main page On This Day In 2011, Britney Debuted At The Top Of The Billboard Hot 100 With "hold It Against Me"

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Yep that is right folks! On this day January 20th, 2011 Britney's first single "Hold It Against Me" off of her seventh studio album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts!

Britney Spears becomes just the second artist in the Billboard Hot 100's 52-year history to debut multiple songs at No. 1, as "Hold It Against Me" blasts in at the summit.

Spears previously launched at the apex with "3" the week of Oct. 24, 2009. She joins Mariah Carey as the only acts to arrive at No. 1 more than once. Carey made such grand entrances with "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day" in 1995 and "Honey" in 1997. (All charts will be refreshed tomorrow (Jan. 20) on Billboard.com).

"Hold It Against Me" starts atop Digital Songs with 411,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As previously reported, the sum marks the highest debut frame by a lead female artist, besting the 325,000 shifted by Taylor Swift's "Today Was a Fairytale" the week of Feb. 6, 2010.

On Radio Songs, "Hold It Against Me" begins at No. 23 with 45 million first-week audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. The song's No. 23 entrance is the chart's best since Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" began at the same rank the week of March 1, 2008.

SLAY BRITNEY!!! We are always proud of you!! Such an amazing accomplishment!  Click here to read the rest of the article!

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[Richie]

HOLD IT AGAINST ME WAS HUGE!!

and I became a stan too late I didn't get to enjoy that amazing moment how did y'all react at the time?? I imagine if that would happen with B9's first single there would be such a positive meltdown

I need it

[MadDennis]

I was so excited that it got to #1! Wow, it's been a long time

[Curious.Btfls]

Yayy

[Guest blehh]

tbh if ffney could pull out a #1 single, so can 2015ney

[It's Armin B!tch]

I freaking love this song! Not surprised it went #1 in the first week

[Daydream, Mariah's fantasy]

Slayriah

[Matilda]

[ValetGirls]

Such a bit hit, it was almost as big as FFTney's biceps :eyeney:

[PopMusicJunkie]

Such a great week, I'll never forget. I need that for B9 but for 3+ weeks.

[Jojo93220]

It totally deserved to be #1 cause it is a smash hit...... Such a shame it didn't work in France (#31).....