Katy Perry Holds Off Adele, Britney Spears Atop Billboard Hot 100

For the fifth time in six weeks, Perry's 'E.T.' is #1 on the singles chart, but Adele and Britney are closing in.
By James Montgomery

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Katy Perry finds herself in a rather familiar position on the brand-new Billboard Hot 100 chart: on top — though for how long remains to be seen.

For the fifth time in six weeks, Perry's Kanye West-ified reworking of "E.T." is #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, holding of a hard-charging Adele, whose "Rolling in the Deep" sits at #2. "E.T." remained atop the chart thanks in no small part to its dominance on Billboard's Radio Songs and Digital Songs lists, where it also sits at #1 (for the second and sixth consecutive weeks, respectively).

Of course, Katy and Kanye's grip on that Digital Songs chart may be coming to a close: "Deep" is nipping at their heels, landing at #2 by a margin of, according to Billboard, roughly 500 downloads — the tightest race on the chart since Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" and Eminem's "When I'm Gone" tied atop the Digital list in December 2005, with each song selling approximately 41,000 downloads.

But the dynamic duo don't only have to keep tabs on Adele because, thanks to a star-studded remix of her own, Britney Spears is quickly climbing into the Hot 100 race. Her new version of "Till the World Ends," featuring Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha, leaps from #11 all the way up to #3 — its highest position on the chart to date — and made a similar climb on the Digital Songs chart as well, selling more than 246,000 downloads (a 102 percent increase) to jump from #12 to #3.

The remix of "World" is the third reworked track to make a big Billboard move in recent weeks. Aside from the Perry/West version of "E.T.," Rihanna's remix of "S&M" — which, coincidentally, also featured Spears — topped the Hot 100 two weeks ago.

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1663345/katy-perry-britney-spears-adele-billboard-hot-100.jhtml

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