Katy spent a total 69 weeks in Billboard's Hot 100 Top 10.
This milestone
started in the Week of May 29, 2010, when the summer single "California Gurls" debuted at #2 (Katy highest debut in the Hot 100). Four weeks later she would reach the #1 spot (Week of June 19, 2010). She stayed there for 6 consecutive weeks.
In the Week of August 14, 2010 "Teenage Dream" would enter the Top 10 at #7.
In the Week of August 28, 2010 "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream" shared the Top 5, with "Cali" at #3 and "Dream" at #5.
In the Week of September 18, 2010, both songs topped both sides of the Top 10, with "Teenage Dream" reaching the top spot and "California" spending it last week there, in the #10 position. "Teenage Dream" topped the Hot 100 for 2 consecutive weeks.
In the Week of November 20, 2010, "Teenage Dream" fell from Top 10, and "Firework" entered at #10.
In the Week of December 18, 2010 "Firework" reached the top, remaining there for 4 non-consecutive weeks. It was the 2011 first #1 (Week of January 01, 2011). It returned for a last week at top in the Week of January 15, 2011.
In the Week of March 12, 2011, the futuristic lover "E.T." entered the Top 10 (#8) with "Firework" sitting at #6. The Week of March 19, 2011 would be the last one for "Firework" at #10 (it fell from Top 10 in the Week of March 26, 2011) .
In the Week of April 09, 2011, "E.T." rised up to the sky and started a 5 non-consecutive weeks at top, with 4 consecutive ones and 1 more in the Week of May 07, 2011. The last single to mantain the torch alive was "Last Friday Night", which entered the Top 10 in the Week of July 02, 2011. "E.T" said goodbye in the Week of July 30, 2011.
In the Week of August 27, 2011, "Friday" became the fifth #1 single from "Teenage Dream", tying Michael Jackson's milestone (5 #1 singles from one album) and setting Katy as the first female to do it so. Last Friday Night spent 2 weeks at top.
The
Week of September 17, 2011 became the
last week of the run, with "Friday" closing the Top 10.
This week's (Week of September 24, 2011) Top 10 will not feature a Katy Perry single after doing it for 69 consecutive ones.
BRAVO KATY!!!!
"California Gurls" spent 17 weeks in the Top 10 (6 of them at #1)
"Teenage Dream" spent 14 weeks in the Top 10 (2 of them at #1)
"Firework" spent 18 weeks in the Top 10 (4 of them at #1)
"E.T." spent 22 weeks in the Top 10 (5 of them at #1)
"Last Friday Night" spent 12 weeks in the Top 10 (2 of them at #1)