Rihanna has landed a stunning 11 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout her career but few of them have held the top slot for more than 3 weeks. However, thanks to the continuous gains in airplay of her latest hit, ‘We Found Love’, the colourful vixen has finally matched the success of her longest-running #1 single, ‘Umbrella’, which held the peak position on the chart for 7 weeks in 2007.

‘We Found Love’ has clocked a 7th week at the summit of the Hot 100 with over 146 million audience impressions and 149K downloads sold. The tune has earned Rihanna her longest stay at the #1 slot on the lineup as a lead act and equalled the residency of ‘Umbrella’.

Meanwhile, the clever cost-cutting antics of Katy Perry’s have helped her latest single, ‘The One That Got Away’, to vault into the top 5 of the Hot 100. Thanks to a 69 cents iTunes price tag, the song quickly sugred to 117K downloads – up 24% from last week – and landed at #4 on the chart.

Perry has become the 3rd artist in history to land 6 top 5 tracks on the Hot 100 from a single album, following George Michael and Janet Jackson, who accomplished the same feat with their ‘Faith’ and ‘Rhythm Nation 1814′ albums, respectively.

Conversely, Jackson remains the only act to achieve 7 top 5 entries on the Hot 100 from a single LP. Her ‘Rhythm Nation 1814′ spawned 7 top 5 songs, of which 4 climbed to #1.

Finally, on the Billboard 200, Adele’s ’21′ has topped the 5-million sales mark. The record, which was ranked as the top album of 2011, sold an additional 187K copies this week – it gained 30% from last week – an extended its lead as the year’s top-seller.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Michael Buble – ‘Christmas’ – 479K (total: 1.52 M)

2. Black Keys – ‘El Camino’ - 206K (debut)

3. Adele – ’21′ – 187K (total: 5.00 M)

4. Justin Bieber – ‘Under the Mistletoe’ – 158K (total: 833K)

5. Amy Winehouse – ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’ – 114K (debut)

6. Andrea Bocelli – ‘Concerto’ – 70K (total: 291K)

7. Drake – ‘Take Care’ – 73K (total: 968K)

8. Nickleback – ‘Here & Now’ – 66K (total: 371K)

9. Glee Cast – ‘Glee: the Music, Season 3: Volume 7′ – 58K (debut)

10. Korn - The Path of Totality – 55k (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love (Ft. Calvin Harris)’

2. LMFAO – ‘Sexy & I Know It’

3. Bruno Mars – ‘It Will Rain’

4. Katy Perry – ‘The One That Got Away’

5. Flo Rida – ‘Good Feeling’

6. The Throne – ‘N*ggas in Paris’

7. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’

8. Maroon 5 – ‘Moves Like Jagger (Ft. Christina Aguilera)’

9. David Guetta – ‘Without You (Ft. Usher)’

10. T-Pain – ’5 O’Clock (Ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen)’

Thoughts?