Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ barreled into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 last week and set a new record on the tally. However, despite continued growth, the track still fell short of toppling this week’s reigning champion, ‘Someone Like You’ by Adele.
Yesterday it was announced that J. Cole had scored a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 with his critically acclaimed ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story’. However, the rapper wasn’t the only Roc Nation act to accomplish make a major impact on the US charts this week.
Did you know that Snoop Dogg’s first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’, was also the most successful track on the Billboard Rap Songs chart of the 2000-2009 decade?
The excitement of Rihanna’s nude video shoot for ‘We Found Love’ has helped the song to have a sizable impact on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, the record has earned the Pop star her 2nd-highest entry on the tally to date.
Did you know that James Brown accomplished 91 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout his career?
Did you know that ‘Lady Marmalade’ is one of only 9 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 separate occasions after being recorded by different artsits?
Did know that Toni Braxton’s ‘Un-Break My Heart’ was the 10th most successful song on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 50-year period of 1958 to 2008?
Adele has already broken several records with ’21′ but now she has matched a feat set by one of music’s most renowned divas. The LP has spent more weeks in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 than any album since Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’.
Did you know that Beyonce’s ‘Check On It’ was actually a bigger hit on the Billboard Hot 100 than ‘Singles Lades (Put A Ring On It)’?