Loverboy breaks record on Billboard
In case you didn't send a card yet, this week marks the 43rd birthday of The Billboard Hot 100. The chart was first published on Aug. 4, 1958, and this week's tally is dated Aug. 4, 2001. As if to mark the special occasion, Mariah Carey breaks a record by taking the biggest leap to No. 2 in Hot 100 history. On the very first chart, Domenico Modugno debuted at No. 54 with his Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)". The next week, the song rocketed to No. 2. That record stood for 42 years.
It was exactly one year ago this week that Sisqo did Domenico one better, by leaping 55-2 with "Incomplete". His record lasted until this week, when Carey's "Loverboy" got a power boost by being made available for sale. The Virgin single zooms 60-2. (Billboard)
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