GLOBAL NO.1 - 10 YEARS AGO... "California Gurls" is taken from Katy Perry's third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010). The song features verses from rapper Snoop Dogg. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to "Empire State Of Mind" (2009), by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. "California Gurls" is a midtempo disco-pop and funk-pop song with influences of new wave and electropop, while its lyrics are an ode to the state of California, in which both Perry and Snoop Dogg were born and raised. "California Gurls" garnered positive reviews from music critics, with the majority of them labeling it a "summer anthem", as well as complimenting its production and chorus. The song was a worldwide success, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, giving Perry her second US number-one single and Snoop Dogg his third. The song reached number one in over 10 countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and topped Media Traffic's Global Year-End Chart 2010 with a total of 8,369,000 points.

USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Pop Smoke debuts at no.1 on Billboard 200
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, giving the late rapper his first chart-topping effort. The set was released on July 3

via Victor Victor Worldwide / Republic Records and bows with 251,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Shoot for the Stars is billed as Pop Smoke’s first studio album, following a pair of mixtapes: Meet the Woo, V.1 and Meet the Woo, V.2. The latter became his first top 10 when it debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the Feb. 22-dated chart. News of Shoot for the Stars’ No. 1 arrival comes shortly after five people were arrested on July 9 in connection with Pop Smoke’s murder on Feb. 19. The 20-year-old Brooklyn artist (real name: Bashar Barakah Jackson) died at his Hollywood Hills home of a gunshot wound after suspects with masks entered the residence and shot him. Shoot for the Stars’ launch of 251,000 equivalent album units is powered by 190,000 SEA units (equating to 268.44 million on-demand streams of the 19 tracks on the album), 59,000 in album sales (supported by

an array of merchandise/album bundle offers) and 3,000 in TEA units. Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon is the first posthumous album to reach No. 1 since XXXTentacion’s Skins opened atop the chart dated Dec. 22, 2018 (with 132,000 equivalent album units). The hip-hop artist died on June 18 of that year. Pop Smoke and XXXTentacion are two of four hip-hop artists with posthumous No. 1s. They follow The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac, who each have three posthumous leaders. At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical surges to a new peak, as the album vaults from No. 14 with 102,000 equivalent album units earned (up 294 percent). Of that sum, 32,000 are in album sales (up 592 percent). The album is basking in the glow of the July 3 Disney+ streaming premiere of the filmed version of the Broadway stage show, with most of the original Broadway cast. Of Hamilton’s unit haul of 102,000 for the week, 67,000 are in SEA units (equating to 90.41 million on-demand streams for the set’s tracks -- easily the biggest streaming week ever for a cast recording), 32,000 are in album sales, and 4,000 are in TEA units. The set previous peaked at No. 3 on the July 2, 2016-dated chart, following the 2016 Tony Awards, where the show won 11 trophies, including best musical. Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Lil Baby’s My Turn falls from No. 1 to No. 3 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11 percent), while DaBaby’s former No. 1 Blame It On Baby slips from No. 3 to No. 4 with 36,000 units (down 8 percent). Post Malone’s previous leader Hollywood’s Bleeding dips 4-5 with just under 36,000 units (down 8 percent). The Weeknd’s chart-topping After Hours shifts down 5-6 with a little more than 29,000 equivalent album units (down 7 percent), Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Fine Line backtracks 6-7 with 29,000 units (down 7 percent) and Polo G’s The Goat falls 7-8 with 28,000 units (down 8 percent). Lil Uzi Vert’s former leader Eternal Atake descends 8-9 with 27,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11 percent), and Lil Durk’s Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 closes out the top 10, tumbling 2-10 with 27,000 units (down 36 percent, after its surge back up the chart a week ago, from No. 56, following its deluxe reissue with bonus tracks). DaBaby's "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Ricch, posts a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Rockstar," released on SouthCoast / Interscope Records, tallies an eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 42.4 million U.S. streams, down 3%, in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It rises 3-2 on Digital Song Sales, although with a 16% decline to 13,000 sold in the same span. On Radio Songs, it surges 10-5 with 54.2 million airplay audience impressions, up 17%, in the week ending July 12, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100. The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" lifts 3-2 on the Hot 100. It leads Radio Songs for a 14th week (77.3 million, essentially even week-over-week), tying for the fifth-longest command since the chart began in December 1990. Jack Harlow's "Whats Poppin," featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, dips to No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2 a week ago; Megan Thee Stallion's former one-week leader "Savage," featuring Beyoncé, holds at No. 4; and SAINt JHN's "Roses" keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 4. Late rapper Pop Smoke appears in the Hot 100's top 10 for the first time, as "For the Night," featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby, debuts at No. 6. The song is from Pop Smoke's first full-length, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, which bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The track arrives at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (27.6 million) and No. 18 on Digital Song Sales (5,000). Meanwhile, DaBaby ranks in three of the Hot 100's top six spots, thanks to "Rockstar" (No. 1), "Whats Poppin" (No. 3) and "For the Night" (No. 6). He becomes just the seventh act in the Hot 100's nearly 62-year history to have charted at least three songs in the top six slots simultaneously, after The Beatles (who did so for nine weeks in 1964), 50 Cent (seven, 2005), Drake (six, 2018), Justin Bieber (five, 2015-16), Ariana Grande (one week, 2019) and Usher (one, 2004). DaBaby is the first artist to earn the honor since Grande, who claimed the top three on Feb. 23, 2019 (becoming the second act, after The Beatles, in 1964, to collect such a triple at the top). Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" hits a new Hot 100 high (8-7), while Lil Mosey's "Blueberry Faygo" also ascends a spot to a new best (9-8). Rounding out the top 10, Doja Cat's former one-week No. 1 "Say So" drops 6-9 and Justin Bieber's "Intentions," featuring Quavo, slides 7-10, after reaching No. 5.