Rihanna’s latest single jumped from no.53 to no.1 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. This was the second-best leap in the chart’s history behind Maroon 5’s “Makes Me Wonder”, which jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007.
The song also opened with the third highest digital sales tally in Billboard Chart history amassing 267,000 units sold in one week after being available only on radio. The song has become Rihanna’s second number-one single from her album Good Girl Gone Bad after “Umbrella” topped the charts around the same time in 2007 and her third number 1 overall.
In this week UK chart, The Ting Tings jumped straight to the top of the singles charts with their catchy shout-pop tune That’s Not My Name.
The Ting Tings knocked Madonna from top position, and her tune 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake, fell to number three.
Rihanna’s new entry Take a Bow went in at number two, while Will I Am’s Heartbreaker stayed put at number four and Wiley’s Wearing My Rolex dropped three places to number five.
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” pushes Iron Man off throne, pulling down $56.6 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man” slipped to second place after two weeks at No. 1 with $31.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $222.5 million.
Ashlee Simpson got her fairy tale wedding to Pete Wentz on Saturday complete with an “Alice in Wonderland” themed reception at her parents’ Los Angeles area home. Joe Simpson, her father, performed the non-denomination ceremony and sister Jessica was the maid of honor, the magazine said.
Victoria Beckham has officially retired from singing.
Posh reunited with the girl band for a world tour which finished earlier this year, but has now quit pop for good.
Victoria, who has a new career as a fashion designer, told GMTV: “I loved the whole social thing of being back with the girls – it was so much fun. And I loved the kids watching me going, ‘Wow! This is what mummy used to do.’ Rather than just moan, you know, ‘Do your homework and clean your teeth’.
“I’m not going to sing any more – I’ve hung my microphone up.”
Rihanna’s latest single jumped from no.53 to no.1 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. This was the second-best leap in the chart’s history behind Maroon 5’s “Makes Me Wonder”, which jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007.
