Katy Perry's Sixth 'Teenage Dream' Single Starts At Radio

by Gary Trust, N.Y.  |   September 28, 2011 4:18 EDT

Can Katy Perry make Billboard Hot 100 history by notching a sixth No. 1 from her album "Teenage Dream"?
Radio begins to weigh in on the answer today (Sept. 28), as Capitol Records serviced "The One That Got Away" to mainstream top 40 stations at 12 noon ET.
The song's first week of promoted airplay will be reflected on next week's Nielsen BDS-based Billboard radio charts, including Radio Songs and Pop Songs. Highlights of the latter list will post on billboard.com Monday, Oct. 3.
Billboard was the first to report that "One" would be the sixth radio single from "Dream" Sept. 14.
"I'm so pleased to select 'The One That Got Away' as my sixth single because this song shows a very different side of me that I haven't shown with my past singles on this record," Perry said in a statement from the label. "I think that everyone can relate to this song. I wrote (it) about when you promise someone forever, but you end up not being able to follow through.
"It's a bittersweet story. Hopefully, the listener learns from hearing it and never has to say they had 'The One' get away."
The first five singles from "Dream" - "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg; the title cut; "Firework"; "E.T.," featuring Kanye West; and, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" - all reached the Hot 100's summit, making Perry the first woman to notch five No. 1s on the chart from one album.
Michael Jackson is the only other artist to have accomplished the feat, having scored five leaders from "Bad" in 1987-88.

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"If it goes to No. 1, that would be great," EMI Music/Capitol Records EVP/marketing and promotion Greg Thompson told Billboard two weeks ago. "If not, we still have a Katy song on the radio in fourth quarter," likely fueling further sales for "Dream" in the bustling shopping season.
Ahead of its official push, "One" made early strides at radio in the past seven days (Sept. 21-27). The song improved from eight to 106 plays on the more than 1,200 stations monitored by BDS for the Hot 100.
KHTT (106.9 K-HITS)/Tulsa, Okla., led with 30 plays for "One" (up 25) in that span, followed by KQCH (Channel 94.1)/Omaha, Neb. (25, up 22), and WNKS (Kiss 95.1)/Charlotte, N.C. (21 first-week spins).
KHTT first sampled the song Aug. 23, 2010, the day before "Dream" was released to retail. The set, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 upon its debut, has sold 1.8 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
As an album track, "One" has sold 77,000 downloads.
A video for "One" will be shot "in the coming days," according to Capitol. Also potentially aiding the song's cause are more tour dates for Perry. Her California Dreams World Tour that began earlier this year with stops in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan continues with five dates next month, including a show at New York's Madison Square Garden Nov. 16, before the tour wraps, fittingly in the Golden State, at Los Angeles' Staples Center Nov. 22.

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Arctic Monkeys Top U.K. Charts; Example Has No. 1 Single

by Paul Sexton, London  |   June 13, 2011 7:06 EDT

Arctic Monkeys maintained their perfect record on the U.K. album chart yesterday (June 12) by scoring their fourth new entry at No. 1 from four releases, debuting at the top with "Suck It and See" (Domino). London rapper Example achieved his first No. 1 single entering at the summit with "Changed The Way You Kiss Me" (Ministry of Sound).

"Suck It and See" sold 82,000 copies last week according to the Official Chart Company, as Arctic Monkeys extended a sequence that started in 2006 with "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" and continued with 2007's "Favourite Worst Nightmare" and "Humbug" in 2009. "Suck It and See" achieved the feat despite the relatively modest performance of its first single "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair," which peaked at No. 28 in April. It's only the second time in U.K. chart history that a band have arrived atop the album survey with four studio titles in succession, the first group to realize that feat being Keane, with a quartet of releases from 2004 to last year.

The Monkeys' debut ended Lady Gaga's rule with "Born This Way" (Interscope/Universal) after two weeks. It fell to No. 3 as Adele's "21" (XL Recordings) held firm at No. 2, and her previous set "19" fell 3-5. 11-year-old "America's Got Talent" runner-up Jackie Evancho debuted at No. 4 with "Dream With Me" (Syco Music/Sony Music Entertainment).

The "Glee" Cast's "Glee The Music Vol. 6" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) opened at No. 6 and Anglo-Irish girl group Wonderland's self-titled Mercury/Universal debut at No. 8. English acoustic/new wave singer-writer Frank Turner's fourth solo album "England Keep My Bones" (Xtra Mile) arrived at a career-best No. 12, Iron Maiden's new "From Fear To Eternity" best-of collection on EMI at No. 19 and American pop-punk band All Time Low's "Dirty Work" (Interscope/Universal) at No. 20.

For the ninth straight week, "Now That's What I Call Music! 78" (EMI Virgin/UMTV) leads the compilation chart.

Example's single sold 115,000 units to debut at No. 1. After reaching No. 19 with his debut hit "Watch The Sun Come Up" in 2009, he had top ten singles last year when "Won't Go Quietly" peaked at No. 6 and "Kickstarts" at No. 3. "Give Me Everything" (J/Sony Music Entertainment) by Pitbull featuring Nayer, Afrojack and Ne Yo fell to No. 2 after three weeks on top. Nicole Scherzinger's "Right There" (Interscope/Universal) leapt 14-3.

Coldplay's swiftly-released "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" single (Parlophone/EMI) started at No. 6 with 37,000 sales, as  "I'm Into You" (Def Jam/Universal) by Jennifer Lopez featuring Lil Wayne climbed again 10-9 and "Bass Down Low" by Dev featuring the Cataracs (Universal Island) 12-10.

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