"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" hit No. 1, making Perry the first woman with five Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers from one album.
On August 17, 2011, Katy Perry's single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the fifth number-one single from her album Teenage Dream. With this achievement, Perry became the first female artist and only the second artist in history, after Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad, to produce five chart-topping singles from a single studio album.
This feat was historically remarkable given the fragmented, singles-driven nature of the music industry in the early 2010s, where sustaining chart dominance across an entire album cycle spanning nearly two years was exceedingly rare. The five singles—"California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T.," and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—each resonated with audiences in distinct ways, showcasing Perry's versatility across dance-pop, ballad, and anthemic genres.
Perry's achievement broke a nearly 25-year-old record held exclusively by a male artist, underscoring a significant moment for female representation at the pinnacle of pop chart success. It reinforced her status as one of the defining pop stars of her generation and demonstrated the commercial power of a cohesively marketed album era in a rapidly digitizing industry.
The record remains frequently cited in discussions of the most successful pop albums of all time.