Billboard Top 100 has its 1000th Number one hit!
This article originally appeared on Yahoo on line informing us of the 1000th hit song to reach the number one slot on the Billboard top 100. I have copied and pasted a portion of the article here for you to enjoy.
06/26/2008 8:00 AM, E! Online
David Jenison
Katy Perry just smooched her way to No. 1, and into the history books.
Her single "I Kissed a Girl" leapfrogged over Coldplay to top Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, becoming the 1,000th No. 1 hit of the rock era.
Perry landed the millennial No. 1 by selling 235,000 digital copies and surging seven spots to No. 12 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. Though her music leans pop, the racy singer is racking up spins at several alt-rock stations as well, and she's a fixture on this year's Vans Warped Tour.
Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" topped the inaugural Best Sellers list back in 1955. At the time, Billboard actually had three main charts—Best Sellers, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes—which eventually were combined into the Hot 100 in August 1958. Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" was the inaugural Hot 100 chart-topper for the issue dated Aug. 4.
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