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111-553: Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the United States. The Dance Club Songs chart underwent several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Originally a top-10 list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques ,

222-493: A disco-rock style which runs over the backing track, it consists of a mix of violins and house music . The song has generated comparisons to artists such as Coldplay and Leona Lewis . According to Perry, "Firework" was inspired by Jack Kerouac 's novel On the Road , and she has said on many occasions that it is her favorite song from the album. "Peacock" is a dance-pop song, with an up-tempo house music beat. Lyrically,

333-464: A "tent show" section covering traveling shows and a subsection called "Freaks to order". Donaldson also published news articles opposing censorship, supporting productions exhibiting good taste and decrying yellow journalism ." As railroads became more developed, Billboard enabled a mail-forwarding system for traveling entertainers. The location of an entertainer was tracked in the paper's Routes Ahead column, and then Billboard would receive mail on

444-523: A 71-week top-10 streak on the Airplay chart. Perry also has the most number-one singles (four) from one album to top the Canadian Hot 100 . Combined, the songs have sold a total of over 35 million copies worldwide aside from the album. Also, the first five singles from the album topped the charts in the United States and attained top-10 positions in more than 20 countries. All five singles also topped

555-540: A background in the music industry. Gervino was appointed editor-in-chief in April 2014. An NPR item covered a leaked version of Billboard ' s annual survey, which it said had more gossip and focused on less professional topics than had prior surveys. For example, the magazine polled readers on a lawsuit that singer Kesha filed against her producer, alleging sexual abuse. Gervino was fired in May 2016. A note from Min to

666-677: A beach-themed listening party took place in New York, where a number of tracks from the album were played. Before the album's release, "Not Like the Movies", "Circle the Drain", and "E.T." were made available exclusively on iTunes Store as a countdown to Teenage Dream . Capitol Records first released Teenage Dream in the United States and Canada on August 24, 2010, as a standard and deluxe edition, which contained remixes of "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream". A two-CD edition titled Dream On

777-406: A constant throughout". Writing for The Republican , Kevin O'Hare gave the album 3.5 stars out of five, praising its titular track and " California Gurls " for being "infectious" and "joyous [blasts] of nostalgia." He had a similar opinion for "Who Am I Living For?" for Katy Perry's "powerhouse singing" and "Not Like the Movies", calling the lattermost a "delicately beautiful piano ballad". O'Hare

888-621: A dedicated section called Amusement Machines in March 1932. Billboard began covering the motion-picture industry in 1907 but, facing strong competition from Variety , centered its focus on music. It created a radio-broadcasting station in the 1920s. The jukebox industry continued to grow through the Great Depression and was advertised heavily in Billboard , which led to even more editorial focus on music. The proliferation of

999-540: A high-tech firm for tracking music airtime. Private investors from Boston Ventures and BPI executives repurchased a two-thirds interest in Billboard Publications for $ 100 million, and more acquisitions followed. In 1993, it created a division known as Billboard Music Group for music-related publications. In 1994, Billboard Publications was sold to Dutch media conglomerate Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen (VNU) for $ 220 million. VNU acquired

1110-400: A little 1960s sci-fi ", as well as "a dash of 1970s Wonder Woman flair". Before the performance, MTV had tweeted that the singer would appear naked on stage, which made Perry upset. She also promoted the song that same month on Le Grand Journal , and on the fifth season of Germany's Next Topmodel . The Candyland theme from the "California Gurls" video was used in the performance at

1221-735: A mixed review, noting that the album "won't disappoint parents looking for reasons to worry about their kids". Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone described the album as "heavy on Eighties beats, light on melody, taking a long dip into the Daft Punk filter-disco house sound." Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune gave a negative review to the album. He criticized the production, calling it " Frankenstein -like", as well as calling Perry's vocals "robotic" and lacking "any elegance or nuance". Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine called it "over-produced bad-girl debauchery", claiming that Perry has "found

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1332-505: A pink sky, were available for purchase. After viewing photographs from Perry's One of the Boys album, he instead suggested she pose for a painting, as he thought Perry had the same pin-up burlesque style he looked for in a model. He baptized the artwork as Cotton Candy Katy , and later art directed the music video for "California Gurls". She explained the reason on choosing a painting for the cover: "Maybe CDs will be extinct next time I put out

1443-483: A row. Some pop stars spend their whole lives trying to put together a string of hits that amount to a lasting legacy; Katy Perry did it in the first 15 minutes. This album is a crowning achievement, not just of her career but of its style: EDM and disco and pop, bold and belting, entirely processed yet instantly recognizable, robust yet chintzy. — Anna Gaca of Pitchfork Eight songs from Teenage Dream have topped Billboard ' s Adult Top 40 chart as well as

1554-509: A set of self-study cassette tapes and four television franchises. It also acquired Photo Weekly that year. Over time, subjects that Billboard covered outside of the music world formed the basis of separate publications: Funspot magazine was created in 1957 to cover amusement parks and Amusement Business was created in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment. In January 1961, Billboard was renamed Billboard Music Week to emphasize its newly exclusive interest in music. Two years later, it

1665-497: A similar title to duo Beach House 's Teen Dream , released earlier that year; a member of the duo addressed the issue on Twitter , writing they "can't believe this, and not in a good way", further tweeting that "guess we have to write a song called 'i kiss a girl'", referring to a song with similar title by Perry, " I Kissed a Girl ". Their fans also reacted by posting comments on Perry's Misplaced Pages page, including one that read: "Mrs. Perry's album title may or may not be ripping off

1776-568: A small set of songs for the 2010 BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards . She finished November by performing at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2010 , donning two different outfits for the event. At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards which took place in February 2011, Perry performed "Not Like the Movies" and "Teenage Dream". The California Dreams Tour was officially announced in October 2010. Before

1887-481: A trade publication for the Broadway theatre industry called Backstage . In 1987, Billboard was sold again to Affiliated Publications for $ 100 million. Billboard Publications Inc. became a subsidiary of Affiliated Publications called BPI Communications. As BPI Communications, it acquired The Hollywood Reporter , Adweek , Marketing Week and Mediaweek , and also purchased Broadcast Data Systems ,

1998-586: A two-week run at the top of the chart. The album was certified triple-Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for shipments of 210,000 units. In New Zealand, Teenage Dream debuted at number two, and reached number one after four weeks on the chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). As of June 19, 2012, Teenage Dream

2109-524: A very wide range of rock subgenres, which include disco rock , glam metal , indie rock , pop rock , hard rock , electronic rock , and goth rock . The album opens with the title track " Teenage Dream ", which is written as a throwback record to Perry's teenage years. It is a power pop and electropop song which features a "distinct retro sound", and contains influences of disco , pop rock , and industrial music . The song has been compared to several disco artists, including Madonna and

2220-432: A way to lower the bar". The Los Angeles Times gave it three stars, saying, "On "Teenage Dream," the songs alternate between weekend-bender celebrations of hedonism and self-help-style affirmations encouraging listeners to get an emotional makeover. Either way, acquisition is the goal: of a great love, a happy hangover, a perfect pair of Daisy Dukes". Leah Greenblatt, writing for Entertainment Weekly , stated, "beneath

2331-448: Is a song about "falling in love with a foreigner". A remix of the song features Kanye West . Musically, the track is an electronic and hip hop ballad influenced by drum and bass , rave , and techno . The eleventh track, " Hummingbird Heartbeat ", was inspired by Perry's boyfriend at the time, Russell Brand . Musically, it is a 1980s -styled hard rock song that contains a mixture of elements from rock and electronica . Lyrically,

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2442-506: Is considered one of the most reputable sources of music industry news. The website includes the Billboard Charts, news separated by music genre, videos and a separate website. It also compiles lists, hosts a fashion website called Pret-a-Reporter and publishes eight different newsletters. The print magazine's regular sections include: Billboard is known for publishing several annual listicles on its website, in recognition of

2553-516: Is part of a cross-promotional deal with European telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom . Deutsche Telekom hosted a series of activities and competitions from which fans around Europe were recruited to be in the video. The song had commercial success as well, peaking at number one in the US and spent four non-consecutive weeks. The song also topped the charts in Brazil, Canada, New Zealand and subcharts in

2664-447: Is smart enough to know every rule in pop but she's not inspired enough to ignore them, almost seeming nervous to break away from the de rigueur lite club beats that easily transition from day to night or the chilly, stainless-steel ballads designed to lose none of their luster on repeat plays." He felt that it contained "accents to her old One of the Boys palette" and distinguished itself through vulgar lyrics. Mikael Wood of Spin gave

2775-435: Is styled in the genres of disco-rock, and gothic rock tones. Following this track is " The One That Got Away ", which is a rock and pop ballad . Perry stated that she wrote the song "about when you promise someone forever, but you end up not being able to follow through. It's a bittersweet story. Hopefully, the listener learns from hearing it and never has to say they had "the one" get away." The eighth song, " E.T. "

2886-554: Is the 12th best-selling album of all-time in the country, resulting her as the fifth female to make it on the list (behind Adele , Norah Jones , Shania Twain , and Bic Runga ). In the United Kingdom, Teenage Dream debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart , selling more than 54,176 copies. It was certificated 4× Platinum by British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 1,200,000 units. As of February 2017,

2997-474: The Billboard 200 , which tracks the top-selling albums, has become more popular as an indicator of commercial success. Billboard has also published books in collaboration with Watson-Guptill and a radio and television series called American Top 40, based on Billboard charts. A daily Billboard Bulletin was introduced in February 1997 and Billboard hosts about 20 industry events each year. Billboard

3108-577: The 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards ; she had previously stated that her performance would be different from the music video, as it would not feature "cupcake boobies". In July, Perry performed at the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia with a set that included lifesize cupcakes, backing singers dressed like candy canes and Perry wearing a white glitter unitard and tutu; during her set, the singer premiered "Peacock". The next month, she opened

3219-487: The 2010 Teen Choice Awards with a rendition of "Teenage Dream" with cheerleaders, jocks, and dancers surrounding her on stage. During a promotional visit to Australia, Perry performed a small concert for Sunrise . On the album's release day in the United States, she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and gave a small concert and performed several tracks from the album along with older songs. The rendition

3330-721: The 38th People's Choice Awards . It was announced that the tour's stop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 23, 2011 would be filmed for a future DVD release, but it was never released. " California Gurls " was the lead single from Teenage Dream , which features rapper Snoop Dogg . The single made its radio debut on May 7, 2010 and was digitally released four days later. The song had received generally positive reviews from music critics, with many critics highlighting it as an album favorite. The song also received worldwide success as well, peaking at number one on

3441-539: The California Dreams Tour from 2011 to 2012. "We worked in Santa Barbara, we worked in Los Angeles. I was telling everybody I had a lot of jewels, but I didn't have the crown, and then I finally got the crown so all the jewels made sense. And now I have this thing, this crown that I'm ready to present." —Perry on Teenage Dream Following the success of her breakthrough album One of

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3552-711: The Clio Awards in advertising and the National Research Group in 1997, as well as Editor & Publisher in 1999. In July 2000, it paid $ 650 million to the publisher Miller Freeman . BPI was combined with other entities in VNU in 2000 to form Bill Communications Inc. By the time CEO Gerald Hobbs retired in 2003, VNU had grown substantially larger, but had a great deal of debt from the acquisitions. An attempted $ 7 billion acquisition of IMS Health in 2005 prompted protests from shareholders that halted

3663-501: The Hot 100 , the 200 , and the Global 200 , tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $ 500. In the early years of

3774-548: The Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, which tracks the 50 most popular dance and electronic songs as determined by Billboard based on digital single sales, streaming, radio airplay across all formats, and club play, with Dance Club Songs serving as the club play component to the multi-metric chart. On March 31, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the closures of clubs, Billboard suspended

3885-632: The Mainstream Top 40 chart, both more than any other album in each respective chart's history. Additionally, with seven chart-toppers from " Waking Up in Vegas ", Perry broke the record for the longest streak of number ones on the Mainstream Top 40 set by Lady Gaga 's first six singles. The singles also allowed Perry to have an unprecedented 69-week long streak in the Hot 100's top-10, as well as

3996-542: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined album sales, track sales, on-demand audio and video streams equivalent of ten million album-sale units and has sold 3,100,000 pure copies in United States as of August 2020. The album also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart , selling a total of 26,000 copies, and was later certified quadruple-Platinum by Music Canada . In Australia, Teenage Dream debuted at number one for

4107-645: The Spanish Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 27 weeks. In Brazil, Teenage Dream peaked at number four on the Top Álbuns Brasil . As of July 2013, Teenage Dream has sold 6 million copies worldwide. Teenage Dream achieved a multitude of records throughout its run. Perry scored five Billboard Hot 100 number one singles from Teenage Dream , making her the second artist in the chart's 53-year history to amass five number-one singles from one album over its first release after Michael Jackson achieved

4218-532: The "bible" of the recording industry. Billboard struggled after its founder William Donaldson died in 1925, and within three years, was once again heading towards bankruptcy . Donaldson's son-in-law Roger Littleford took command in 1928 and "nursed the publication back to health." His sons Bill and Roger became co-publishers in 1946 and inherited the magazine in the late 1970s after Littleford's death. They sold it to private investors in 1985 for an estimated $ 40 million. The investors cut costs and acquired

4329-431: The "retro sound" carried from "Teenage Dream", and is written as an answer song to " Empire State of Mind " by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys , and pays tribute to the beach lifestyle of California. The song utilizes the genres of disco, funk -pop, and electropop, while bearing influence of new wave music within its composition. Teenage Dream ' s fourth track is the self-empowerment song " Firework ". Written in

4440-446: The 'Oh my goodness, she had to sit down for a minute and let things off her chest'". The music of Teenage Dream is derived from a wide variety of pop genres, while heavily incorporating different musical styles not heard on her previous releases; disco and electronic are examples. Musically, Teenage Dream is considered to be a departure from One of the Boys (2008), which was pop rock and soft rock driven. The album features

4551-412: The 1975 and 1976 number-ones lists. With the issue dated August 28, 1976, Billboard premiered its own national chart ( National Disco Action Top 30 ) and their data is used from this date forward. In January 2017, Billboard proclaimed Madonna as the most successful artist in the history of the chart, ranking her first in their list of the 100 top all-time dance artists. Madonna holds the record for

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4662-501: The 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox , phonograph and radio became commonplace. Many topics that it covered became the subjects of new magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment, so that Billboard could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard

4773-448: The Boys (2008), Perry did not want her next record to alienate her fanbase, opting to "definitely keep it pop" and not shift her style, believing it would show "whether I'm meant to do this, or I got lucky". In a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone , she revealed that the album would focus on the "whirlwind" last year of her life, dealing with her newfound fame, friendships, relationships, further stating that "I'm not just gonna talk about

4884-531: The Cardigans . The second song is " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) ", the song recalls a true experience that Perry had while partying in Santa Barbara which included streaking in a park, dancing on tables, and partying at a club. Musically, the song is styled in the genres of disco, indie rock , and Hi-NRG , while also taking influence from dance-pop . Its third track " California Gurls " continues

4995-522: The Digital and Airplay charts, making her the first artist ever to have five number-one singles in the Airplay chart. Perry became the only artist to spend over 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and later heightened this to 69 weeks, with the first five singles from album, breaking the 15-year long previous record held by Ace of Base of 48 weeks with three singles . On

5106-419: The Drain ", a disco-rock song where, lyrically, Perry is telling off a self-destructive drug-addicted ex-boyfriend. Its candid lyrics also discuss the strains his addiction put on both of them. In the track's chorus , she sings about how she wants to be his lover, not someone who has to take care of him, such as a maternal figure. She also sings about how he had ultimately lost large opportunities. The song

5217-682: The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a unit of the holding company Eldridge Industries . Timothy White was appointed editor-in-chief in 1991, a position that he held until his unexpected death in 2002. White wrote a weekly column promoting music with "artistic merit" while criticizing music with violent or misogynistic themes, and also reworked the publication's music charts. Rather than relying on data from music retailers, new charts used data from store checkout scanners obtained by Nielsen SoundScan . White also wrote in-depth profiles on musicians, but

5328-646: The Mainstream Top 40 the album holds the unique record in the chart's history to have four songs from the same album in the top five of "Most weekly plays"; 1. " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) " (12,468), 2. " E.T. " (12,361), 3. " California Gurls " (12,159), and 4. " Firework " (11,857). In a retrospective review of the Teenage Dream , Pitchfork called the album "a crowning achievement, not just of her career but of its style: EDM and disco and pop, bold and belting, entirely processed yet instantly recognizable, robust yet chintzy." uDiscover Music wrote in 2020 that

5439-414: The Movies " and " Circle the Drain " were released as promotional singles as album previews in the United States. . They debuted at numbers 53 and 58 on the Hot 100, respectively. The solo, album version of "E.T." was also released as a promotional single on the same day of the album release, before later being given an official single release. A remix of " Peacock " was released on March 26, 2012 on iTunes as

5550-659: The US Billboard Hot 100 , and the first by a woman to achieve this milestone. Its sixth single, " The One That Got Away ", peaked at number three on that chart. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 , selling 192,000 copies in its first week. The album was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined album sales, track sales, on-demand audio and video streams equivalent of ten million album-sale units. The album has gone onto sell 3.1 million copies in

5661-649: The US Billboard Hot 100 , staying there for six consecutive weeks. It also peaked at number one in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and Scotland. It was the best selling digital song of 2010. " Teenage Dream " was released as the second single from the album. The song went to radio stations in the US on July 22, 2010. The song received positive reviews from music critics, with Jocelyn Vena of MTV said it "picks up right where ' California Gurls ' leaves off", describing it as having "a strong beat". The song had also had chart success as similar to

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5772-546: The US. " E.T. " was released on February 11, 2011. For its single release, the song was remixed to feature new verses from Kanye West . The music video for the song, directed by Floria Sigismondi , was filmed in February 2011 and features both Perry and West. The video was released on March 31, 2011. The song topped the charts in the US for five non-consecutive weeks, and also peaked at the top position in Canada, Germany, Poland and New Zealand. " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "

5883-498: The United Kingdom. Teenage Dream was eventually released worldwide on August 30, 2010 by EMI . It was re-released on October 20, 2023 as a two-edition vinyl. The album's title was revealed as Teenage Dream in May 2010, with Perry explaining it was named after a song on the album she wrote on her hometown in Santa Barbara , which "kind of exudes this euphoric feeling like everyone remembers what their teenage dreams were", Perry explained. The title attracted controversy as it had

5994-553: The United States, and charted within the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 year-end chart three years in a row. The album also sold 1.3 million copies in the United Kingdom, where it was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Upon its release, Teenage Dream received mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented its production, themes, and Perry's vocal ability while criticism

6105-528: The Year , Best Pop Vocal Album , and Record of the Year . It also won International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2011 . All six of the aforementioned singles, in addition to two from its 2012 reissue Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection , have sold over two million digital downloads each in the US, setting a record in the digital era for the most multi-Platinum singles from one album, breaking

6216-598: The album "holds an outsized influence on pop music landscape and the many artists she helped inspire" and that it along with the "Teenage Dream" song "lives on as a nostalgic spectacle that set the course for the pop icon's aesthetic". In 2015, VH1 called Teenage Dream "the most important pop album of the last 10 years" and added "it surged a blend of silliness into the dance genre that had been dominated by Lady Gaga's Fame Monster edge". In an interview for Apple Music for her album If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power , American singer-songwriter Halsey called Teenage Dream

6327-460: The album began with a live performance of "California Gurls" on May 20, 2010, at the CW networks ' annual "upfronts" presentation in New York. Perry later performed the track at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards alongside Dogg; MTV News described the performance as "postcard come to life", with the singer taking style notes from "1950s 'greetings from' state postcards, I-t-t-t-totally-love-the-'80s fluorescents,

6438-600: The album has sold 1.3 million copies in the UK. In France, Teenage Dream debuted at number 14 on the French Albums Chart and peaked at number three. The album was certified Platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In Mexico, the album debuted and peaked at number 11. The album was certified Gold by (AMPROFON) Association. In Spain, Teenage Dream debuted at number four on

6549-542: The album is the fifth album in history with the most weeks by a female artist on the Billboard 200 . Perry was able to replicate this success in the United Kingdom, breaking the Official Charts Company 's record for the most Top 10 singles from one studio album by a female solo artist. Teenage Dream came to have a good time and to hit it really, really big. "Teenage Dream," "Last Friday Night," "California Gurls," "Firework" and "E.T."—five No. 1 songs in

6660-444: The album...so I wanted to go out with a bang for people to remember this. I think our collaboration will make it memorable". Perry decided not to include her name or the album's title on the cover and stated, "Hopefully they know it's me by the actual picture". A limited number of copies carried a cotton candy scent, described by MTV News ' Kyle Anderson as "not unlike that artificial bubblegum smell you sometimes get". Promotion for

6771-458: The announcement, Perry had expressed she wanted her next concert tour to be very focused on visuals, and wanted it to be "10 times better" than her previous tour. She also stated that it would "engage all of your senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch". Baz Halpin was signed up as the tour director, and designed the show to be a "jukebox musical". It was originally designed as an essentially theater-based tour. However, as Perry's popularity grew,

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6882-413: The articles are written by staff writers, while some are written by industry experts. It covers news, gossip, opinion, and music reviews, but its "most enduring and influential creation" is the Billboard charts . The charts track music sales, radio airtime and other data about the most popular songs and albums. The Billboard Hot 100 chart of the top-selling songs was introduced in 1958. Since then,

6993-452: The beat and just dancing, I like to get into the meaning". At that point, the singer described the new lyrics as "very honest, if not more honest than the last ones. But they are a little bit more mature... I know how to handle boys now". Perry also wanted the album to have more tempo than One of the Boys to make her live shows more dynamic. She explained: "I really love going to shows where I'm sandwiched between people, and you don't know if

7104-465: The brilliant indie duo Beach House and their critically acclaimed record Teen Dream. It will be a challenge for her to achieve the same aural masterpiece". The album cover, which shows Perry lying naked on clouds of pink cotton candy, was painted on a 6x6 canvas by Will Cotton and revealed on July 21, 2010. Perry first approached Cotton in early 2010, asking him if paintings from his "Cotton Candy Clouds" series, which depicted pinup girls laying nude in

7215-431: The chart began on October 26, 1974, under the title Disco Action . The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country from week to week. Billboard continued to run regional and city-specific charts throughout 1975 and 1976 until the issue dated August 28, 1976, when a 30-position National Disco Action Top 30 premiered. The first number-one song on the chart for the issue dated August 28, 1976,

7326-579: The chart was reduced back to 80. During the first half of the 1980s, the chart maintained 80 slots until March 16, 1985, when the Disco charts were splintered and renamed. Two charts appeared: Hot Dance/Disco Club Play , which ranked club play (at 50 positions), and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales , which ranked 12-inch single (or maxi-single) sales (also 50 positions, later reduced to 10 and discontinued in 2013, since replaced by Dance/Electronic Digital Songs ). On January 26, 2013, Billboard introduced

7437-791: The chart. The last number-one song, for the issue dated March 28, 2020, was " Love Hangover 2020 " by Diana Ross . Even after the pandemic receded and club attendance increased again, Billboard has not revived the chart nor published any information about a possible revival, effectively ending the nearly 44-year run of the chart. Although the disco chart began reporting popular songs in New York City nightclubs, Billboard soon expanded coverage to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco , San Diego , Boston , Los Angeles , Chicago , Miami , Phoenix , Detroit , and Houston . During this time, Billboard rival publication Record World

7548-476: The deal; it eventually agreed to an $ 11 billion takeover bid from investors in 2006. VNU changed its name to Nielsen in 2007, the namesake of a company that it had acquired for $ 2.5 billion in 1999. New CEO Robert Krakoff divested some of the previously owned publications, restructured the organization and planned some acquisitions before dying suddenly in 2007. He was subsequently replaced by Greg Farrar. Nielsen owned Billboard until 2009, when it

7659-534: The editorial staff indicated that senior vice president of digital content Mike Bruno would head the editorial department. On June 15, 2016, BillboardPH , the first Billboard chart company in Southeast Asia, mainly in the Philippines, was announced. On September 12, 2016, Billboard expanded into China by launching Billboard China in partnership with Vision Music Ltd. On September 23, 2020, it

7770-589: The feat with his 1987 album Bad . Perry is the first female in history to achieve this milestone. The album is one of only three albums to produce six or more top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (along with Janet Jackson 's Rhythm Nation 1814 and George Michael 's Faith ), and the first album to have seven songs top the Dance Club Songs chart, breaking the previous record set by Beyoncé 's I Am... Sasha Fierce and Kristine W 's The Power of Music , both with six songs. Also,

7881-516: The first female and youngest-ever executive editor at Billboard and led its first major redesign since the 1960s, designed by Daniel Stark and Stark Design. During Conniff's tenure, Billboard 's newsstand sales jumped 10%, ad pages climbed 22% and conference registrations rose 76%. In 2005, Billboard expanded its editorial outside the music industry into other areas of digital and mobile entertainment. In 2006, after leading Billboard's radio publication, former ABC News and CNN journalist Scott McKenzie

7992-547: The first single, peaking at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks, and also peaked at number one in Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Slovakia and other sub-charts in the US. " Firework " was released as the third offering from the album. The song was released on October 18, 2010 through radio airplay, followed by a digital release on November 2, 2010 in the UK. The music video for "Firework"

8103-632: The fourth and final promotional single of the album. It reached number 64 in Canada, number 52 in the Czech Republic, and number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. It has also sold over 500,000 copies in the US and certified Gold on July 9, 2012. A dance remix of it was released on March 26, 2012. Teenage Dream received mixed reviews upon release from music critics. Giving the album 4 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "There's no question Perry

8214-486: The fruity outfits and fart jokes, Perry is clearly serious about the business of hit songcraft; that doesn't make Dream nearly cohesive as an album, but it does provide, intermittently, exactly the kind of high-fructose rush she's aiming for." On the album's 10th anniversary, Patrick Gomez of The A.V. Club praised it as "pop perfection", writing that "the magic of the album is that it remains cohesive" and "the heightened emotions of teen love, lust, and self-discovery remain

8325-399: The magazine on outdoor entertainment such as fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville , and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of outdoor events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, professionalism, economics and new shows. It had a "stage gossip" column covering the private lives of entertainers,

8436-568: The most influential executives, artists and companies in the music industry, such as the following: Since 1990 Billboard established the Billboard Music Awards , an awards ceremony honors top album, artist and single in a number of different music genres which achieved the highest results during the year form sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring, and social engagement. The data are taken from Billboard and its data partners, including MRC Data and Next Big Sound . Through

8547-400: The most number-one songs with 50. Katy Perry holds the record for having 18 consecutive number-one songs. Perry's third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), became the first album in the history of the chart to produce at least seven number-one songs by a lead artist. It held this record until Rihanna 's eighth studio album Anti produced eight chart-toppers from 2016 to 2017. Rihanna is

8658-431: The only artist to have achieved five number-one songs in a calendar year. Sources: Footnotes Billboard (magazine) Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation . The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry . Its music charts include

8769-868: The phonograph and radio also contributed to its growing music emphasis. Billboard published the first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 and introduced a Record Buying Guide in January 1939. In 1940, it introduced Chart Line, which tracked the best-selling records, and was followed by a chart for jukebox records in 1944 called Music Box Machine. By the 1940s, Billboard was more of a music-industry specialist publication. The number of charts that it published grew after World War II , as new music interests and genres became popular. It had eight charts by 1987, covering different genres and formats, and 28 charts by 1994. By 1943, Billboard had about 100 employees. The magazine's offices moved to Brighton, Ohio in 1946, then to New York City in 1948. A five-column tabloid format

8880-411: The previous record of Fergie 's debut album, The Dutchess (2006), which had five multi-Platinum songs. When "E.T." and “Teenage Dream” certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Perry became the first artist to have four Diamond-certified singles from same album in the country, the others being "Firework" and "California Gurls”. To promote the album, Perry embarked on

8991-420: The service was discontinued, Billboard was still processing 1,500 letters per week. In 1920, Donaldson controversially hired black journalist James Albert Jackson to write a weekly column devoted to black performers. According to The Business of Culture: Strategic Perspectives on Entertainment and Media , the column identified discrimination against black performers and helped validate their careers. Jackson

9102-560: The singer went to Germany to perform at Wetten, dass..? , and then performed "Firework" on the seventh season of the British version of The X Factor . In November, at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards , Perry performed the same track. Days later, the singer made a special concert at New York's Roseland Ballroom to launch the Windows Phone 7 , where she performed several songs from Teenage Dream . In London, Perry performed

9213-433: The song compares the feeling of being in love to the speed of a hummingbird's heartbeat. The last track is "Not Like the Movies" a power ballad about a love relationship where a woman does not feel in love and still waits for the man of her dreams, or "charming prince", as a Terra reviewer put it. Its melody was compared to Britney Spears ' " Everytime " (2003) and Evanescence 's " My Immortal " (2003). On June 14, 2010,

9324-488: The sound of the album would be pop and rock, like One of the Boys , though calling it a "different gear" for himself. Perry also desired to collaborate with Calvin Harris on the record, "but he got really famous so it didn't happen". According to Luke, Perry gave him a mixtape of songs which inspired her in order to demonstrate how she wanted the next record to sound. The singer also claimed that working with Martin and Luke

9435-407: The star's behalf and publish a notice in its Letter-Box column that it had mail for him or her. This service was first introduced in 1904 and became one of Billboard ' s largest sources of profit and celebrity connections. By 1914, 42,000 people were using the service. It was also used as the official address of traveling entertainers for draft letters during World War I . In the 1960s, when

9546-671: The sweat on you is yours or the person's next to you. I love that feeling, and when I was on tour I would see that I was missing that a bit". Recording sessions for Teenage Dream began in autumn 2009 and took place at a multitude of recording studios in the United States. Work on the album involved collaborating with numerous artists and producers including Dr. Luke , Greg Wells , Guy Sigsworth , Max Martin , Ryan Tedder , Rivers Cuomo , Kuk Harrell , Greg Kurstin , Benny Blanco , Darkchild , Cathy Dennis , Esther Dean , and Tricky Stewart , who told Rap-Up in December 2009 that

9657-500: The time, billboards, posters, and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the primary means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co., managed magazine production. The first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns such as The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable and Tireless Industry of the Bill Poster. A department for agricultural fairs

9768-624: The tour was scaled up and revamped to accommodate larger venues. Robyn , Yelle , and Marina and the Diamonds served as opening acts for the concerts, which Perry described as "super girl power". The tour was a commercial success, and was ranked 16th in Pollstar ' s "2011 Top 25 Worldwide Tours", earning over $ 59.5 million. At the conclusion of 2011, it ranked 13th on Billboard 's annual "Top 25 Tours", earning nearly $ 50 million with 98 shows. It won an award for Favorite Tour Headliner at

9879-427: The track contains a double entendre with suggestive wording. New York magazine writer Willa Paskin observed that Perry did the obvious with the song's hook ("she used a common word for penis and made it mean penis!"). Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone thought of "Peacock" as a sequel to Gwen Stefani 's 2005 single " Hollaback Girl " by noticing the two songs shared a drum hook . The album follows with " Circle

9990-416: The week ending March 14, 2015, the album completed 200 weeks in the chart since it debuted on September 11, 2010 making it the 25th album to spend more than 200 weeks or more on the Billboard 200. On the week ending November 30, 2024, the album completed 400 weeks in the chart, making it the fifth album to spend more weeks by female artist on the Billboard 200. Teenage Dream has been certified Diamond by

10101-508: The years, Billboard has established several other awards to honor different music genres, live performances, and artists. Since that Billboard established severals awards ceremonies and honors: Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album) With " California Gurls " (featuring Snoop Dogg ), " Teenage Dream ", " Firework ", " E.T. ", and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) ", Teenage Dream is the second album in history to have five number-one singles (after Michael Jackson 's 1987 album Bad ) to top

10212-465: Was " You Should Be Dancing " by the Bee Gees , spending five weeks atop the chart and the group's only number-one song on the chart. The chart would continue to be published continuously for over 40 years, but with changes. The chart soon expanded to 40 positions, then in 1979 the chart expanded to 60 positions, then 80, and eventually the chart reached 100 positions from September 1979 until 1981, when

10323-417: Was "a wonderful collaborative effort". As for the visual component, the singer likens it to "going from Shirley Temple , Betty Boop to more of a Betty Paige [sic], pop art-sarcastic-fun- Lichtenstein picture: still bright, but the colors are more saturated, and it's more metallic fuchsia or purple than bubblegum pink." Perry stated about the album "You're getting the sugary sweet but you're also getting

10434-509: Was adopted in November 1950 and coated paper was first used in Billboard ' s print issues in January 1963, allowing for photojournalism. Billboard Publications Inc. acquired a monthly trade magazine for candy and cigarette machine vendors called Vend , and in the 1950s it acquired an advertising trade publication called Tide . By 1969, Billboard Publications Inc. owned 11 trade and consumer publications, Watson-Guptill Publications,

10545-574: Was announced that Penske Media Corporation would assume operations of the MRC Media & Info publications under a joint venture with MRC known as PMRC. The joint venture includes the management of Billboard . On January 13, 2024, Billboard shared the intent to further expand in Asia by announcing the launch of Billboard Korea . Billboard publishes a news website and weekly trade magazine that covers music, video and home entertainment. Most of

10656-460: Was broadcast live across the web. Two days later, the singer appeared at Rockefeller Plaza for Today and sang "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream". She then made a return to Le Grand Journal to perform the title track. In September, Perry made a rendition of "California Gurls" on X Factor Italia , and appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man in the United Kingdom. She was then the musical guest on Saturday Night Live . The next month,

10767-536: Was established in 1896. The Billboard Advertising publication was renamed The Billboard in 1897. After a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegan's interest in the business in 1900 for $ 500 (equal to $ 15,100 today) to save it from bankruptcy. On May 5, Donaldson changed the publication from a monthly to a weekly paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London, and Paris, and also refocused

10878-487: Was far less favorable towards " The One That Got Away ", criticizing the track as "fairly thin." Best-of lists After its release, Teenage Dream debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with a total of 192,000 copies sold in its first week. In the week July 21, 2012, the album jumped from 21 to two on the chart (up 417% on sales) with sales of 80,000 copies, becoming best sales frame since Christmas of 2010 after being discounted to 99 cents on Amazon. On

10989-475: Was inherited by his and Hennegan's children, who retained ownership until selling it to private investors in 1985. The magazine has since been owned by various parties. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati , Ohio by William Donaldson and James Hennegan on November 1, 1894. Initially it covered the advertising and bill-posting industry and was known as Billboard Advertising . At

11100-439: Was largely focused on the lack of focus and image, and vulnerability on the album. However, retrospective reviews have praised the album, ranking it on multiple decade-end best albums lists. Billboard named Teenage Dream "one of the defining LPs from a new golden age in mega-pop" and The A.V. Club called the album "pop perfection". The album and its singles earned Perry seven Grammy Award nominations including Album of

11211-451: Was later released, consisting of a CD featuring the 12 original tracks, plus another one with two tracks on which Perry had previously appeared as a featured artist — 3OH!3 's " Starstrukk " and Timbaland 's " If We Ever Meet Again ", and remixes of "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream". The album was distributed by EMI Music Japan on August 25 in Japan, and released three days later in

11322-624: Was named editorial director across all Billboard properties. Conniff launched the Billboard Women in Music event in 2007. Bill Werde was named editorial director in 2008, and was followed by Janice Min in January 2014, also responsible for editorial content at The Hollywood Reporter . The magazine became more of a general-interest music-news source rather than solely an industry trade, covering more celebrity and fashion news. Min hired Tony Gervino as editor although he did not have

11433-556: Was one of eight publications sold to e5 Global Media Holdings. e5 was formed by investment firms Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners for the purpose of the acquisition. The following year, the new parent company was renamed Prometheus Global Media . Three years later, Guggenheim Partners acquired Pluribus' share of Prometheus and became the sole owner of Billboard . In December 2015, Guggenheim Digital Media spun out several media brands, including Billboard , to its own executive Todd Boehly . The assets operate under

11544-435: Was released on August 8, 2011, featuring American rapper Missy Elliott . On August 17, 2011, with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", Perry made history as the second artist overall, and first female, to achieve five number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart from one album. The song also became Perry's fourth number one in Canada. " The One That Got Away " was released as the sixth single from Teenage Dream . The song

11655-639: Was released on June 6, 2011 on contemporary hit and rhythmic contemporary radios as the fifth single from the album. The song received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The song also received commercial success, peaking at number one in Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the US, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two consecutive weeks. The music video was released worldwide on June 14, 2011. It guest stars Darren Criss , Rebecca Black , Kevin McHale , Kenny G , Hanson , Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson . A remixed version of "Last Friday Night"

11766-645: Was released on October 11, 2011 on US Mainstream radio. The song received mostly positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented Perry's serious tone. A teaser of the music video was also released in early November, and the full music video premiered on November 11, 2011 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . On November 24, the single entered the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, making Teenage Dream one of only seven albums in US history to have six or more top 10 singles. On December 14, it became one in two albums to yield six top four songs, when it soared to number four, it later peaked at number three. " Not Like

11877-419: Was renamed to simply Billboard . According to The New Business Journalism , by 1984, Billboard Publications was a "prosperous" conglomerate of trade magazines, and Billboard had become the "undisputed leader" in music-industry news. In the early 1990s, Billboard introduced Billboard Airplay Monitors , a publication for disc jockeys and music programmers. By the end of the 1990s, Billboard dubbed itself

11988-469: Was replaced by Keith Girard, who was subsequently fired in May 2004. Girard and a female employee filed a $ 29 million lawsuit alleging that Billboard fired them unfairly with an intent to damage their reputations and that they experienced sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and a financially motivated lack of editorial integrity. Email evidence suggested that human resources were given special instructions to watch minority employees. The case

12099-411: Was settled out of court in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. In the 2000s, economic decline in the music industry dramatically reduced readership and advertising from Billboard ' s traditional audience. Circulation declined from 40,000 in circulation in the 1990s to less than 17,000 by 2014. The publication's staff and ownership were also undergoing frequent changes. In 2004, Tamara Conniff became

12210-498: Was the first black critic at a national magazine with a predominantly white audience. According to his grandson, Donaldson also established a policy against identifying performers by their race. Donaldson died in 1925. Billboard ' s editorial content changed focus as technology in recording and playback developed, covering "marvels of modern technology" such as the phonograph and wireless radios. The magazine began covering coin-operated entertainment machines in 1899 and created

12321-448: Was the first to compile a dance chart which incorporated club play on a national level. Noted Billboard statistician Joel Whitburn has since "adopted" Record World s chart data from the weeks between March 29, 1975, and August 21, 1976, into Billboard s club play history. For the sake of continuity, Record World s national chart is incorporated into both Whitburn's Dance/Disco publication (via his Record Research company) as well as

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