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Post by djjoe1960 on Jul 5, 2018 14:53:03 GMT -5
Regarding Push It ... Help me out ... isn't it one of the top 5 biggest sellers for singles in the 1980s, along with We Are The World, Physical and Wild Thing? I don't remember where I saw this in Billboard in very late 1989 or very early 1990. All had sold over 2 million, if I remember correctly, with WATW selling over 4 million. It might have been in Paul G.'s "Chart Beat?" What I'm trying to say is, Push It was strong in sales all over, but not every town or state had great AIRPLAY for the song. Not sure if it was geography, or cities versus small towns or what. Hey giannirubino (and everyone else that is interested)-- According to the RIAA website Push It by Salt n Pepa was certified Gold (sales of half a million copies) In March 1988 and Platinum (sales of 1 million copies) in October 1989. How much over 1 million it sold is unknown 'officially' since I didn't find that info on the RIAA site. By the way, the song is not listed among the Top 40 best sellers of the 1980's (which was a special Casey's Top 40 countdown which aired Thanksgiving weekend 1990). |
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Post by retrodaddy on Jul 5, 2018 18:19:32 GMT -5
It's hard for me to fathom Push It peaked at # 19. It got extensive play on any station playing pop, dance or R & B / urban in South Florida, and wasn't hurting for airplay on music video channels. Push It's one of those songs synonymous with my jr year of HS as I seemed to hear it being played at events, stores, practically anywhere I went for at least a few months. At the time it was popular, rap music in general was frowned upon by many CHR stations. If they played rap at all, it was usually late at night only. I thought something like that might be the cause. I realize the market I was living in wasn't like a lot of other markets. Gucci Crew II and 2 Live Crew, among others, were getting plenty of airplay at that time. |
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Post by giannirubino on Jul 6, 2018 18:17:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the information, djjoe1960.
I guess I'm senile, at best. XD
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Post by woolebull on Aug 20, 2018 14:47:03 GMT -5
Since Coldplay finally had a Top 10 hit, it looks like the 21st century champ could be 5 Seconds of Summer. They've had six Top 40 hits on AT40 with their highest reaching #14, and they have an up-and-comer titled "Youngblood" that could be their 7th Top 10 miss. Looks like we will soon be taking 5 Seconds off as well as "Youngblood" should be in the top 10 next week. |
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 21, 2018 14:48:49 GMT -5
Sammy Hagar had 4 solo Top 40 hits. All of them missed the Top 10 in both Billboard and R&R.
Quincy Jones had 6 Top 40 hits as a performer and only got as high as #14.
B.B. King also had 6. Although his voice was sampled in "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand," he wouldn't get label credit and it wouldn't make the Hot 100 (#7 in R&R).
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Post by johnnywest on Apr 2, 2019 17:31:03 GMT -5
Since Coldplay finally had a Top 10 hit, it looks like the 21st century champ could be 5 Seconds of Summer. They've had six Top 40 hits on AT40 with their highest reaching #14, and they have an up-and-comer titled "Youngblood" that could be their 7th Top 10 miss. Looks like we will soon be taking 5 Seconds off as well as "Youngblood" should be in the top 10 next week. And we can probably take the Jonas Brothers off the list too. Their 7th AT40 hit "Sucker" is very likely to be their first top 10 this month, as it just moved from 13-9 in Mediabase on Sunday. |
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 30, 2024 12:03:29 GMT -5
Some notable additions going by R&R/Mediabase:
The Black Crowes had 4 Top 40 hits in the early 90s with their biggest hitting #19.
Thirty Seconds To Mars had 4 with their most recent "Seasons" being the highest reaching #19.
And Dr. Dre had 8:
#38 - Let Me Ride
#35 - California Love
#30 - Forgot About Dre
#25 - Dre Day
#24 - Nuthin' But A G Thang
#22 - Crack A Bottle
#20 - I Need A Doctor
#12 - No Diggity
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