Song Of The Day (Shocker): Katy Perry- "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"

In honor of "Last Friday Night" hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and thus making her album Teenage Dream the first album since 1987 to have five #1 singles, I'll give Katy Perry the Song Of The Day even though it's been a full year since "Last Friday Night" was actually released.

I know there will be some complaints about how Perry "cheated" to get five #1 singles, re-releasing both "E.T." (Kanye West) and "Last Friday Night" (Missy Elliott) as remixes featuring other artists to get extra sales.  But the facts are indisputable.  Her five singles have spent a total of 18 weeks at #1.  Back in 1987 when Michael Jackson's Bad had five singles reach #1 (the only other solo album to ever do it), they spent only seven total weeks at #1.  So, could we make the case that Teenage Dream is the biggest solo album of all time, despite selling fewer than 4 million copies worldwide so far?  If we go by singles, yes, we could at least make that argument.  And since singles are so important these days, it would be a fairly compelling argument.

As for this video, it too will be in the running for my music video of the year.  Any time you successfully incorporate Rebecca Black, Kenny G, "Glee" characters, nerdy alter egos, 80's child stars, and 80's nostalgia in general (except for a conspicuously out-of-place laptop) into an 8-minute music video, you get A) a surefire hit in 2011, and B) a thumbs-up from me for somehow pulling it all together.  And one more time, put your hands together for Katy Perry (love her or hate her) for making pop music history.