Justin Timberlake ties the record for the most No. 1s (six) by a male on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as "Mirrors" rises 2-1. He equals the sum of Bruno Mars, who tallied his sixth No. 1 last month with "When I Was Your Man."
Among men, Timberlake and Mars outrank Nelly (five Pop Songs No. 1s) and Flo Rida (four).
"Mirrors," the second single from Timberlake's Billboard 200-topping album "The 20/20 Experience," which has sold 1.8 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, since its March 19 release, concurrently climbs 12-8 as the Greatest Gainer (up 727 plays) on Adult Pop Songs, marking Timberlake's second top 10 on the tally. Prior single "Suit & Tie" rose to No. 8. ("Suit" reached No. 4 on Pop Songs.)
Below is a recap of Timberlake's six Pop Songs No. 1s. He also logged two toppers with 'N Sync: "Bye Bye Bye" (10 weeks at No. 1) and "It's Gonna Be Me" (five) in 2000. With his four prior No. 1s all from his last album, "FutureSex/LoveSounds," the set became the first album to generate four Pop Songs leaders.
2003, "Rock Your Body" (four weeks at No. 1)
2006, "SexyBack" (five)
2006, "My Love," featuring T.I. (four)
2007, "What Goes Around…Comes Around" (one)
2007, "Summer Love" (four)
2013, "Mirrors" (one to date)
Amazing, incredible radio performance by "Mirrors" really huge on Pop format.. Such a wonderful and really well-deserved sucess for Justin Timberlake this era, he's really back, congrats
Absent for 6 years and he reclaims the throne like none other.
JT will take the lead with another single from 20/20. I don't think Bruno has another #1 on his current album to match/surpass JT.