The new Princess of Pop? Katy Perry is going into the musical history books alongside Pop King Michael Jackson after landing a fifth No. 1 hit off her platinum-selling 2010 album, Teenage Dream.

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Another Billboard record looms for Katy Perry. If the card-carryin’ “California Gurl’s” latest single Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) shoots to No. 1 on the Hot 100, she’ll join Michael Jackson as one of only two artists to earn five No. 1 hits from one album. The feat would be a first for a female artist in the chart’s 52-year history.

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Hip-shaking R&B star Beyonce Knowles-Carter will be awarded with the Millennium Award at the 2011 Billboard Awards this month. Queen B will be on hand to receive the prize during the May 22 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, PopEater.com said Monday.

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To tide you over until the next episode of Glee (Counting the days already, eh?) we give you Darren Criss on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard Magazine, hitting newsstands nationwide Monday.

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It’s a big week over at Billboard — and an even bigger one for devoted Little Monsters and card-carrying Gleeks.

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