A comparison of each #1 song for Gaga in the UK and USA:

 

First #1 single:

UK - Just Dance

USA - Just Dance

 

Second #1 single:

UK - Poker Face

USA - Poker Face

 

Third #1 single:

UK - Bad Romance

USA - Born This Way

 

Fourth #1 single:

UK - Telephone

USA - Shallow

 

Fifth #1 single:

UK - Shallow

USA - Rain On Me

 

Sixth #1 single:

UK - Rain On Me

USA - Die With A Smile

 

Love the variety here, she really has the hits for everyone.

 

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Another confirmation that DWAS will be on LG7 too

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Another confirmation that DWAS will be on LG7 too

 

Might have a chance at UK #1 that week

Another day at #1. Another day with over 10 million daily streams. :cheeseblock:

 

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17 more days left and Mother owns that record *.*

#7 in the UK mids today.

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Looking good for a 2nd week at #1 :cheer:.

56 points gap over A Fart Song :cheeseblock:

that's 30% lead :clap:

Yay, nice to have it officially confirmed! :cheer:

 

It still completely blows my mind BR wasn't a US #1 every time I read it!

Absurd indeed, Bad Romance is bigger than careers.

 

She should have 7 #1 hits in the US like she does now in Canada (where Bad Romance was #1), as DWAS hits #1 there this week. :clap:

What stopped Bad Romance from hitting #1? Was it a multi-week #2 in the USA? I was gobsmacked when I found out it just missed the top spot.

What stopped Bad Romance from hitting #1? Was it a multi-week #2 in the USA? I was gobsmacked when I found out it just missed the top spot.

It was blocked by both 'Empire State of Mind' and 'Tik Tok'! The former spent 5 weeks at #1 and the latter 9 weeks. I started following the Billboard Hot 100 closely in 2009 (via the BillboardGoddess YouTube channel for the top 50 and PenaltyKillah for 51-100, major throwbacks there *_*) as a big Gaga fan, so these memories are still burned into my brain :lol:

Bad Romance got stuck at #2 for 7 weeks, being held back by Empire State of Mind and TikTok, two othet diamond singles... It was a big dog fight. A remix would have taken Bad Romance to #1, but her label dropped the ball.

This has got me thinking, how close was it on the closest week?

 

(If that kind of information is available)

It was just unfortunate that Bad Romance (my favourite song ever by anyone ever released), was up against mammoth hits. Arguably Bad Romance is bigger than Empire State of Mind (which I hated so it blocking BR made me even loathe it more), but Tik Tok was a massive worldwide hit too so that I can understand.

This has got me thinking, how close was it on the closest week?

 

(If that kind of information is available)

I did it years ago

 

 

Hot 100 - 12/05/2009

#1 ESOF — 265

#2 Bad Romance — 252

#3 Fireflies — 216

 

Hot 100 - 12/12/2009

#1 ESOF — 328

#2 Bad Romance — 268

#3 Tik Tok — 223

 

Hot 100 - 12/19/2009

#1 ESOF — 271

#2 Bad Romance — 252

#3 Tik Tok — 227

 

Hot 100 - 12/26/2009

#1 ESOF — 262

#2 Tik Tok — 259

#3 Bad Romance — 259

 

Hot 100 - 01/02/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 310

#2 ESOF — 267

#3 Bad Romance — 255

 

Hot 100 - 01/09/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 702

#2 Replay — 551

#3 Bad Romance — 537

 

Hot 100 - 01/16/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 489

#2 Bad Romance — 398

#3 Replay — 362

 

Hot 100 - 01/23/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 365

#2 Bad Romance — 305

#3 ESOF — 271

 

Hot 100 - 01/30/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 367

#2 Bad Romance — 287

#3 ESOF — 232

 

Hot 100 - 02/06/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 345

#2 Today Was A Fairytale — 325

#3 Bad Romance — 272

 

Hot 100 - 02/13/2010

#1 Tik Tok — 331

#2 Bad Romance — 276

#3 Bedrock — 264

 

 

So, Gaga's label missed out on the #1 spot for Bad Romance by just 3 points (3,000 copies). :hithead:

The first song on Today's Top Hits again :cheer:

 

Arguably Bad Romance is bigger than Empire State of Mind (which I hated so it blocking BR made me even loathe it more)

 

Yeah, ESOM does my head in and I've never liked it so I'm a bit aggrieved by that too <_<

 

At least we in the UK didn't let such a thing happen.

106th day at #1 on Spotify and with massive streams too: 10,709,547!

 

11 million tomorrow?