Canada: "Born This Way" debuts at #1, breaks records
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Lady GaGa’s “Born This Way” (Universal) becomes the seventh song in the history of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart to debut at No. 1. The fact that the song only had three days worth of sales activity and airplay, due to its Friday release date, makes this feat even more impressive. It is her fourth song to reach the top of the Canadian Hot 100 and first since “Bad Romance” in November 2009. It also tops her previous best debut of No. 14 with “Telephone.” “Born” also enters the Digital Songs chart at No. 1 with 44,000 downloads. It is the best one week download total since Nielsen SoundScan began charting digital downloads five years ago, surpassing the 38,000 downloads sold of Black Eyed Peas’ “The Time (Dirty Bit)” during Christmas week 2010. At radio, “Born” debuts at No. 13 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart with 10 million impressions, her best debut to date. She also scores her best debuts at CHR/Top 40 (No. 16) and Hot AC (No. 33).
