Katy Perry has tied Rihanna's record nine #1 singles on the Pop Songs chart with "Wide Awake" reaching the top spot this week. In August of last year, Perry tied Michael Jackson with the most singles from one album to top the Hot 100 when "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" from Teenage Dream became the chart's leader. Jackson had five turns at the top with singles from 1987's Bad.This week "Wide Awake" also switches its third position on the Hot 100 with Maroon 5's "Payphone" to its new peak of #2. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" keeps its ride at #1, matching Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" for the longest running chart leader for 2012, but if Perry keeps her momentum, she could very well run over Jepsen's heels to achieve her eighth turn atop the chart, since "Wide Awake" is still fresh in only its tenth week, as opposed to "Call Me Maybe"'s twenty-third week.
Also this week, "Wide Awake" gives up its top position on the Dance/Club Play Songs to Kylie Minogue's "Timebomb," giving the Goddess of Love her ninth #1 (sixth consecutive) on the chart, a welcoming tally for K25, the singer's year-long celebration of her twenty-five years in pop music. Minogue has been releasing celebratory surprises on the 25th of every month this year. "Timebomb" was May's gift and has already given Minogue her first rule atop the Australian Dance Chart. Her most recent surprise release, on July 25, was a montage video of her first single "The Loco-motion." Expect Jennifer Lopez's collaboration with Flo Rida, "Goin' In," as the chart's next topper.
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