*Rihanna's new single "Take A Bow" nearly set a Billboard Hot 100 record with its 53-1 rise this week.  It's the second-best leap to No. 1 in Hot 100 history, trailing only Maroon 5's 64-1 jump with "Makes Me Wonder" last May.

      Coincidentally, Rihanna is featured on the band's "If I Never See Your Face Again" which debuted yesterday at No. 57.

       "Bow's" sudden blast is due to opening-week digital downloads, which hit 267,000 to also place the track at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs. Rihanna now owns two of the top three opening week download tallies in chart history. Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" set the mark with 286,000 last month, surpassing the 277,000 moved by Rihanna's "Umbrella" when it debuted in June 2007 issue.       

       "Take a Bow" is one of four new songs on an expanded CD/DVD edition of Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" album, due June 17 via Def Jam.       

       Elsewhere on the Hot 100, Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" slips to No. 2, followed by Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" featuring Static Major at No. 3, Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown at No. 4, Usher's "Love in this Club" featuring Young Jeezy at No. 5, Ray J & Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I" at No. 6, Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake at No. 7, Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" at No. 8, Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocket Full of Sunshine" at No. 9 and Danity Kane's "Damaged" at No. 10.