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Katy Perry's "E.T." is getting booted from the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts this week, but the pop star probably doesn't care one bit about moving down to No. 2.
Even with a song in the second spot she'll become the first artist in history to spend a consecutive 52 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100!

Her epic year on the Billboard 100 charts began the week of May 29, 2010 with her hit "California Gurls" and the starlet continued her streak with the help of hits like "Teenage Dream" and "Firework" over the last few months. Now "E.T." has poised her for the Billboard 100 record.
Billboard reported that no other artist in the Billboard Hot 100 chart's 50 years has accomplished that feat. The last group to come close to the record was Ace of Base, which had 48 consecutive weeks in the top 10 with their hits like "The Sign" in the early '90s. Mariah Carey has also come close.

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Country singer Sara Evans has made a dramatic return to the country Billboard music charts with her new album Stronger. The CD has sold 55.000 copies in its first week out. Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson are also topping charts with their duet called "Don't You Wanna Stay" being the most-played country song in the US for the third week in a row. Country legend Kenny Rogers has a new album out as well called The Love of God, which debuts at No. 8 on the charts.

There are two compilation albums that also debuted this week, each one titled The Best of Country and featuring various artists. Christian Kane's The House Rules returns to the charts at No. 73, while Brad Paisley's Old Alabama is the week's highest charting new song, arriving at No. 44. This song features the founding members of the famous country band Alabama.

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The top spot on the billboard charts singles has been taken by Lady Gaga, who had the same position last week as well. Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" is the 1,000th number one in the billboard charts history.

Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" album is back at top position on the billboard country charts more than a year after its release. The 'Need You Now' album sold 85,000 copies last week, reported Nielson SoundScan, this is more than a 200 percent increase from the previous week. The album also went from number 17 to number 4 on the all-genre billboard charts. The album won country album of the year at the Grammy Awards on the 13th of February.

Industry experts feel that British singer; Adele's "21" will be the number one album on the billboard charts 200 next week.