Gary Trust, N.Y.
Lady GaGa becomes just the third artist in the 16-year history of
the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart to collect three No. 1 songs
from a debut album. "LoveGame" (Interscope) rises 2-1, marking Lady
GaGa's third No. 1, following "Just Dance" (two weeks) and "Poker
Face" (five weeks). The three songs appear on her top five
Billboard 200 album, "The Fame." The set has sold 1,162,000 copies
to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The singer-songwriter born Stefani Germanotta joins just two prior
artists in accomplishing the triumphant triple play.
In 1993-94, Ace Of Base reigned consecutively on Mainstream Top 40
with three cuts from its debut set "The Sign": "All That She
Wants," the title cut (No. 1 for a chart-record 14 weeks) and
"Don't Turn Around."
In 2002-03, Avril Lavigne repeated the feat with a trio of tracks
from her debut release "Let Go": "Complicated" (eight weeks),
"Sk8er Boi" (one week) and "I'm With You" (four weeks).
On the Billboard Hot 100, "Just Dance" spent three weeks at No. 1,
and "Poker Face" led for one frame. As of last week, "LoveGame" was
bulleted at No. 5 on the Hot 100, its highest ranking to date.
