Rihanna Ties Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Mariah Carey For #1 Pop Songs

'Love the Way You Lie' with Eminem becomes her sixth #1 on the pop chart.
By Jocelyn Vena


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Rihanna is making hit songs, breaking records and taking names. The singer is currently tied with a few of her pop comrades for the most #1 songs on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart. She ties with Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey for the most #1's in the Nielsen survey. Rihanna now has six #1's on her résumé thanks to her chart-topping collaboration with Eminem, "Love the Way You Lie," according to Billboard.com.

Rihanna's other #1 songs on the pop chart include 2006's "SOS" (for one week); 2008's "Take a Bow" (for three weeks); 2008's "Disturbia" (three weeks); her late-2008 T.I. collabo "Live Your Life" (two weeks); and this year's "Rude Boy" (two weeks). "Love the Way You Lie" has been on top for one week so far.

Earlier this year Beyoncé and Lady Gaga tied Mariah Carey for six #1 pop songs with their collaboration, "Telephone." Carey had six songs hit #1 on the Hot 100 before the Pop Songs chart was created in 1993, and then six others since its creation. Meanwhile, Beyoncé collected hers from 2003 to 2010. Gaga was the fastest to tie the record, with all six released from 2009-2010.

Avril Lavigne, Pink, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake all come in a close second with five #1 pop songs in their careers.

Rihanna had fans talking last week when the video for "Love the Way You Lie" was released. The singer, who was assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009, appears in the video that depicts a violent love affair between Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox.

How do you think Rihanna compares to the other women at the top of the pop chart? Sound off in the comments.

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Justin Timberlake Says 'The Social Network' Will 'Split' Moviegoers

JT says his friends got into a heated Facebook discussion 'without me ... steering the conversation in any way' after a screening.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Vanessa White Wolf


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When "The Social Network" opens this weekend, moviegoers are likely to leave the theater divided about who's in the wrong and in the right in the David Fincher-directed flick about the founding of Facebook. Its star, Jesse Eisenberg, defended founder Mark Zuckerberg to MTV News, and now another one of the movie's stars, Justin Timberlake, is weighing in on the polarizing subject.

"There was a screening in Los Angeles and my friends were very excited to see this film and I was excited that my own friends were excited to see a film that I was in, so I scored some tickets for the screening," Timberlake recalled. "And I took all of them and it was about eight of us so we carpooled and caravanned in two cars. When we walked out, we all went to get some dinner afterwards and immediately the conversation just started."

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Oakland Raiders Week 3 Wrap Up

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Raiders at Cardinals

Score: Cardinals 24, Raiders 23

The Storyline: Sebastian Janikowski proved once again that there is no such thing as a chip shot when it comes to kicking field goals. The Raiders place-kicker was wide left with a 32-yard field goal try as time expired, allowing the Arizona Cardinals to escape with a 24-23 victory on Sunday. The Raiders did a lot of things right but they missed other earlier scoring opportunities as well and it caught up with them at the end.

Key Moment: Down 24-20 with 9:12 left to play, the Raiders had a first-and-goal at Arizona's 1-yard line, basically a running back's stride away from getting the lead. But the Cardinals stopped Michael Bush for no gain. A delay of game penalty pushed the Raiders back to the 6, and two passes from Bruce Gradowski to Darius Heyward-Bey fell in the end zone incomplete. Janikowski came on to kick a 23-yard field goal to the cut the deficit to one point, which proved to be Arizona's victory margin.

Key Stat: The rough-and-tumble Raiders always draw plenty of penalties but even by Raiders standards, they outdid themselves against Arizona. When it was all said and done, the Raiders were penalized 11 times for 123 yards. The delay call was among the costliest, pushing them back from the brink of the end zone. A false start penalty also added five-yards to an earlier field goal try by Janikowski, stretching it to a 58-yard attempt. It was one of three that he missed in the game.

Where they stand: At 1-2, the Raiders are in a three-way tie with the Broncos and Chargers for second place in the AFC West, two games back of the front-running Chiefs (3-0).

Notable: Darren McFadden is gaining traction as the Raiders starting running back, rushing for 105 yards on 25 carries, and receiver Darius Heyward-Bey is steadily becoming more involved in the offense. He had three catches for 49 yards and also induced a 39-yard pass interference penalty from Cardinals cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.

 

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Reds Won't Celebrate Potential Playoff Clincher in Absentia

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It has been 15 years since the Reds' last playoff appearance, and they can clinch a postseason spot Monday night. These days, that usually guarantees a wild, champagne-soaked celebration, but it won't be happening in Cincinnati.

The Reds are off Monday, and manager Dusty Baker said Sunday there were no plans for the team to gather and watch the Cardinals-Pirates game in anticipation of a St. Louis loss locking up the NL Central title for Cincinnati.

"It's the time of year to rest," Baker said. "Guys have stuff to do. They have family stuff, plus you've seen these guys 156 games already, you need some personal time, some family time. Probably some guys will prepare to move out of their places. Some guys only have leases until Oct. 1. There's a lot to do."

 

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