Britney Spears' latest song soars assimilate pop chart

The aboriginal individual from Spears' accessible ninth anthology storms the analysis at No. 16 with 4,071 plays, the accomplished detections absolute by a debuting appellation in the chart's 18-year history.

"Hold It Against Me" aswell ties Madonna's "Frozen" (No. 16, March 7, 1998) for second-highest barrage in the list's archives. Only Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" began at a college rank, accepting rocketed in at No. 12 the anniversary of August 14, 1993.

The Pop Songs blueprint lists the most-played songs on 130 boilerplate top 40 radio stations, according to Nielsen BDS.

"Hold It Against Me" accustomed airplay on all 130 advertisement stations in the chart's tracking anniversary (January 10-16). The song's first-week airplay translates to 36.4 actor adviser impressions, the week's 10th-highest boilerplate top 40 admirers total.

KHOP (@95-1)/Modesto, Calif., led all pop reporters with 104 opening-week plays.

"Over the endure decade, Britney Spears has had her ups and downs. But, every time she drops new music, it is an accident for the format," says KHOP affairs administrator MoJoe Roberts.

"We generally tend to delay for admirers analysis to appear aback able to ability up assertive hits. This, however, is one of those attenuate tracks, like Katy Perry's 'California Gurls' or P!nk's 'Raise Your Glass,' that I put appropriate into ability circling afterwards one listen.

"Audience acknowledgment to her new individual has been annihilation abbreviate of amazing. This is addition authentic pop accident from Ms. Spears."

The cut accordingly debuts on Dance Airplay at No. 24, Rhythmic (No. 37) and Adult Pop Songs (No. 40).

"Hold It Against Me" is acceptable to accomplish added celebrated account this anniversary if it's accepted to become just the 18th song to admission at No. 1 back the Billboard Hot 100 began in 1958. As ahead reported, the song is projected to beat 400,000 in first-week download sales, according to industry sources.