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Katy Perry to match (or topple?) a record set by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson?


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Posted 30 July 2011 - 10:38 AM

I heard this being discussed on the radio the other morning while driving home from work, and it has me interested...

http://www.mtv.com/n...d-singles.jhtml

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Katy Perry Closing In On Michael Jackson's #1 Singles Record
If 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' tops Hot 100, Perry's Teenage Dream will tie MJ's mark of five #1s from a single album.

Katy Perry's unstoppable Teenage Dream album continues to churn out hits ... and now, it might just make history too.

If Dream's fifth single, the just-released "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", continues its climb to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 (it currently sits at #4, jumping 27 spots from last week), Perry will not only become the first female artist to ever have five #1 songs off one album, she'll be the first artist of any gender to accomplish the feat since Michael Jackson had five chart-topping singles off his Bad album in 1987 and 1988.

Perry's previous #1s from the Dream album are, of course, "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework" and "E.T." Jackson's five #1s from the Bad album are "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "Bad," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana."

Perry has already shattered the Hot 100 record for most consecutive weeks with a single inside the Top 10 (48, a number previously held by Swedish popmeisters Ace of Base), then kept that momentum going by spending an entire year in the chart's upper echelon. More incredibly, that streak is still active, as two of Perry's singles — "T.G.I.F." and "E.T." — sit at numbers 4 and 5, respectively.

What's more, "T.G.I.F" currently sits atop the Billboard Digital Songs chart, and may soon be her sixth single to pass the 4 million mark in digital sales, joining "E.T.," "California Gurls," "Firework," and from her One of the Boys album, "Hot N Cold" and "I Kissed a Girl." No other artist has even had four songs pass the 4 million download mark ... Perry's closest competitors in that regard are Lady Gaga and Rihanna, both of whom have had three 4 million-sellers.

- MTV.com

It may be inevitable that Last Friday Night tops the chart. I would be pretty surprised if it falls shy of the #1 position when all is said and done. The question is, do they attempt to surpass the record, and if they try... will they succeed? The album is nearly a year old at this point, which makes it questionable as to whether they would put money out on a 6th single. However, with the previous five being a great success... I would so definitely go for it.

I say "Hummingbird Heartbeat" stands the best chance as a potential 6th single. Funny enough, when I gave the album a run through and rated it, the previous five singles and the song I just named were the only ones which I handed a 5-star rating.

I'm not seeing anything about her currently working on another album, so they may continue to ride "Teenage Dream," so I guess we wait and see if Katy can do something even the King of Pop wasn't even able/wanted to do. Might bring into question the recent labeling of Lady Gaga as the "Queen of Pop."

Now... *posts and waits for the thread to collect dust... or bring in ridicule* :blush:

EDIT: Looks like that article is old (forgot to check the date when looking for an online article talking about the situation). "Last Friday Night" is currently sitting at #2.

Edited by Mizery Made, 30 July 2011 - 10:49 AM.