Rihanna's S&M" rises 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to be released tomorrow (Apr. 21) on Billboard.com, granting the singer her 10th No. 1 on the survey and ownership of a pair of historic chart records.

Having first reigned atop the Hot 100 the week of May 13, 2006, with "SOS," Rihanna logs the shortest span between a solo artist's first and 10th No. 1s in the chart's 52-year history, a stretch of four years, 11 months and two weeks. (This week's charts are dated Apr. 30, 2011).

Rihanna bests the five-year, four-month span between current Island Def Jam labelmate Mariah Carey's first ("Vision of Love," Aug. 4, 1990) and 10th ("One Sweet Day," Dec. 2, 1995) toppers to complete the quickest sprint to 10 Hot 100 No. 1s among solo artists. (Carey collected the first 15 of her 18 career No. 1s while signed to Columbia Records).

Among all acts, Rihanna trails only the Beatles (one year, eight months and one week) and the Supremes (two years, eight months and three weeks) for the fastest accumulation of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s.

Rihanna is additionally the youngest artist to notch 10 No. 1s in the Hot 100's archives. At 23 years, two months and one week, Rihanna (born Feb. 20, 1988) eclipses the mark established by Carey, who was 25 years, eight months and one week old when she tallied her 10th Hot 100 leader.

Rihanna is just the ninth artist to total at least 10 Hot 100 No. 1s and the fifth solo female, following Carey (18), Madonna (12), Whitney Houston (11) and Janet Jackson (10). (The Beatles lead all acts with 20 career No. 1s; Michael Jackson has the most (13) among solo males. In addition to the Supremes (12), Stevie Wonder (10) is the other act with at least 10 Hot 100 leaders).

"S&M" ascends to the Hot 100's summit fueled by the first full week of digital sales for the song's "Rih-mix" featuring Britney Spears. All versions of the song, which claims the Hot 100's Digital Gainer award and becomes Rihanna's record-extending 10th No. 1 on Digital Songs, sold a combined 293,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 108% increase over last week. The Spears-assisted version of the track accounted for 66% of the song's overall weekly digital sum.

"S&M" spends a third week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (124 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS).

Now listed as featured artist on "S&M," Spears earns her fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and second this year, following her own "Hold It Against Me" in January. She had previously reigned with her debut single "...Baby One More Time" in 1999 and returned to the summit with "Womanizer" (2008) and "3" (2009).

"S&M" displaces Katy Perry's "E.T.," featuring Kanye West (No. 2), after three weeks atop the Hot 100. Although the song's airplay continues to build, as it spends a second week at No. 2 on Radio Songs (122 million in audience, up 13%), securing the Hot 100's Airplay Gainer nod, its digital sales decline by 12% to 284,000.

The Hot 100's highest debut belongs to Lady Gaga, whose "Judas," the heavily-anticipated second single from "Born This Way" (due May 23), soars in at No. 10.

After being serviced to radio and released to iTunes Friday afternoon (Apr. 15), "Judas" charges onto Digital Songs at No. 4 with 162,000 downloads sold.

By comparison, "Born This Way" began with sales of 448,000 on the Digital Songs chart dated Feb. 26. "Born" was similarly posted to iTunes on a Friday (Feb. 11), although it arrived at the retailer in the early morning (ET), whereas "Judas" hit the online store early Friday afternoon. (The SoundScan tracking week ends at the close of business each Sunday night).

On Radio Songs, "Judas" starts at No. 48 with 26 million in audience. ("Born" launched at No. 6 on Radio Songs with 78.5 million in audience, both a record debut rank and first-week audience sum since the chart began incorporating all radio formats in December 1998).

Benefitting from the buzz of being an album's lead single, "Born" became just the 19th song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Still, the No. 10 start for "Judas" marks Lady Gaga's third-highest entrance; "Bad Romance" -- the lead track from her "The Fame Monster" EP -- debuted at No. 9 in November 2009.

Following its first full week at retail and radio, "Judas" could vault to the upper reaches of next week's Hot 100.

Rounding out the rest of this week's top 10 on the Hot 100, the Black Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough" holds at No. 3, followed by Jeremih's "Down on Me," featuring 50 Cent (6-4), Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" (4-5), Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (10-6), Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now," featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes (7-7), Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor," featuring Pitbull (9-8), and Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" (8-9).

All charts, including the Hot 100, Digital Songs and Radio Songs, will be refreshed tomorrow on Billboard.com.

http://www.billboard.com/...4922.story

Who's Mad?

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

trueiopian said:

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

We've already been through this.

trueiopian said:

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

ViintageJunkiie said:

trueiopian said:

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

And 6 #1 albums.

ViintageJunkiie said:

trueiopian said:

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

Right. and she had to hop on Rihanna's wagon to earn the 5th one.

musicjunky318 said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

And 6 #1 albums.

pleasebaleevit no one is mad

im surprised brit only has 5 number ones...

and im angry rihanna has 10....

musicjunky318 said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

And 6 #1 albums.

I was once a big fan of Brit so of course I'm not mad .. Just didn't know she's only had FOUR before Rihanna came into the picture. Brits been out since 1998 and only 4?

Wow at this rate, Rih will pass Mariah soon.

10 #1s in 5 years?

ViintageJunkiie said:

trueiopian said:

at 5th #1. That will always crack me up.

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

Oh don't even act like you're surprised. I knew that from jump street. Until a few years ago, she only had ONE number-one hit in the U.S. and that was "Baby One More Time".

Timmy84 said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

Oh don't even act like you're surprised. I knew that from jump street. Until a few years ago, she only had ONE number-one hit in the U.S. and that was "Baby One More Time".

Thank you.

Britney's never owned radio/been a singles artist. The last four were aided heavily by smashing digital sales.

I'd rather have 6 #1 albums anyway. Rihanna's currently at, let me see....0.

[Edited 4/20/11 14:55pm]

musicjunky318 said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh don't even act like you're surprised. I knew that from jump street. Until a few years ago, she only had ONE number-one hit in the U.S. and that was "Baby One More Time".

Thank you.

Britney's never owned radio/been a singles artist. The last four were aided heavily by smashing digital sales.

I'd rather have 6 #1 albums anyway. Rihanna's currently at, let me see....0.

[Edited 4/20/11 14:55pm]

Right. Big deal she only has five number-ones, people buy her albums anyway, so what?

Screw them both tbh!!!, this just shows how fucked up the music industry is like today, when artists like Amel Larrieux, Teedra moses and Yahzarah can't even reach mainstream and these lame talentless "pop" acts have historic chart success just by putting their digitally edited vocals on a club beat.

DrHeat said:

Screw them both tbh!!!, this just shows how fucked up the music industry is like today, when artists like Amel Larrieux, Teedra moses and Yahzarah can't even reach mainstream and these lame talentless "pop" acts have historic chart success just by putting their digitally edited vocals on a club beat.

Let the pop artists have their fun, those artists you mention don't need it, their music speaks for themselves. I love Amel and like Teedra and Yahzarah.

It's pathetic that all these pop stars feature on each others records. It's marketing desperation to boost sales and it seems to be everywhere in US pop/rnb music.

It was like when Eminem teamed up with Rihanna. Seems so fake. These duets or "featuring" songs just reek of desperate marketing.

Predicting future collabs

Lady Gaga and Eminem

Beyonce and Rihanna (has this happened yet?)

Beyonce and Britney

Pink and Eminem

Katy Perry and Lil Wayne

Justin Beiber and Rihanna.....

DrHeat said:

Screw them both tbh!!!, this just shows how fucked up the music industry is like today, when artists like Amel Larrieux, Teedra moses and Yahzarah can't even reach mainstream and these lame talentless "pop" acts have historic chart success just by putting their digitally edited vocals on a club beat.

Timmy84 said:

DrHeat said:

Screw them both tbh!!!, this just shows how fucked up the music industry is like today, when artists like Amel Larrieux, Teedra moses and Yahzarah can't even reach mainstream and these lame talentless "pop" acts have historic chart success just by putting their digitally edited vocals on a club beat.

Let the pop artists have their fun, those artists you mention don't need it, their music speaks for themselves. I love Amel and like Teedra and Yahzarah.

I know but it just pisses me off y'know, i wanna see Amel on top of the charts, or Yazarah selling 500k in her first week or Teedra selling out her shows, why not? they deserve it and work harder than these lames, Britney and Rhianna dont even show up for studio sessions, their team/record compnay picks the hot producers who do the beats and then they show up to put their vocals and thats it, wheres the creativity, the working process, i can u get so much from doing so little.

thesexofit said:

It's pathetic that all these pop stars feature on each others records. It's marketing desperation to boost sales and it seems to be everywhere in US pop/rnb music.

It was like when Eminem teamed up with Rihanna. Seems so fake. These duets or "featuring" songs just reek of desperate marketing.

Predicting future collabs

Lady Gaga and Eminem

Beyonce and Rihanna (has this happened yet?)

Beyonce and Britney

Pink and Eminem

Katy Perry and Lil Wayne

Justin Beiber and Rihanna.....

LOL@Lady Gaga and Eminem. Someone alert me when that happens, I will suspend my usual anti-Gaga mentality long enough to listen to it.

Anyway...if you ask me, the problem is iTunes. Billboard puts too much importance on iTunes sales, which makes it easy for a shallow, rabid fanbase to hold the charts hostage. IMO, they need to go back to putting the importance on airplay. Hits are on the radio. Britney was always more likely to be snubbed at radio than embraced, then iTunes comes along, and after spending most of her career barely nicking the top 40, she's suddenly having number one singles left and right. That's so phony to me.

[Edited 4/20/11 15:25pm]

I dont know why people care about charts so much...that does not mean the credability of a song is "good" or "not good"...if Billie Jean only hit #89 on the pop charts in the 80s...would it have been a bad tune?

musicjunky318 said:

DrHeat said:

Screw them both tbh!!!, this just shows how fucked up the music industry is like today, when artists like Amel Larrieux, Teedra moses and Yahzarah can't even reach mainstream and these lame talentless "pop" acts have historic chart success just by putting their digitally edited vocals on a club beat.

Anyone im sure who listen's to "REAL" music and talented artists is a lil pissed but like Timmy said let the "puppys" of pop have their fun

@ Chamber, the Gaga-Em collab was gonna go through on Em's last album (since they are both on interscope) but EM refused.

A confirmed collab is Justin Timberlake and Drake (and maybe even Yelawolf)

[Edited 4/20/11 15:37pm]

Timmy84 said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

DAMN! Brit has only had 5 #1s?!

Oh don't even act like you're surprised. I knew that from jump street. Until a few years ago, she only had ONE number-one hit in the U.S. and that was "Baby One More Time".

I never knew .. I don't care for chart positions but that's news to me

ViintageJunkiie said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh don't even act like you're surprised. I knew that from jump street. Until a few years ago, she only had ONE number-one hit in the U.S. and that was "Baby One More Time".

I never knew .. I don't care for chart positions but that's news to me

I don't that much either but I like to see chart statistics whenever I'm on Wikipedia just to read them.

Timmy84 said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

I never knew .. I don't care for chart positions but that's news to me

I don't that much either but I like to see chart statistics whenever I'm on Wikipedia just to read them.

I do that too!

10 number 1 hits and yet I couldn't hum a Rhianna tune if my life depended on it. Rhianna, Kate Perry, Britney, Gaga? Really people? Is this what the pop scene has come down to? I mean, the pop charts have always been littered with shit but once in a while a jem would shine through but all this crap is really unbelievable. It's all so banal.

Rihanna do anything to get a number one and funny none of her albums have hit number one.

babybugz said:

Rihanna do anything to get a number one and funny none of her albums have hit number one.

Rhi is the sheer definition of a singles artist.

ViintageJunkiie said:

Timmy84 said:

I don't that much either but I like to see chart statistics whenever I'm on Wikipedia just to read them.

I do that too!

Glad people are admitting they do that...because i do that too, but i'm so ashamed, i always feel like a nerd LOL!

chamber said:

thesexofit said:

It's pathetic that all these pop stars feature on each others records. It's marketing desperation to boost sales and it seems to be everywhere in US pop/rnb music.

It was like when Eminem teamed up with Rihanna. Seems so fake. These duets or "featuring" songs just reek of desperate marketing.

Predicting future collabs

Lady Gaga and Eminem

Beyonce and Rihanna (has this happened yet?)

Beyonce and Britney

Pink and Eminem

Katy Perry and Lil Wayne

Justin Beiber and Rihanna.....

LOL@Lady Gaga and Eminem. Someone alert me when that happens, I will suspend my usual anti-Gaga mentality long enough to listen to it.

Anyway...if you ask me, the problem is iTunes. Billboard puts too much importance on iTunes sales, which makes it easy for a shallow, rabid fanbase to hold the charts hostage. IMO, they need to go back to putting the importance on airplay. Hits are on the radio. Britney was always more likely to be snubbed at radio than embraced, then iTunes comes along, and after spending most of her career barely nicking the top 40, she's suddenly having number one singles left and right. That's so phony to me.

[Edited 4/20/11 15:25pm]

Always seemed to me that sales are really the base for a chart. I mean, airplay? Don't record companies buy airplay? It doesn't mean a thing.

When people actually go and buy stuff, that's what a chart should be about, not what a dj decides to play.

robertlove said:

ViintageJunkiie said:

I do that too!

Glad people are admitting they do that...because i do that too, but i'm so ashamed, i always feel like a nerd LOL!

Nerds are cool. Fess up to it. I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Layzie said:

Wow at this rate, Rih will pass Mariah soon.

10 #1s in 5 years?