Just in time for her debut at the judges' table on Fox's "The X Factor" (Sept. 12), Demi Lovato notches her first Mainstream Top 40 No. 1 with "Give Your Heart a Break" (3-1). At 25 weeks, the song completes the longest ascent to No. 1 by a woman in the chart's nearly 20-year history and ties for the longest climb to the top among all artists with Cee Lo Green's "F**k You! (Forget You)" (2010-11). On the Hot 100, "Heart" rises 17-16, reaching a new peak in its 22nd week.
Like Lovato, "Heart" co-writers Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander each make their first visits to the Mainstream Top 40 summit. However, previous to the launch of the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1992, Steinberg topped the Billboard Hot 100 with five titles: Madonna's "Like a Virgin" (1984); Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" (1986); Heart's "Alone" (1987); Whitney Houston's "So Emotional" (1988); and the Bangles' "Eternal Flame" (1989).
"Heart" marks Hollywood Records' third Mainstream Top 40 No. 1, following Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." (2009) and Jesse McCartney's "Leavin' " (2008).
