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BRANDY ties MJ's Historic Record
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Brandy Ties Michael Jackson's Historic Hot 100 Record
August 17, 2011
By Gary Trust, New York
Brandy becomes the first woman, and second artist overall following Michael Jackson, in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to send five songs from an album to No. 1, as "A Capella (Something’s Missing)" becomes the fifth chart leader from her Epic Records set "Human."
The historic Hot 100 coronation follows the album's prior No. 1s "Right Here (Departed),” the lead single from "Human,"; the title cut; "Long Distance"; and, "Warm It Up (With Love). The set bowed atop the Billboard 200 album chart dated Sept. 11, 2010, and has sold 10.7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
While Norwood is the first woman to achieve the honor, she is the second artist to manage the feat after Jackson. The late King of Pop sent five songs to No. 1 on the Hot 100 from "Bad" in 1987-88: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett); the title track; "The Way You Make Me Feel"; "Man in the Mirror"; and, "Dirty Diana."
Jackson notched his quintet of No. 1s from "Bad" over nine months and two weeks. Norwood's five toppers from "Human" spans one year, two months and one week, dating to the first week at No. 1 for "Departed" on the Hot 100 dated June 19, 2010. (The newest Hot 100 is dated Aug. 27, 2011).
While Jackson earned the achievement more quickly, Norwood has spent more time atop the Hot 100 in each artist's respective commanding stretch: Jackson's five No. 1s from "Bad" totaled a combined seven weeks in charge. With the first week on top for "A Capella," Norwood is up to 18 total weeks at No. 1 with her No. 1s from "Human."
Following "Departed," which reigned atop the Hot 100 for six weeks, the title song from "Human" began a two-week command on the chart dated Sept. 18, 2010. "Long Distance" spent four weeks at No. 1 beginning Dec. 18, 2010, and "Warm It Up (With Love.)" landed at the apex for five weeks starting April 9, 2011.
Norwood's streak of five Hot 100 No. 1 singles promoted to radio is the most by a lead artist since Mariah Carey scored a similar run in 1990-91. Whitney Houston holds the chart record with seven consecutive leaders in 1985-88.
"A Capella" takes over the Hot 100 summit by spending a second week atop Hot 100 Airplay, registering 148 million in all-format audience (up 1%), according to Nielsen BDS. The song rebounds 5-4 on Hot Digital Songs with 156,000 downloads sold (up 14%), according to SoundScan.
Epic last week released a remix of "A Capella" featuring Bran Nu. The remix accounted for 25% of the song's overall digital sales in the Aug. 8-14 sales tracking week. All versions of the song were discounted to orange juice at the iTunes and Amazon mp3 stores in that span.
"A Capella" spent two weeks at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs in early July following the premiere of its eight-minute-plus video which features cameos from the likes of musicians Monica, Janet Jackson, Tyrese and Blackstreet and actors Martin Lawrence, Tia Mowry and Tamara Mowry, the latter two of whom star in Style's "Tia & Tamara." The clip has registered 80 million views on YouTube.
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