See, the label should have just done what should have been done in the first place and what they eventually realized they needed to do: discount the effing single.
Katy Perry's historic fifth No. 1 on the Hot 100 from her "Teenage Dream" album makes her one of only seven artists in the history of the Hot 100 to put together a string of five or more consecutive chart-toppers, placing her in esteemed company that includes Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey.
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"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is the 53rd No. 1 single on the Capitol label in the 53-year history of the Hot 100 and the sixth No. 1 on the Hollywood-based label for Perry, more than any other Capitol act has accumulated except for the Beatles (with 13).
The artists with more than one Hot 100 No. 1 on Capitol are as follows:
The Beatles (13)
Katy Perry (6)
The Beach Boys (3)
Helen Reddy (3)
Steve Miller Band (3)
Wings (3)
Grand Funk (2)
Glen Campbell (2)
Duran Duran (2)
Heart (2)
Using chart performance on the Hot 100 as a measure, Perry is the most successful solo artist as well as the most successful female artist on Capitol in the tenure of the Hot 100. She is also the reason Capitol is the label with the longest span of No. 1s on the Hot 100.
Perry has amassed her six No. 1s in three years and one week, counting back to July 5, 2008, the date on the chart when "I Kissed a Girl" moved into first place. "I Kissed a Girl" was Perry's only chart-topper from her first Capitol album, "One of the Boys."
"Firework" is another
collaboration with Stargate.
That was me and Katy [Perry]
bouncing ideas back and
forth. Katy already had the
concept and the name in her
head. That was one of the
times when you allow yourself
to be led by somebody who
knows what he or she wants.
She knew what she wanted, so
I was like, "I'll follow you."
Seeing all these new Katy Cats makes me sad, I remember when there was only Bobby, Rigged, and I 
I remember those days so well but the more, the merrier. Glad to have Sammi, Bathomet, and several others help get Katy some recognition on ATRL.