Katy Perry posts back-to-back No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100, as “Teenage Dream” is set to top the chart when it’s released in full tomorrow morning (Sept. 9).

The last female artist to post successive No. 1 singles on the chart was Lady Gaga, who took her first two entries, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face,” to the summit in the first half of 2009.

Perry spent six weeks at No. 1 with her last radio single “California Gurls” earlier this summer, accumulating enough time in the upper reaches of the chart to lead the Summer Songs tally for most of the season. The final ranking of Top Summer Songs will also be announced tomorrow. On this week’s Hot 100, “California Gurls” dips 7-10.

“Teenage Dream” makes its surge to No. 1 thanks in part to a copping a second straight Airplay Gainer award, topping 100 million listener impressions for the first time with a 19% audience gain (7-5 on Radio Songs), according to Nielsen BDS. The track holds at No. 1 for a second week on Digital Songs with 221,000 (down 15%), according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Perry supplants Eminem, who was also enjoying a back-to-back No. 1 run on the Hot 100. “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna, led for the past seven weeks (1-2), while his last single “Not Afraid” topped the chart for a week in May.

Source: Billboard

Katy was at the ‘X Factor’ Italy in Milan yesterday, September 7, and you can view some gorgeous high quality pix in our gallery and watch the “California Gurls” and an interview below!

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+ Appearances > 2010 > ‘X Factor’ Italy – September 7 [HQ]
+ Performances > 2010 > ‘X Factor’ Italy – September 7 [HQ]

‘California Gurls’

Interview

Katy Perry talks about the inspiration behind “Peacock”, another song off her new album ‘Teenage Dream’, available in stores now and through digital retailers!

Katy has been picked to start the new season of Saturday Night Live! Tune in to NBC for the September 25th season premiere, and watch Katy perform as the musical guest.

Katy was on the British TV show Alan Carr: Chatty Man episode that aired yesterday, September 5, on Channel 4 and you can now watch the fabulous video of the interview and “Teenage Dream” performance below:

Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream has arrived at the top of the UK album charts.

The ‘California Gurls’ singer’s sophomore effort is a marked improvement on her first release One Of The Boys, which failed to crack the Top 10 upon its release in 2008.

Its success pushes Eminem’s Recovery down to the runner-up position for only the third time in its 11 weeks of release, one spot ahead of Biffy Clyro’s Only Revolutions, which climbs 24 places to return to the top five.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, two more albums – The Pretty Reckless with Light Me Up and Disturbed’s Asylum – make their debuts, landing at six and seven respectively.

Meanwhile, Lissie’s Catch A Tiger re-enters the top 40 after climbing a massive 30 places to 12, while Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier goes the opposite way, plummeting 15 places from three to 18, one spot behind a new entry from Everything Everything, entitled Man Alive.

The Top 10 in full:

1. (-) Katy Perry: ‘Teenage Dream’
2. (1) Eminem: ‘Recovery’
3. (27) Biffy Clyro: ‘Only Revolutions’
4. (7) Mumford & Sons: ‘Sigh No More’
5. (4) Arcade Fire: ‘The Suburbs’
6. (-) The Pretty Reckless: ‘Light Me Up’
7. (-) Disturbed: ‘Asylum’
8. (6) Lady GaGa: ‘The Fame Monster’
9. (5) Eliza Doolittle: ‘Eliza Doolittle’
10. (2) Plan B: ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’

Source: Digital Spy

According to TVGuide, Katy is set to make an appearance on the season eight premiere of The Ellen Degeneres Show! (September 13th, 2010) Are you guys excited? Can’t wait…

Katy Perry – who recently completed a stint as a guest judge on UK TV talent show ‘The X Factor‘ – would rather sleep with Cheryl Cole than Simon Cowell.

The ‘Teenage Dream’ hitmaker – who was recently a guest judge alongside the Girls Aloud singer, Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell on ‘The X Factor’ – is in awe of the ‘Fight for This Love’ hitmaker and would love to romance her if she wasn’t in a relationship with Russell Brand.

Katy said: “I adore Cheryl – she’s amazing. I’m very happy with my own English stud but if I wasn’t with him I’d be trying to date Cheryl.

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Katy was at BBC Radio 1′s Scott Mills Show yesterday, September 2, and you can now listen to the full interview on the players below thanks to Cheryl-Online.net! After the radio interview Katy joined Scott live on camera doing whatever you wanted her to do in a white room of fun on the U CTRL KATY segment. We had already posted videos of some of the best moments HERE and you can now also view some fabulous pix from this appearance in the gallery!

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+ Appearances > 2010 > BBC Radio 1′s Scott Mills Show – U CTRL KATY – September 2 [HQ]

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Katy Perry scores a chart double this week as her new LP tops the Irish album chart.

Teenage Dream debuts at the number one spot alongside its title track, which heads the singles chart.

Perry’s last album One Of The Boys peaked at number ten.

Fight Like Apes score the second highest new entry of the week as The Body of Christ & Legs of Tina Tuner enters at number three.

Elsewhere, Imelda May’s Love Tattoo jumps 30 places to number 14. The top 20 also sees new entries from Disturbed and The Pretty Reckless at 16 and 18 respectively.

This week’s top ten in full:

1. (*) Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
2. (1) Eminem – ‘Recovery’
3. (*) Fight Like Apes – ‘The Body of Christ & Legs of Tina Tuner’
4. (2) Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’
5. (3) Mumford & Sons – ‘Sigh No More’
6. (4) Jedward – ‘Planet Jedward’
7. (5) Lady GaGa – ‘The Fame Monster’
8. (7) Paolo Nutini – ‘Sunny Side Up”
9. (6) Florence & The Machine – ‘Lungs’
10. (10) Plan B – ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’

You can view this week’s Irish singles chart here.

Source: Digital Spy