Britney Spears - new promo pic for Womanizer

Britney Spears’ new single “Womanizer” made a record-breaking leap to top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart on Wednesday, underscoring her musical comeback after making headlines with her personal woes.

Billboard said the song, the first from a new Spears album due for release in December, jumped from No.96 to No.1 in the past week and returned Spears to the top of the list for the first time since her 1999 debut single “Baby One More Time.”

“Womanizer” is also No. 1 on iTunes charts in Canada, France, Spain and Sweden, Spears’ record company Jive said.

Billboard said the unprecedented leap of “Womanizer” was spurred by first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening week tally by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital downloads in 2003.

The charts were released as expectations rose that Spears would start a tour in early 2009 — her first since 2004 — to support the new album “Circus” to be released on December 2.
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