Sabrina Carpenter - "Please Please Please"

[balletgirlmom]

Perfect song!

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[jdanton2]

article from last week from Billboard mentions this was Sabrina's third #1 this year and mentions other artists who did it.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sabrina-carpenter-please-please-please-number-one-pop-airplay-chart-1235764325/

Sabrina Carpenter Scores Third Pop Airplay Chart No. 1 With ‘Please Please Please’

The singer-songwriter joins an elite list of acts with three leaders on the list in a single year.

By Gary Trust
08/30/2024

Sabrina Carpenter collects her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart as “Please Please Please” ascends to the top of the list dated Sept. 7. The song follows her “Espresso,” which ruled for three weeks in July, and “Feather,” which led for a week in April.


“Please Please Please,” released on Island Records and promoted to radio by Republic (and, notably, edited for radio), gained by 8% in plays Aug. 23-29. (The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on over 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.)

Carpenter was already the only artist with at least two Pop Airplay No. 1s in 2024. She becomes the eighth artist to rise to the summit with at least three songs in a January-December tracking year, dating to the chart’s 1992 start. Rihanna is the only act to have achieved the feat twice, while Lady Gaga tallied an unmatched four No. 1s in 2009.
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Here’s a recap of all such triple triumphs:

Sabrina Carpenter, 2024: “Feather,” “Espresso,” “Please Please Please”
Doja Cat, 2022: “Need to Know,” “Woman,” “Vegas”
Justin Bieber, 2016: “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “Cold Water” (Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ)
Taylor Swift, 2015: “Style,” “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), “Wildest Dreams”
Katy Perry, 2011: “Firework,” “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West), “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Rihanna, 2010: “Rude Boy,” “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem feat. Rihanna), “Only Girl (In the World)”
Lady Gaga, 2009: “Just Dance” (feat. Colby O’Donis), “Poker Face,” “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi”
Rihanna, 2008: “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia,” “Live Your Life” (T.I. feat. Rihanna)
Alanis Morissette, 1996: “Ironic,” “You Learn,” “Head Over Feet”

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[Normi]

It seems very likely she can match Gaga's 4 #1s in a calender year with 'Taste' well set-up to get there before the new year

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[NeRD]

What artists have 5 Pop #1s in a calendar year?

[Az Paynter]

Sept 7, 2024 16:02:17 GMT -5 NeRD said:

What artists have 5 Pop #1s in a calendar year?

Unless it happened prior to 1998, nobody's ever had more than 3. The closest I could argue was Gaga in 2009, but even then she doesn't actually exceed 3 because while she did have five of her #1's chart in 2009, the latter two of them (Bad Romance/Telephone) didn't actually hit #1 until early 2010.

[Khia]

Sept 7, 2024 16:28:27 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Sept 7, 2024 16:02:17 GMT -5 NeRD said:

What artists have 5 Pop #1s in a calendar year?

Unless it happened prior to 1998, nobody's ever had more than 3. The closest I could argue was Gaga in 2009, but even then she doesn't actually exceed 3 because while she did have five of her #1's chart in 2009, the latter two of them (Bad Romance/Telephone) didn't actually hit #1 until early 2010.

All four singles from The Fame peaked at #1 in 2009. I hadn't even considered BR/Telephone; that's insane that she had 6 #1s/future #1s chart in the same year.

Edit: Adding to that, Gaga managed 5 #1s in the span of a year--Just Dance hit #1 on 1/18/09; Bad Romance's first week at #1 was 1/10/10. Then Telephone made it 6 #1s in 14 months. Incredible.

If we look at #1s within the span of a year but not a calendar year, Katy managed 4 in 2010-11. I wonder if anyone else has done it?

[chickythelittlechicken]

Doja??

[Az Paynter]

Sept 7, 2024 18:24:19 GMT -5 Khia said:

Sept 7, 2024 16:28:27 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Unless it happened prior to 1998, nobody's ever had more than 3. The closest I could argue was Gaga in 2009, but even then she doesn't actually exceed 3 because while she did have five of her #1's chart in 2009, the latter two of them (Bad Romance/Telephone) didn't actually hit #1 until early 2010.

All four singles from The Fame peaked at #1 in 2009. I hadn't even considered BR/Telephone; that's insane that she had 6 #1s/future #1s chart in the same year.

Edit: Adding to that, Gaga managed 5 #1s in the span of a year--Just Dance hit #1 on 1/18/09; Bad Romance's first week at #1 was 1/10/10. Then Telephone made it 6 #1s in 14 months. Incredible.

If we look at #1s within the span of a year but not a calendar year, Katy managed 4 in 2010-11. I wonder if anyone else has done it?

You're actually right - I forgot to check when 'Just Dance' got to #1 on pop radio and that was her first #1 in January of 2009. So that's four #1's in the one calendar year for Gaga in 2009. If her run had begun earlier in the year (and also progressed faster) Katy could've also managed four, thanks to her six streak across 2010-2011 during the Teenage Dream era.

QUICK EDIT: Taylor barely missed out on five #1's in the span of a year during the 1989 era; 'Shake It Off' hit #1 in October 2014, but 'Wildest Dreams' needed to have hit #1 two weeks sooner to sneak into the relevant timeframe.

[shakemaki]

LoveGame being a #1 CHR smash with her 3rd most weeks at the top is wild to think about. It’s by far her most forgotten single ever that wasn’t an outright flop, and some of her outright flops are arguably even more remembered/relevant today. Her momentum that era was crazy.

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[areyoureadytojump]

RIAA.com:

SABRINA CARPENTER
Title: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Certification Date: September 6, 2024
Label: ISLAND RECORDS
Format: SINGLE
Gold
Platinum
2x Platinum

[nick64]

Sept 6, 2024 15:08:15 GMT -5 jdanton2 said:

Here’s a recap of all such triple triumphs:

Sabrina Carpenter, 2024: “Feather,” “Espresso,” “Please Please Please”
Doja Cat, 2022: “Need to Know,” “Woman,” “Vegas”
Justin Bieber, 2016: “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “Cold Water” (Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ)
Taylor Swift, 2015: “Style,” “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), “Wildest Dreams”
Katy Perry, 2011: “Firework,” “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West), “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Rihanna, 2010: “Rude Boy,” “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem feat. Rihanna), “Only Girl (In the World)”
Lady Gaga, 2009: “Just Dance” (feat. Colby O’Donis), “Poker Face,” “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi”
Rihanna, 2008: “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia,” “Live Your Life” (T.I. feat. Rihanna)
Alanis Morissette, 1996: “Ironic,” “You Learn,” “Head Over Feet”

Didn’t Taylor have three in 2023 as well?

[clsvltn]

Sept 6, 2024 15:08:15 GMT -5 jdanton2 said:

Carpenter was already the only artist with at least two Pop Airplay No. 1s in 2024. She becomes the eighth artist to rise to the summit with at least three songs in a January-December tracking year, dating to the chart’s 1992 start. Rihanna is the only act to have achieved the feat twice, while Lady Gaga tallied an unmatched four No. 1s in 2009.
Trending on Billboard

Here’s a recap of all such triple triumphs:

Sabrina Carpenter, 2024: “Feather,” “Espresso,” “Please Please Please”
Doja Cat, 2022: “Need to Know,” “Woman,” “Vegas”
Justin Bieber, 2016: “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “Cold Water” (Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ)
Taylor Swift, 2015: “Style,” “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), “Wildest Dreams”
Katy Perry, 2011: “Firework,” “E.T.” (feat. Kanye West), “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Rihanna, 2010: “Rude Boy,” “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem feat. Rihanna), “Only Girl (In the World)”
Lady Gaga, 2009: “Just Dance” (feat. Colby O’Donis), “Poker Face,” “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi”
Rihanna, 2008: “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia,” “Live Your Life” (T.I. feat. Rihanna)
Alanis Morissette, 1996: “Ironic,” “You Learn,” “Head Over Feet”

I love that Alanis is still holding strong on this achievement list! And my goodness, that Gaga run was just so epic.  I remember that and it was truly unmatched. 

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Sept 8, 2024 0:24:18 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

LoveGame being a #1 CHR smash with her 3rd most weeks at the top is wild to think about. It’s by far her most forgotten single ever that wasn’t an outright flop, and some of her outright flops are arguably even more remembered/relevant today. Her momentum that era was crazy.

I’ve always felt like “LoveGame” was intended to be THE smash of the album with its quotable and memeable lyrics — and it was for a while but it kind of got buried in what came before and then “Paparazzi” and everything after. If it were an artist’s only hit, it would be huge, but being one of Gaga’s, it was just there among a batch of also-huge hits.

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[shakemaki]

Sept 8, 2024 19:36:24 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Sept 8, 2024 0:24:18 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

LoveGame being a #1 CHR smash with her 3rd most weeks at the top is wild to think about. It’s by far her most forgotten single ever that wasn’t an outright flop, and some of her outright flops are arguably even more remembered/relevant today. Her momentum that era was crazy.

I’ve always felt like “LoveGame” was intended to be THE smash of the album with its quotable and memeable lyrics — and it was for a while but it kind of got buried in what came before and then “Paparazzi” and everything after. If it were an artist’s only hit, it would be huge, but being one of Gaga’s, it was just there among a batch of also-huge hits.

Now that you say it, I do vaguely recall a lot of fans thinking that would be the smash of The Fame back when Just Dance was finally starting to take off in the U.S. I would love to have seen how many big hits deep The Fame would have went if there was say another year spacing between TFM. At least Starstruck, surely.

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[Ryan]

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[jdanton2]

looks like today is it's last day at #1 at Pop. 3 weeks at #1 ties Espresso which still seems the bigger hit.

[avamaxstan]

Sept 9, 2024 23:00:50 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Sept 8, 2024 19:36:24 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I’ve always felt like “LoveGame” was intended to be THE smash of the album with its quotable and memeable lyrics — and it was for a while but it kind of got buried in what came before and then “Paparazzi” and everything after. If it were an artist’s only hit, it would be huge, but being one of Gaga’s, it was just there among a batch of also-huge hits.

Now that you say it, I do vaguely recall a lot of fans thinking that would be the smash of The Fame back when Just Dance was finally starting to take off in the U.S. I would love to have seen how many big hits deep The Fame would have went if there was say another year spacing between TFM. At least Starstruck, surely.

This conversation is taking me BACK to my very early days on the pop forums. Everyone was so passionate about what the single order should be… especially the Starstruck stans lol. The Fame really was one of the all time great singles runs (and could’ve been longer).

[#brayden]

Sept 12, 2024 16:32:43 GMT -5 avamaxstan said:

Sept 9, 2024 23:00:50 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Now that you say it, I do vaguely recall a lot of fans thinking that would be the smash of The Fame back when Just Dance was finally starting to take off in the U.S. I would love to have seen how many big hits deep The Fame would have went if there was say another year spacing between TFM. At least Starstruck, surely.

This conversation is taking me BACK to my very early days on the pop forums. Everyone was so passionate about what the single order should be… especially the Starstruck stans lol. The Fame really was one of the all time great singles runs (and could’ve been longer).

I can't even remember what I wanted back in the day but "Starstruck" was a bit of an anomaly since it was only included on certain editions of The Fame which probably lowered its chances of becoming a single from the jump. I had to download it illegally since it wasn't included on the Canadian version of the album, but I did get it once it was included with The Fame Monster.

It probably would have smashed as a single after "Paparazzi" given her momentum, and Flo Rida was popular in 2008/09 too. 

[shakemaki]

Sept 12, 2024 16:32:43 GMT -5 avamaxstan said:

Sept 9, 2024 23:00:50 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Now that you say it, I do vaguely recall a lot of fans thinking that would be the smash of The Fame back when Just Dance was finally starting to take off in the U.S. I would love to have seen how many big hits deep The Fame would have went if there was say another year spacing between TFM. At least Starstruck, surely.

This conversation is taking me BACK to my very early days on the pop forums. Everyone was so passionate about what the single order should be… especially the Starstruck stans lol. The Fame really was one of the all time great singles runs (and could’ve been longer).

I remember being VERY passionate about plotting out the singles that era too haha. It’s fun to fantasize about TFM coming a full year later and them just having mined The Fame for all it was worth. Especially after she made the sound of that whole album red hot that year. I think Starstruck was too sure fire to fail after Pap, has there ever been a chr #1 that was so easy not released? I remember it doing p unprecedented sales on iTunes at the time too for a non-single.

From there, you had Money Honey, Eh Eh, and the title track as all likely CHR top 5s with a push as well, though less certain about #1 for any of them. But yeah, coulda been quite the Janet Rhythm Nation era on CHR at least if inspo didn’t strike Gaga so hard so fast with TFM.

Side note: Rhythm Nation had EIGHT top 4 hits on CHR (7 top 2s) with no deluxe edition new tracks or anything like that. That will never not be insane. I do wonder if The Fame could’ve tied that though with a solid 2+ year run.

[#brayden]

Sept 12, 2024 17:27:34 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Sept 12, 2024 16:32:43 GMT -5 avamaxstan said:

This conversation is taking me BACK to my very early days on the pop forums. Everyone was so passionate about what the single order should be… especially the Starstruck stans lol. The Fame really was one of the all time great singles runs (and could’ve been longer).

I remember being VERY passionate about plotting out the singles that era too haha. It’s fun to fantasize about TFM coming a full year later and them just having mined The Fame for all it was worth. Especially after she made the sound of that whole album red hot that year. I think Starstruck was too sure fire to fail after Pap, has there ever been a chr #1 that was so easy not released? I remember it doing p unprecedented sales on iTunes at the time too for a non-single.

From there, you had Money Honey, Eh Eh, and the title track as all likely CHR top 5s with a push as well, though less certain about #1 for any of them. But yeah, coulda been quite the Janet Rhythm Nation era on CHR at least if inspo didn’t strike Gaga so hard so fast with TFM.

Side note: Rhythm Nation had EIGHT top 4 hits on CHR (7 top 2s) with no deluxe edition new tracks or anything like that. That will never not be insane. I do wonder if The Fame could’ve tied that though with a solid 2+ year run.

This probably isn't a popular opinion but "Summerboy" would have been a cute girl single at the time too. I think she paid that one dust performance wise though so it was probably never on the table. 

[shakemaki]

Sept 12, 2024 17:41:05 GMT -5 #brayden said:

Sept 12, 2024 17:27:34 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

I remember being VERY passionate about plotting out the singles that era too haha. It’s fun to fantasize about TFM coming a full year later and them just having mined The Fame for all it was worth. Especially after she made the sound of that whole album red hot that year. I think Starstruck was too sure fire to fail after Pap, has there ever been a chr #1 that was so easy not released? I remember it doing p unprecedented sales on iTunes at the time too for a non-single.

From there, you had Money Honey, Eh Eh, and the title track as all likely CHR top 5s with a push as well, though less certain about #1 for any of them. But yeah, coulda been quite the Janet Rhythm Nation era on CHR at least if inspo didn’t strike Gaga so hard so fast with TFM.

Side note: Rhythm Nation had EIGHT top 4 hits on CHR (7 top 2s) with no deluxe edition new tracks or anything like that. That will never not be insane. I do wonder if The Fame could’ve tied that though with a solid 2+ year run.

This probably isn't a popular opinion but "Summerboy" would have been a cute girl single at the time too. I think she paid that one dust performance wise though so it was probably never on the table. 

There’s probably few from the album that couldn’t have worked that era after she was firmly established. I am always surprised at how well Eh Eh did in the countries it got an official push (top ten in most of them). Lends credence to it likely having been yet another big hit for her on CHR.

[rainie]

Sept 12, 2024 17:27:34 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

Sept 12, 2024 16:32:43 GMT -5 avamaxstan said:

This conversation is taking me BACK to my very early days on the pop forums. Everyone was so passionate about what the single order should be… especially the Starstruck stans lol. The Fame really was one of the all time great singles runs (and could’ve been longer).

I remember being VERY passionate about plotting out the singles that era too haha. It’s fun to fantasize about TFM coming a full year later and them just having mined The Fame for all it was worth. Especially after she made the sound of that whole album red hot that year. I think Starstruck was too sure fire to fail after Pap, has there ever been a chr #1 that was so easy not released? I remember it doing p unprecedented sales on iTunes at the time too for a non-single.

From there, you had Money Honey, Eh Eh, and the title track as all likely CHR top 5s with a push as well, though less certain about #1 for any of them. But yeah, coulda been quite the Janet Rhythm Nation era on CHR at least if inspo didn’t strike Gaga so hard so fast with TFM.

Side note: Rhythm Nation had EIGHT top 4 hits on CHR (7 top 2s) with no deluxe edition new tracks or anything like that. That will never not be insane.

hmm ,,,, maybe marry you by bruno mars ? i always thought it was strange that they stopped at only 3 singles from doowops and hooligans when there was multiple potential smashes left, but i'm sure bruno got a FAT check for working on the twilight lead single and then pushing that as the final single from that era instead (and it's not like that was the "wrong" choice in retrospect since it will rain did quite well across the board)

still, marry you charted on the hot 100 as a non single during an era where this sort of thing was much more uncommon, and it did this for 9 weeks so it wasn't just a doowops and hooligans album bomb type deal. since then it's become a wedding staple and quite possible the second most iconic song from dwah behind just the way you are so it clearly worked out for bruno in the end but if we're talking abt missed chr #1s then marry you strikes me as exactly that

on the subject of missed smashes and dwah, honorable mention to the other side, which i've thought was an easy hit since the first time i heard it (especially with cee-lo and b.o.b. both being white hot at the time). that said, it's one of like. three non singles from that album to not blow up after the fact so that makes me second guess this a bit, although that could have something to do with the fact that cee-lo and b.o.b. have both. fallen out of favor since the song's release. still, i think it would have *at least* done as well as the lazy song at the time and the potential to be a massive smash was absolutely there -- this is a super interesting prompt btw !

re: starstruck, was it a "you had to have been there" at the time type thing or something because listening to it now i don't get smash vibes at all, though most of that probably has to do with how dated it sounds now