Lady Gaga's new single Born This Way debuts at #1 and becomes the 1,000th #1 record in the Hot 100's 52-year history. No word on if the song is about her penis. Cee-Lo's Fuck You returns to the top 10 after his Grammy performance and jumps 9 spots 16-7. Rihanna's S&M soars 23 spots (31-8) and enters the top 10 for the first time, replacing her previous hit What's My Name featuring Drake.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Various Artists - Now 37 (1)
2. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (2)
3. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (17-3)
4. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (1-4)
5. P!nk - Greatest Hits...So Far!!! (9-5)
6. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (4-6)
7. Eminem - Recovery (10-7)
8. Rihanna - Loud (5-8)
9. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (7-9)
10. Justin Bieber - My Worlds Acoustic (47-10)
- Slaughterhouse's self-titled EP comes in at #147 with 5,100 copies sold.
first time top 10's in bold
1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1)
2. Katy Perry - Firework (3-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Grenade (2-3)
4. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (1-4)
5. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (4-5)
6. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (6-6)
7. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (16-7)
8. Rihanna - S&M (31-8)
9. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (19-9)
10. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (10-10)
- Jay Sean's Hit The Lights featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #18.
- After performing it at the Grammys and releasing a film by the same title, Justin Bieber's Never Say Never flies 24 spots 49-25.
- Adele's Rolling In The Deep rides 23 spots north 64-41.
- Wiz Khalifa's Roll Up debuts at #48.
- Trey Songz's Love Faces rises another 10 spots 90-80.
- Lupe Fiasco's Words I Never Said debuts at #89.
- Justin Bieber's Pray debuts at #91.