“For us, this is the launch of a signature artist,” then-RCA Records marketing vp Nick Cucci mused in the July 24, 1999, Billboard issue of Christina Aguilera, whose eponymous debut album arrived a ...
To date, artists have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 together 17 times, with Swift's seven such starts ...
Baby One More Time" in 1999. The caption said, "@TaylorSwift’s latest single 'The Fate of Ophelia' marks #MaxMartin’s 28th Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single as a songwriter and his 26th as a producer!