The choreographer-turned-singer-turned-'American Idol' judge's 1988 debut album made it to the top of the Billboard 200 -- it just took 64 weeks to get there.
Some things are worth the wait. On Oct. 7, 1989, Paula Abdul's debut album, Forever Your Girl, made music history when it completed the slowest climb to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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By the end of 1989, Abdul, then 27, was inescapable on the charts and on the radio. The former Laker Girl dominated the Billboard Hot 100 that year with three No. 1 singles from the album: "Straight Up," the title track and "Cold Hearted."