Pop star Britney Spears has become the first artist in over three years to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts after taking her new hit 3 to the top.The saucy tune has rocketed to the top of the countdown, which will be released Thursday, after fans snapped up 255,000 downloads in the tune's opening week, .
The last act to enter the charts at number one was former American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, who hit the top in July 2006 with Do I make you proud.
3 is only Spears' third Hot 100 chart-topper. The singer previously hit the number one spot with her debut ... Baby one more time a decade ago and Womanizer, which spent a week atop the countdown exactly one year ago this week.
