Choice Ladies

The 2011 Billboard Millennium Award winner's "Run The World (Girls)" stopped at No.29 earlier this month, but its subject material summarizes the state of the Hot 100. With a seven week No.1 for Adele's "Rolling In The Deep", lead female acts have ruled the survey for 19 consecutive weeks.

The stranglehold on the Hot 100's summit by lead solo women ties for the chart's second-longest. Here's a look at the greatest such stretches:

33 weeks (Sept. 30, 1995- May 11, 1996)
8, "Fantasy", Mariah Carey
1, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop", Whitney Houston
16, "One Sweet Day", Mariah Carey ft Boyz II Men
6, "Because You Loved Me", Celine Dion
2, "Always Be My Baby", Mariah Carey

19 weeks (Feb. 26- July 2, 2011)
6, "Born This Way", Lady GaGa
5, "E.T" Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
1, "S&M" Rihanna ft. Britney Spears
7, "Rolling In The Deep", Adele

19 weeks (May 7- Sept. 10, 2005)
4, Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
14, We Belong Together, Mariah Carey
1, Inside Your Heaven, Carrie Underwood

Women also win the battle of the sexes. The female record for 33 consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 bests the best streak by solo males. Usher, Snoop Dogg, Mario, 50 Cent combined for a 27 week streak at No.1 in 2004-05.

Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber & Bruno Mars Added To BET Awards Lineup

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2012 Grammy Date Announced

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards is already in production. The Recording Academy and the Grammy broadcasting network, CBS, extended their contract through 2021 on Tuesday (June 21). So which date will music's biggest night fall on?

Find out after the jump:

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Rihanna's "Man Down" Video Comes Under Fire From Parents Advocacy Group

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New Music: Beyonce- Best Thing I Never Had

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