"Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris vaults from #53 to #1 in its second week on Billboard's Hot 100, which sets a new record for the biggest move to #1 by an act with its first chart single. The old record was held by Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This," which shot from #52 to #1 in October 2002.

Cruz is a British singer-songwriter-producer who has worked with such acts as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, the Pussycat Dolls and Ke$ha. "Break Your Heart" logged three weeks at #1 in the U.K. in September and October. It's the second transatlantic #1 by a new act in the past few months, following Owl City's "Fireflies."

This is the third time that Ludacris has been featured on a #1 Hot 100 hit. He was also featured on Usher's "Yeah!" (which also featured Lil Jon) and Fergie's "Glamorous." The rap superstar and movie actor has also had two #1 hits as a lead artist. He scored in 2003 with "Stand Up" (featuring Shawnna) and in 2006 with "Money Maker" (featuring Pharrell).

For the first time in chart history, the top three albums on The Billboard 200 are all by mixed-gender groups. Sade's Soldier Of Love holds at #1 for the second week, Lady Antebellum's Need You Now holds at #2 for the second week and the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. rebounds from #8 to #3. Helen Adu fronts Sade, Hillary Scott is the female member of Lady Antebellum and Fergie is a key Pea.

By holding at #1 for a second week, Soldier Of Love equals the mark set in February 1986 by Sade's sophomore album, Promise.

Need You Now got a boost from the trio's Friday appearance on Oprah. The Lady Antebellum smash, which was #1 for two weeks before its two-week run at #2, is the first album to spend its first four weeks in the top two spots since Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream in November and December. It's the first country album to do this since Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way in May and June 2006.

Need You Now also makes news by becoming the first album to sell 1 million copies in 2010.

To help celebrate Black Music Month, here's a quick look at African American artists who have made history on the Billboard charts, from the Mills Brothers to Jay-Z. I also show key achievements by black artists at the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards.

Of course, black artists are so central to the history of popular music that the idea of spotlighting them in this way is probably a little dated. Still, it's a useful way of conveying information about black trailblazers--which is the point of Black Music Month.

Michael Jackson has set so many records that I could fill up a column listing just his achievements. (In fact, I did last June, right after he died.) Combining his solo recordings and his hits with the Jackson 5, he has had more top 10 singles on the Hot 100 (39) and more top 40 singles (60) than any other black artist.

In the same way, combining her solo recordings and her Supremes releases, Diana Ross has had more top 40 albums on The Billboard 200 (34) than any other

Pink didn't win any Grammys last week, but her show-stopping, audience-drenching performance of "Glitter In The Air" makes her the biggest post-show sales gainer. "Glitter In The Air" sold 114,000 digital copies, to enter Hot Digital Songs at #8. And Pink's Funhouse album vaults from #61 to #15 on The Billboard 200. This is its first appearance in the top 20 since March 15. (Maybe now Pink, whose skimpy outfit drew much comment, can afford to buy some clothes!)

Three other albums return to the top 20 on the heels of Grammy exposure. Zac Brown Band's The Foundation jumps from #22 to #10. This is its first appearance in the top 10 in its entire 64-week run. Beyonce's I Am...Sasha Fierce leaps from #35 to #14, its first appearance in the top 20 since March. And Carrie Underwood's Play On jumps from #29 to #18.

"Glitter In The Air" wasn't the only song that was performed on the Grammys that went from being not listed on the top 200 Digital Songs chart last week to a solid posting this