 On the chart issue of August 4 , 2011 , the song climbed from number 11 to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 , making Femme Fatale the first album by Spears to achieve three top ten singles . It became her fifth top ten single in a row , and her twelfth top ten hit overall , the third @-@ highest female total since her first week on the chart , behind Rihanna with eighteen and Beyoncé Knowles with fifteen . " I Wanna Go " peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 on the chart issue of August 24 , 2011 . The song peaked atop the Pop Songs chart on September 24 , 2011 , becoming Spears ' sixth single to top the chart , and setting a record for the longest span of number @-@ one singles by an artist ( 12 years , seven months and four days ) . Spears scored her first number one single on the chart with " ... Baby One More Time " on the chart issue of February 20 , 1999 . She also tied Mariah Carey and Knowles for the third @-@ highest female total of number @-@ one singles . As of March 2015 , " I Wanna Go " has sold 1 @,@ 770 @,@ 000 digital downloads in the United States . It is her eighth best @-@ selling digital single in the country . 
