Eminem and Rihanna have ended Katy Perry’s six-week reign over the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Their hit ‘Love The Way You Lie’ - also top in Australia at present - climbs to No.1 this week after spending three consecutive weeks in second position.

It becomes the fourth and seventh US chart-toppers for Eminem and Rihanna respectively.

Perry slips to two with ‘California Gurls’, while B.o.B. and Hayley Williams hold steady at three with ‘Airplanes’.

Meanwhile, Taio Cruz climbs from six to four with ‘Dynamite’, the follow-up to his transatlantic chart-topper ‘Break Your Heart’.

Notable gains outside the top ten come from Shontelle, who jumps from 16 to 13 with ‘Impossible’, and Maroon 5, who leap from 44 to 28 with ‘Misery’.

The top ten singles in full (click where possible for our reviews):

1. (2) Eminem ft. Rihanna: ‘Love The Way You Lie’
2. (1) Katy Perry: ‘California Gurls’
3. (3) B.o.B ft. Eminem & Haley Williams: ‘Airplanes’
4. (6) Taio Cruz: ‘Dynamite’
5. (4) Usher: ‘OMG’
6. (7) Mike Posner: ‘Cooler Than Me’
7. (5) Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Billionaire’
8. (8) Enrigue Igelsias ft. Pitbull: ‘I Like It’
9. (9) Drake: ‘Find Your Love’
10. (10) Jason Derulo: ‘Ridin’ Solo’

Katy Perry says her fiance Russell Brand has had a big impact on the direction of her second album, Teenage Dream.

Half of the tracks were recorded before the singer met the comedian, but she says their relationship has impacted on many of the songs since then.

Speaking to Newsbeat Perry said: “There are some songs on the album inspired by love. There’s a song called Hummingbird Heartbeat. He gives me that Hummingbird Heartbeat.”

The singer is pictured naked wearing only candyfloss…

Katy Perry has unveiled the cover of her new album, Teenage Dream which shows the singer lying naked and only wearing pink cotton candy.

The California Gurls star is pictured completely starkers on the cover for her second studio LP, hiding her modesty with the fluffy sweet treat in a painting by artist, Will Cotton.

Perry said of her new album artwork: “Oh my God, what will my mother think? It’s so gorgeous. I’m so excited. I’m nervous. I’m shaking a bit. This will be my first piece of real art.”

She added to our US team: “I have decided for this to be just the album cover — no print, no nothing, no Katy Perry…Hopefully they know it’s me by the actual picture.”

Katy, who is set to wed comedian Russell Brand later this year also revealed that the album itself will smell like candyfloss as inspired its cover.

She claimed: “When you purchase the CD physically, you just get a Katy Perry by Will Cotton. We went through every detail — it even smells like cotton candy! It actually stinks.”

Katy Perry has revealed that she is launching her own fragrance which she has named Purr.

The California Gurls singer announced that the perfume will come presented in a cat-shaped bottle with jewelled eyes and will be available this Autumn at Nordstorm stores and online via their website.

Perry’s scent will allegedly contain notes of peach, apple and green bamboo, jasmine blossom and freesia, as well as rose, vanilla, orchid, white amber, sandalwood and musk.

The 25-year old, who unveiled the artwork for her second studio album Teenage Dream yesterday admitted that she was nervous about the project and kept the perfume a secret until it was complete.

Russell Brand’s missus explained: “I kept wanting to tell someone! It wasn’t just like, ‘I love gardenias’. That would have been the easy route. I really wanted to develop a scent that was completely unlike anything I’d smelled before and not one that smelled like a knockoff of another scent.”

“All things edible for me are also intriguing. So if there are little dancing strawberries, I will be happy. Peppermint is cute; cotton candy is adorable. We like to keep it cute and classy.”

She added: “I am a product wh*re. I am a consumer of a multitude of beauty products and I’m always looking for the next great thing.”

In other Katy Perry related news, the I Kissed A Girl hit maker’s latest single Teenage Dream got it’s official debut yesterday despite the track leaking last week.

Katy Perry, Pink and Nelly Furtado are among the celebrities who have donated their shoes for a landmine clearance charity auction.

The trio and Little Boots have donated their heels, while Strictly Come Dancing fans can step in time in Bruno Tonioli’s boots.

Fans of great British comedy could invent their own silly walks in Michael Palin and Eric Idle’s shoes or, look absolutely fabulous in Joanna Lumley’s wellies.

More than 60 of the biggest stars in sport, pop, music, comedy and film have donated their footwear to help the life-saving work worldwide of the Mines Advisory Group (Mag).

Long-time Mag supporters Elbow have also signed a pair of classic Converse and ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has donated a one-off pair of Nike trainers which he has decorated himself.

Avid soap-watchers could find themselves living life in the shoes of their favourite Coronation Street characters with Katherine Kelly (who plays Becky McDonald), Alison King (Carla Connor) and Helen Worth (Gail McIntyre) all donating. And fans of former England strikers Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker could now own a signed pair of their football boots.

Mag’s Give Landmines The Boot auction organiser Zoe Corden said: “We’ve been totally overwhelmed by the support we’ve had from celebrities who’ve given up their shoes to help those affected by conflict.”

The auction will launch on eBay at 6pm, with the last bids being taken 10 days later on Sunday August 1. More details are available at www.maginternational.org/boot.

The teasing twosome have reportedly instructed one of Lady Gaga’s favourite designers to construct the skin-tight suits.

Atsuko Kudo, responsible for Lady G’s infamous latex nun’s habit, as well as the skin-tight rubber gown she wore to meet the Queen, has been ordered to make the pricy costumes, which are to be ready for September.

So it seems rumours of an Autumn ceremony might just be true.

‘Russell and Katy have both got wicked sense of humours and are big fans of Lady Gaga,’ one insider told the Sun.

‘They wanted unique outfits and no one dresses like her anywhere in the civilised world. The wedding will certainly be different.’

Katy Perry and Russell Brand are thinking of allowing some of their fans the chance to attend their wedding.

The ‘California Gurls’ singer and comedian actor are planning to get wed later this year and apparently think it would be fun to let some of their fans join them on their special day.

An insider told the National Enquirer: “It started out as a joke, but now Katy and Russell love the idea. They want to have a competition so that their true fans will have a shot at winning.”

Although there is no confirmed date for their wedding, it’s thought Perry and Brand are planning to tie-the-knot this October - possibly in India - where they got engaged.

This week it was claimed the couple are thinking of wearing latex outfits when they get married, while Katy wants Rihanna to strip for her at her bachelorette party.

Apparently, it’s a little bit dangerous being Katy Perry. Over the weekend, she was apparently dancing so hard in a club that she fell down and cut her leg. The cut was so intense that it even required 17 stitches. But she is a professional and a soldier, so she slipped a flesh-colored bandage over it and continued on with the promotional tour for her upcoming second album Teenage Dream. “17 stitches later,” she tweeted after seeing a doctor. “Don’t make fun of my dance moves tomorrow. That’s what got me here in the 1st place! Thanks for the souvenir Canada.”

While Perry’s injury is just a cut, it’s still an inconvenience that she is working through. It’s difficult to go on tour and not hurt yourself every once in a while, which means that Perry has excellent company on the list of stars who have been knocked down only to get right back up again.

He may be a born-again monogamist but Russell Brand made sure he went out with a bang.

Two bangs, in fact. The comedian enjoyed a threesome with two girls 24 hours before his first date with wife-to-be Katy Perry.

Russ said: “It was two women for the sake of efficiency. It’s nice to have sex with loads and loads of people. But my life has changed. I have not cheated on Katy. I have not got off with other birds.”

Usher has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, preventing Katy Perry from scoring a No.1 debut.

‘OMG’, which became the R&B star’s ninth US No.1 a fortnight ago before being knocked off by Eminem’s ‘Not Afraid’ seven days later, bounces back to pole position this week.

Perry has to settle for a number two debut with ‘California Gurls’, the Snoop Dogg-assisted trailer from her upcoming second album Teenage Dream.

Meanwhile, rapper B.o.B places two singles in this week’s top five: ‘Airplanes’ at three and former No.1 ‘Nothin’ On You’ at four.

Eminem’s ‘Not Afraid’ slides to six after just one week on top, while Lady GaGa’s ‘Alejandro’ jumps from 11 to eight to become her seventh US top ten hit.

Notable gains outside the top ten come from La Roux, who advances from 23 to 19 with ‘Bulletproof’, and Black Eyed Peas, who leap from 36 to 24 with ‘Rock That Body’.

The top ten singles in full (click where possible for our reviews):

1. (2) Usher ft. will.i.am: ‘OMG’
2. (-) Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg: ‘California Gurls’
3. (4) B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams: ‘Airplanes’
4. (3) B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Nothin’ On You’
5. (4) Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris: ‘Break Your Heart’
6. (1) Eminem: ‘Not Afraid’
7. (8) Ke$ha: ‘Your Love Is My Drug’
8. (11) Lady GaGa: ‘Alejandro’
9. (6) Rihanna: ‘Rude Boy’
10. (7) Train: ‘Hey, Soul Sister’