Celeb News: Calvin Harris is the King of Pop

liberalmusiclover

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Calvin Harris has become a record-holder in the U.K. by clocking-up eight chart hits from the one album.

The Scottish DJ and producer on Sunday saw his song “I Need Your Love” FT Ellie Goulding climb 11-7, in doing so becoming the eighth track from his album “18 Months” to crack the U.K. top 10. Harris’ feat has never before happened in the 60-plus year history of the Official U.K. Singles Chart.

The electro-pop artist takes the mantle from the late “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson, who twice managed to gather seven top 10 hits from an album -- with his 1987 album “Bad” and from 1991’s “Dangerous.”

Harris shared his excitement with his 2.2 million-plus followers on Twitter.

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Calvin Harris ✔ @CalvinHarris

8 top 10s from my album 18 Months now! So happy!!!

Harris’ imperious chart-stretch with “18 Months” began in June 2011 with “Bounce” FT Kelis (No. 2 peak), followed by “Feel So Close” (No. 2), “We Found Love” with Rihanna (No. 1), “Let’s Go FT Ne-Yo” (No. 2), “We’ll Be Coming Back” FT Example (No. 2),” Sweet Nothing” FT Florence Welch (No. 1) and “Drinking From The Bottle” (No. 5).

According to charts compiler the Official U.K. Charts Company, “18 Months” has now sold more tha 543,000 units in the U.K. since its release in October of last year. The album is currently at No. 13 after 25 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, where it has spent two weeks at No. 1, and 10 weeks inside the Top 10.

In other chart news, Jessie J becomes the first British female to score six Top 10 hits from one album, her 2011 debut album “Who You Are.” It’s an achievement that places her level with U.S. artists Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Gaga scored six top 10 hits from 2008’s “The Fame” and from the expanded edition of 2009’s “The Fame Monster", while Perry had six top 10s from her second album “Teenage Dream” (2010), and the 2012 deluxe edition "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection."

British boyband Take That are the only group to score six top 10 singles from one album, which they did with 1993’s album “Everything Changes.”

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liberalmusiclover

Billboard doing like the Katy Cats and just giving the title to him because he broke MJ's record

Mr.Link

In what planet?

Duca

They said UK's and still false.

liberalmusiclover

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Originally posted by Duca

They said UK's and still false.

Billboard wouldn't lie

EdgeOfAddiction

King Harris.
His work is flawless.

Lyrical.

Maybe the King of EDM

Pokistic

I am glad for his success! Plus he is cute

But 'King of Pop'...... NO.

seaɴ.

Not even.

TSDMusicND

Pop?
Don't they mean King of Dance or something more in that area?

alfonso12

I would like to see what Katy's fans thinks of this. Comparing you to MJ just because you are good at selling some songs at $1.29.

NX127

I'm speechless.

NX127

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Originally posted by alfonso12

I would like to see what Katy's fans thinks of this. Comparing you to MJ just because you are good at selling some songs at $1.29

And these $1.29 tracks don't even need to sell a s**t in the long run.

You just gotta get them withing the top ____ of a local weekly chart for a ____ number of times . . .

. . . and you've already skullsnatched Michael Jackson!

izzy

LOL overtaken MJ? Yeh right, Try selling 35/40 million copies of 1 album (BAD) and still have that many top ten hits. Who do these people think they're fooling.

izzy

Anyway,Calvin is a MJ STAN, he even made fun of Billboard

Calvin Harris

Yep i'm the new MJ lmaooo RT @officialcharts @calvinharris has beaten @michaeljackson's Chart record by scoring 8 #Top10 hits from 1 album

Calvin Harris

I'll never dance, sing or be an ultimate musical legend & icon like MJ but he didn't know anything about sidechaining so it all balances out

https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris/sta...72396724543488

https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris/sta...75040805392384

I Am Music

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Originally posted by izzy

Anyway,Calvin is a MJ STAN, he even made fun of Billboard

Calvin Harris

Yep i'm the new MJ lmaooo RT @officialcharts @calvinharris has beaten @michaeljackson's Chart record by scoring 8 #Top10 hits from 1 album

Calvin Harris

I'll never dance, sing or be an ultimate musical legend & icon like MJ but he didn't know anything about sidechaining so it all balances out

https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris/sta...72396724543488

https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris/sta...75040805392384

chris1991

AshleeSimpsonFan

He's not even "pop"

Hilly

I love Calvin Harris, but no