Katy Perry Shoots To Number 1

Katy Perry completes the quickest ascent to the top of Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart in more than five years, as ‘California Gurls’ leaps four spots to number one in its sixth week.

By Doug Lazy on June 22, 2010

Katy Perry completes the quickest ascent to the top of Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart in more than five years, as “California Gurls”  leaps four spots to number one in its sixth week.

According to Billboard, the song logs the fastest flight to the list’s top spot since Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” reached number one in six weeks back in 2005. “California Gurls” is Perry’s third number one on the chart. “Hot N Cold” led for three weeks in 2008 and “Waking Up in Vegas” ruled for two weeks last August.

“California Gurls” has spent the last two weeks at the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold 1.4-million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Perry’s album, Teenage Dream, drops on August 24th.