Hold It Against Me.

Had it been released by a debuting artist, it wouldn't have hit the Hot 100

Idk, it's kinda hard to find recent examples cause every big artist isn't going to release without a radio deal.

Roar.

3 and Hold It Against Me

Well PoM kinda, but it had the Grammys. Still, she was able to take one of her worst songs and have it go #1 despite Whitney and Adele dominating at the time.

Born this Way
Part of Me (), Roar

and Britney's 3 recent solo #1s tbh, I think she is the best example due to her totally ignoring them.

HIAM is like the most flop #1, it was like not even top 50 on thr YE chart.

Either way, HIAM is a good example

Cheryl Cole's Fight For This Love, and Britney Spears' Hold It Against Me!

Boom Boom Pow. Black Eyed Peas has so much power that the song stayed there for 12 weeks until IGF replaced it

3
Hold it Against me
Part of Me
We R Who We R
Born this Way
Roar

Born This Way.

Mariah's flop songs went #1 bc of the discounts . Loverboy, from the Glitter era, reached #2 for the same reason..

Hold It Against Me..

The song's not even 2x platinum.. And was released at the prime of digital single sales..

Part of me went number 1 because of the Grammy performance.

Born This Way is the ONLY good example of a song going number 1 because of STAR POWER

How do a song debut at number 1 on Hot 100 by being leaked and rush released on a FRIDAY ?

It only had 2.5 days of sales yet debuted at number 1.

Edit: nnot Roar being mentioned It went number 1 after the Video, VMA performances etc. etc. and enormous Radio Airplay.

I agree about 3 and HIAM.