The lyric “Hit me, baby, one more time,” from Britney Spears’s smash song “...Baby One More Time” is the result of a linguistic mix-up. The Swedish songwriting team who penned the song thought hit was American slang for call.

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List of Musical Acts That Scored 10 #1 Hits

Landing a number-one hit on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100—the premiere pop singles chart in the United States—is by itself a remarkable achievement. A handful of recording artists, however, have managed the feat at least 10 times since the 1950s, when the chart originated. As you might expect, the