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» Lady Gaga and Beyoncé make history on Billboard |
» Categories: News | 0  | Posted on 15 Mar 2010 by Andi |
With one song, two divas make history on Billboard's Pop Songs chart.
With a 2-1 rise for "Telephone," Lady Gaga and the track's featured artist Beyoncé have tied the record for most No. 1s since the Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay chart launched in 1992. The pair joins Mariah Carey, who tallied six toppers between 1993 and 2005. Lady Gaga and Beyoncé pass Avril Lavigne, Pink, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, each with five No. 1s.
Beyoncé first led Pop Songs with "Crazy in Love" in 2003, while Lady Gaga first appeared on the chart just 16 months ago. The latter performer, in fact, has yet to fall short of the survey's summit, reaching No. 1 on her first six tries:
Title, Chart Date Reached No. 1
"Just Dance," Jan. 24, 2009 (featuring Colby O'Donis)
"Poker Face," April 25, 2009
"LoveGame," July 25, 2009
"Paparazzi," Nov. 14, 2009
"Bad Romance," Jan. 16, 2010
"Telephone," March 27, 2010 (featuring Beyoncé)
And, here is a look at Beyoncé's six Pop Songs No. 1s:
Title, Chart Date Reached No. 1
"Crazy in Love," Aug. 16, 2003 (featuring Jay-Z)
"Baby Boy," Nov. 8, 2003 (featuring Sean Paul)
"Check On It," Feb. 11, 2006 (featuring Slim Thug)
"Irreplaceable," Dec. 30, 2006
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," Feb. 7, 2009
"Telephone," March 27, 2010, (Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé)
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» 'Nine-minute duet with Bee Compared To MJ's Thriller' |
| » Categories: News | 0 | Posted on 13 Mar 2010 by Andi |
With some grunts, G-strings, heavy product placement and an enormous amount of hype, the 21st century's take on feminism and social commentary arrived this week with the video to Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's duet, Telephone. Within 12 hours of the video being released on the internet it had half a million hits and nearly as many blogs eagerly dissecting the possible meanings behind the nine-minute video.
Already being touted by some as the successor to Michael Jackson's Thriller, Telephone continues Gaga's tradition of elevating her songs with clever videos. This time she and director Jonas Akerlund have created a melange of Russ Meyers, Quentin Tarantino, Thelma and Louise and the brief incarceration of Paris Hilton to make a film about lesbian murderers, set to the lyrics of a woman complaining about people phoning her in a nightclub.
While Beyoncé is clearly the more talented, her brand of sexiness looks dated next to Gaga. Bloggers have been decoding the meaning behind the sunglasses made of cigarettes, but one might just as well try to decipher the dress Gaga once wore made of Kermit the Frogs: she does it because it's funny.
Gaga, never averse to ascribing depths to her work where others might see shallows, has claimed that the video's meaning came from "the idea that America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology". Her intention, accordingly, was to "turn it into something that was more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are".
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