after a full seven days of airplay. "Born" sets the format opening-week plays mark after only three days of availability, following the song's arrival at radio early Friday).
By launching at No. 14, "Born" logs the second-highest start in the Mainstream Top 40 list's archives. Only Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" began at a higher rank, having soared in at No. 12 the week of Aug. 14, 1993. "Hold It Against Me" and Madonna's "Frozen" (March 7, 1998) follow with No. 16 arrivals.
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So it's not "The Oscars" anymore? Just plain "Oscar"? Ha-ha. Anyway, the 83rd Academy Awards will air live tonight from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway; two of the youngest hosts of the Awards ever. Some of the performers include Celine Dion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore.
The first two images from Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation were released by Disney / Pixar and appear in the newest Entertainment Weekly. Two Toy Story shorts will be released this year, one will be attached to Cars 2 coming out in June and the other will be attached to The Muppets, coming out in November.
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Ke$ha will be releasing a remix album on March 22nd, featuring remixes to the most popular tracks found on her album Animal and her EP Cannibal. Check out the cover for I Am The Dance Commander + I Command You To Dance: The Remix Album above.
Kelly Osbourne is the new face for Madonna's clothing line Material Girl sold only at Macy's. Check out Kelly's first print ad above.
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David Archuleta reportedly has been dropped from his record label, Jive Records. A rep for the label told sources Archie has been "released from our roster," but offered no reason why.
Dr. Luke has released a teaser of a new Britney Spears song titled "Inside Out" to be included in her upcoming album Femme Fatale. Take a listen to it below!
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And you thought her entrance at the Grammy Awards was attention-getting.
On sex before marriage:
On dealing with stress from beau Nick Loeb’s car accident: “It was hard for us because it happened in the middle of the most fun, sexy time. And then he was in the hospital, and you know men, they become such little babies!” But throughout the whole ordeal, Nick never once got depressed, in fact, quite the opposite. “He kept his sense of humor despite the situation,” says Sofia. “I don’t know if I could have stuck it out with him if he hadn’t been able to laugh at himself and be happy even under the worst conditions. When you see people in difficult times, that’s when their true nature comes out.”
Is she really expecting to get praised for this? The cover is tasteless and awful. She may have just beheaded her own career, for good.
After its first three days of availability, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" rockets to a record-setting debut on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart. And thanks to exceptionally strong opening digital sales estimates -- not to mention her eye-grabbing performance of the song at the Grammy Awards last night -- looks likely to storm the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 when the latter list is released Wednesday. This, of course, would make the song the 1,000th No. 1 single in the Billboard Hot 100's history.
Lady Gaga has partnered with Target to offer fans an exclusive deluxe edition of her new album, Born This Way due out in May. In addition to the seventeen-track CD, which will include such songs as “Hair,” “Bad Kids,” “Americano,” “Government Hooker,” and the second single “Judas.” The deluxe edition includes three additional studio songs and five remixes and will be available for pre-order at target.com/gaga beginning at 8 a.m. CST on Friday, February 11th through Saturday, February 26th.
Check out the official cover for Miranda Cosgrove's upcoming EP High Maintance above, from which we've gotten the first single "Dancing Crazy" co-written by Avril Lavigne. Miranda's 5-song EP will hit stores March 15th.
Although it was originally announced to be released on March 15th, Britney Spears' upcoming album, Femme Fatale, has been pushed back to March 29th!
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Miley Cyrus appears on the March 2011 cover of Marie Claire magazine. This girl is really good looking, too bad she acts the way she does. Check it out!
Earlier today, Jennifer Hudson took to Twitter to reveal the album cover for her upcoming I Remember Me, due March 22 on Arista Records.
Christina Aguilera will be performing the National Anthem.
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