Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me” Is #1 On This Week’s Billboard Hot 100

Yup, all the records Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me” was breaking last week, since its release, has rocketed the single to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This makes it Spears’ second consecutive single to debut at #1, after “3.” Take a look at some of the records the single has obtained within the past week below:

  • Hold It Against Me” is Britney’s second consecutive single to debut at No.1, after her hit “3″ achieved the feat in 2009.
  • “Hold It Against Me” is Britney’s second consecutive single to debut at No.1, after her hit “3″ achieved the feat in 2009.
  • Britney and Mariah Carey are the only two artists to ever score multiple No.1 debuts.
  • “Hold It Against Me” is only the 18th song to ever debut at No.1 on the Hot 100.
  • “Hold It Against Me” sets the record for the highest debut digital sales by a lead female artist with 411,000 copies sold, easily beating out Taylor Swift’s 325k for “Today Was a Fairytale”.
  • “Hold it Against Me” opens at No.23 on the Radio Songs chart with 45 million first-week audience impressions — the highest audience sum for a debuting title in the chart’s history.
  • “Hold It Against Me” set the record for the most radio spins in one day, and broke Mediabase’s one-week spincrease record. [SOURCE 1] [SOURCE 2]

Well would you look at that. More than a decade in the music industry and Britney Spears can still break records without promotion or a gimmick. The song is not perfection but it’s worthy of the top spot… It’s Britney, BITCH!

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