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this girl just made history.............


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apparently iggy azalea is the first artist since the Beatles to get her songs at #1 and #2 positions simultaneously in billboard hot 100........

man that's bloody impressive

here's the full article:

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6099390/iggy-azalea-tops-hot-100-fancy-matches-beatles

Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With 'Fancy,' Matches Beatles' Historic Mark

 
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Charli XCX and Iggy Azalea perform onstage during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As the Australian rapper rises 2-1 with 'Fancy' and 3-2 as a guest on Ariana Grande's 'Problem,' Azalea joins the Beatles as the only artists to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits

It's a fab week for Iggy Azalea, who earns a chart honor not achieved since the Beatles swarmed the U.S. in early 1964. The Australian rapper crowns the Billboard Hot 100 with her debut hit "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX. As Azalea also rises 3-2 as the featured artist on Ariana Grande's "Problem," Azalea joins the Beatles as the only acts to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits.

Action abounds on this week's Hot 100, including climbs into the top 10 for Nico & Vinz and Jason Derulo, while "Fancy" additionally takes over atop the Digital Songs chart, so let's dive into our weekly look at the numbers behind the Hot 100's top 10 and more. 

 

Azalea adds a chapter to the Hot 100's record book by achieving a feat that the Beatles last earned on the Feb. 22, 1964, chart. That week, the Fab Four's debut pop culture-changing smash "I Want to Hold Your Hand" jumped 3-1 and "She Loves You" lifted 3-2. The songs had debuted the weeks of Jan. 18 and 25, 1964, respectively, and soared to the chart's top two spots after the band made its landmark appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964.

(Incredibly, "Hand" and "Loves" would hold the top two rungs for six weeks, with "Hand" on top for four frames before they swapped spots. On April 4, 1964, "Loves" fell 1-3 and "Hand," 2-4, so, that week, the Beatles would have to settle for a consolation prize: the group locked up the April 4 list's entire top five, the only time an act has monopolized the region in the Hot 100's 55-year history.) 

Flash-forward 50 years to March 22, 2014, when Azalea's "Fancy" bowed at No. 88. On the May 17 tally, Azalea launched her second entry, as Grande's "Problem" roared in at No. 3. (The same week, Azalea's "Work" entered at No. 88; the cut climbs 77-63 this week.)

Expanding beyond only artists' first two Hot 100 hits placing up at Nos. 1 and 2 in the same week, Azalea is the 15th act to double up at those ranks with any two titles. She's the first since Pharrell Williams did so for five weeks last year as featured on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (also featuring T.I.) and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." She's just the third woman to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 concurrently, following Mariah Carey (Sept. 10, 2005) and Ashanti (five weeks, 2002).

Azalea additionally becomes only the fourth solo female rapper ever to top the Hot 100. Lauryn Hill was the first, having taken her debut solo hit "Doo Wop (That Thing)" to No. 1 for two weeks in November 1998. (She had first made her mark with the Fugees.) In 2001, Lil' Kim led for five weeks with Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk on "Lady Marmalade," while Shawnna assisted Ludacris on "Stand Up," which topped the Dec. 6, 2003, chart.

Notably, a pair of other prominent female rappers have yet to reach the Hot 100's summit. Among her nine top 10s, Missy Elliott climbed to No. 2 twice: for 10 weeks in 2002 with "Work It" and for seven frames in 2005 as a guest on Ciara's "1, 2 Step." Nicki Minaj has also tallied nine top 10s, reaching No. 3 twice, both in 2011: as featured on Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" and with her own "Super Bass." This week, Minaj debuts at No. 47 on the Hot 100 with her new single "Pills N Potions."

 

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Am I the only one who hasn't heard of her?

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Like everything in that article was totally strange to me. Or well I know who the Beatles are and I've heard about Jason Derulo sometime..

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