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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's Invincible becomes his seventh #1 album -
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" goes from #52 to #1 on the Hot 100, breaking the record for biggest leap to the top spot. -
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte's "The Anthem" peaks at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then on 19 April, 2003 Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" peaks at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. -
Joss Stone
Teenage English soul star Joss Stone becomes the youngest female solo artist to top the British album survey as Mind Body & Soul debuts at #1. The 17-year-old's second release, and first full-length album, bows ahead of Top-10 entries by Marilyn Manson, Tom Jones and Brian Wilson. -
Madonna
Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor album becomes her ninth UK chart-topper, while "Hung Up" starts its second week at #1 on the singles chart, her 11th on that tally. -
Queen
Queen's Greatest Hits is declared the most popular album of all time in Britain, with more than five-and-a-half million units sold. -
Rihanna
Rihanna's "Umbrella" reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100, after seven weeks. -
Donna Summer
Donna Summer scores a #1 Dance hit with "I'm A Fire," making her the first artist to top that chart in every decade since its 1974 debut. -
FLo Rida and Ke$ha's start
FLo Rida's "Right Round" hits #1 for the first of six weeks. An unknown singer named Kesha Sebert provides the hook. She would soon become a star under the moniker Ke$ha, with the $ in her name included for ironic purposes as she claims money isn't very important to her (which explains why she wasn't too upset about getting paid very little for her contribution to this song). -
Katy Perry
"California Gurls" hits #1, the fist of five Hot 100 chart-toppers from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream album - a feat only equaled by Michael Jackson's Bad. -
Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa's "Born This Way" makes history, becoming the Billboard Hot 100 chart's 1000th number one. "It is a tremendous honor," GaGa tells Billboard. "To be the 1000th number one on Billboard. I would be silly not to say this is the greatest honor of my career." -
One Direction
One Direction's video release of "Up All Night: The Live Tour" debuts at #1 on the Billboard Music Video Sales chart. In the same week, "What Makes You Beautiful" is also peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. -
Bon Jovi
"Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi returns to the Hot 100 at #25, thanks to a viral video of a Boston Celtics fan dancing to the song. -
Meghan Trainor & Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass hits #1 for the first of eight weeks, replacing "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift (a Size 2!). -
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson's "Heartbeat Song" debuts at #37 on the Hot 100. -
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes "Stitches" is #1 on top 100 charts.
