We knew last week that Beyoncé’s “If I Were a Boy” was poised to make a big leap on Billboard's Hot 100. The only question was, how big?
Just a year ago, a 65-space jump to No. 3 would have been enough to make our eyes pop. When Britney Spears did it in early October 2007 with “Gimme More,” it was considered something of a triumph—especially as she was at the height of her meltdown phase and coming off a tragic performance at the 2007 Video Music Awards.
Now, we’re a little harder to impress. In its third week on the charts, “Boy” makes the exact same move from No. 68 to No. 3—and chart geeks yawn. That’s because the last two months have brought three straight leaps all the way to No. 1 from below No. 70. (The most recent was by Spears herself, whose “Womanizer” bested “Gimme More” by shooting from No. 96 to the penthouse.)
Still, Beyoncé’s got nothing to be ashamed of: her gender-flip of Prince’s “If I Was Your Girlfriend” (well, I like to think of it that way) is her ninth career Top 10 single and sold almost 190,000 digital downloads. And it brings her one hit away from matching the career chart record of the group she ditched four years ago.
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Rosie O'Donnell's variety show: “'Liza Minnelli will be on the show,' Ms. O’Donnell revealed last week... Other scheduled guests include Kathy Griffin, Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), hip-hop artist Ne-Yo and singer Alanis Morissette." I mean, think about it: A Ne-Yo collab with any of those other guests (except maybe Kathy Griffin) could be gold on both a musical and comedic level. He could out-emote Alanis! Out-fabulous Liza! Out-ego Jane, if she wants to keep up her Jenna Maroney schtick! Or maybe he could even throw everyone a curveball and live out his own Night Court fantasy storyline, just to keep things synergistic. [TVWeek via Defamer]
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