Brit passes Alicia on all-time Radio Songs list (women)
SOMETHING TO 'SHOUT' ABOUT: will.i.am and Britney Spears soar to the Radio Songs top 10 with "Scream & Shout," which lifts 12-9. The song scores a 19% gain to 73 million in all-format audience, according to Nielsen BDS.
The track, which pushes 6-5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and leads Dance/Electronic Songs for a third week, marks Spears' 12th top 10 on Radio Songs (which launched as a BDS-based chart the week of Dec. 1, 1990). She first reached the region in 1999 with her introductory hit "…Baby One More Time" and had last inhabited the tier in 2011 with "I Wanna Go."
Here's a recap of the women with the most top 10s in the Radio Songs archives:
23, Mariah Carey
20, Rihanna
15, Janet Jackson
14, Beyonce
14, P!nk
13, Madonna
12, Britney Spears
11, Alicia Keys
11, Katy Perry
10, Ashanti