Katy Perry Celebrates Year In Hot 100's Top 10

From Billboard.com:

Katy Perry becomes the first artist in the Billboard Hot 100's more than five-decade history to spend 52 consecutive weeks - an entire year - in the top 10.

On the chart released today (May 12) on Billboard.com (dated May 21, 2011), "E.T.," featuring Kanye West, descends to No. 2 after five weeks at the summit, granting Perry an unprecedented full year lodged in the chart's top bracket.

Perry began her streak when "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg, debuted at No. 2 on the May 29, 2010, Hot 100. The song would go on to spend six weeks at No. 1 beginning June 19, 2010.

As "Girls" logged its 12th frame in the top 10 on the Aug. 14, 2010, Hot 100, the follow-up and second single from Perry's second Capitol Records album "Teenage Dream" bounded 20-7. The song would become the set's second No. 1 on the Sept. 18 chart and reign for two weeks.

On the Nov. 20, 2010, Hot 100, "Firework" burst 29-10, just keeping Perry in the top 10, as "Dream" dropped out of the tier (12-8). "Firework" started a four-week command on the Jan. 8, 2011, survey.

When "E.T." bounded 28-8 on the March 12, 2011, Hot 100, the song joined "Firework" for the latter song's last two weeks in the top 10.

Prior to Perry, Ace of Base had held the Hot 100's uninterrupted top 10 longevity mark, linking 48 straight weeks in the top 10 with "All That She Wants," "The Sign" and "Don't Turn Around" (Oct. 16, 1993-Sept. 10, 1994). Santana ranks third with 42 consecutive frames in the upper region (1999-2000), followed by Mariah Carey (41 weeks in a row, 1995-96).

Perry's year-long residence in the Hot 100's top 10 is the latest in a long line of honors that she's achieved with "Teenage Dream." The set is only the ninth to generate four No. 1s in the list's 52-year archives; it's one of only three albums to yield a quartet of toppers on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart; and, also this week, "E.T." rewrites its own mark, established last week, for the most weekly plays (12,361, according to Nielsen BDS) for a title in the Pop Songs' survey's history.

With sales of 1,451,000 since its August 2010 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan, "Dream" recently bested the sales of Perry's 2008 breakthrough album, "One of the Boys," which has sold 1,383,000.

Carlos Santana & Mariah Carey in Macy's Ads

Here's all of the new Macy's TV spots airing for their new campaign, featuring musicians Mariah Carey and Carlos Santana:

Macy's to Start New Celebrity Ads

Macy's Inc. is hoping the star power of Carlos Santana and Mariah Carey will help attract shoppers this spring even as a bleak economic climate straps consumers with high gas prices and a slumping housing market.

The national retailer's spring campaign will also feature its first celebrity ad in Spanish.

The Spanish version of the spot featuring guitarist Carlos Santana and R&B singer Mariah Carey will debut Sunday, with the English version and another ad with Calvin Klein model Gabriel Aubry rolling out in network primetime next week.

The new stars for the national TV ads will be joined by domestic entrepreneur Martha Stewart and tycoon Donald Trump, holdovers from Macy's earlier celebrity campaign.

The new ads continue the whimsical tone of the earlier ads. They show celebrities primping their designer lines as if in preparation for customers, while gently poking fun at their public images.

In one ad, Santana is playing his guitar while talking with Carey about how shoes inspire beautiful music. He plays music inspired by the stilettos in his line of shoes at Macy's, then another short burst of soul music illustrating Carey's designer fragrance, while she hums along.

In the other ad, Aubry draws the attention of every female as he moves through the store. Martha Stewart, readying her own department, drops a plate upon seeing him. Carey follows Aubry with her eyes as he proceeds past her fragrance counter to the Calvin Klein section, where he looks up to find a horde of admiring females staring at him.

"They are going to be very similar (to earlier ads), but with a few less celebrities so we can really highlight the brands, especially some that customers may not know we have," said Martine Reardon, Macy's executive vice president of corporate marketing.

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