NEW YORK (Billboard) - Britney Spears' single "3" will be at the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 to be released Thursday (October 15), making her the first recording artist in more than three years to debut at No. 1 on the chart.
Her new track, a racy paean to the joys of three-way sex from the upcoming hits set "The Singles Collection," due November 24, shifted 255,000 downloads in its first week of release, also propelling it to No. 1 on Digital Songs.
"3" is the first title to debut at No. 1 since Taylor Hicks' "American Idol" victory song, "Do I Make You Proud," did so on the chart dated July 1, 2006. In fact, the last four songs to open at No. 1 were all "American Idol"-related. Before Hicks, Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven," "I Believe" by Fantasia and Clay Aiken's "This Is The Night" each debuted at No. 1.The last non-"Idol" song to open at No. 1 was Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" in 1998.
"3" is Spears' third Hot 100 No. 1. Her debut single, "...Baby One More Time," spent two weeks at No. 1 in 1999, and "Womanizer" spent one frame at the top, a year ago this week.(Editing by SheriLinden at Reuters)
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