RIHANNA MAKES BILLBOARD HISTORY // 'TAKE A BOW' IS NO 1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100....

Rihanna has made a near-record rise to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 TODAY with her latest new single Take a Bow, which moved from 53-1. Opening-week digital downloads (267,000) is behind the sudden surge, as the track begins at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs.

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The song's bump is the second-best leap to No. 1 in Hot 100 history, trailing only Maroon 5's 64-1 jump with "Makes Me Wonder" last May. Coincidentally, Rihanna is featured on the band's "If I Never See Your Face Again" which will debut tomorrow at No. 57. With the lofty digital take, Rihanna now owns two of the top three opening week download tallies in chart history. Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" set the mark with 286,000 last month, surpassing the 277,000 moved by Rihanna's "Umbrella" when it debuted in the June 9, 2007 issue. "Take a Bow" is one of four new songs on an expanded CD/DVD edition of Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" album, due June 17 via Def Jam.

Well I be damned! I certainly wasn't expecting that. Take A Bow is an okay song, bland but okay; nothing groundbreaking. I really wasn't expecting it to do so well. Good for Rihanna! Her singles do absolutely amazing on the charts. To date, Rihanna's album Good Girl Gone Bad has sold 1.3 million in the United States since it was released almost a year ago, and 4.8 million worldwide.