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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2006 18:28:36 GMT -5
Up until about the mid 90s when an artist hit #1 on the Billboard chart, that was considered a great accomplishment. One recognized by music listeners, and the artists as well. However, now with the Hot 100 being primarily R&B/Rap driven it seems, that wouldn't be the case for most pop artists. However, the Pop 100 seems I guess more reflective of todays charts but doesn't have the noteriety as the Hot 100 did. The countdown shows themselves are so fragmented in the way they figure their charts nowadays. Most just use unpublished charts, or charts based on their own affiliates.
So with all that, as an artist today; what chart is the moutaintop to hit #1 on? Which one is the one you long to hit the top of? or do you care anymore at all?
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RNH
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Post by RNH on Sept 3, 2006 19:05:40 GMT -5
In terms of singles, who knows? There are too many charts. However, to hit #1 on the Billboard album chart (I think this is now called the Billboard 200) is still an accomplishment I would think most artists would like to achieve.
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Post by spt72 on Sept 3, 2006 20:54:05 GMT -5
As far as the shows go, if I were an artist Id want to be #1 on a Hot AC station's countdown... like Ryan HAC, dees HAC, and AT20. Of course, Im sort of mushy and I would have wanted my pinnacle tobe on the AC chart in the 80s... like the one Dick Clark used on Countdown America. But youre right, the chart and "#1" itself has nowhere near the prestige and clout that it once did. of course I felt that way once the 90s hit and we started seeing songs like "One Sweet Day," "Whoomp! There It Is," and "Macarena" all have "historical chart records." I mean, c'mon. I guess right then was "the day that music died" for me as far as charts were concerned. But, agreed, in the 80s the Billboard Hot 100 was king. I love looking at my Joel Whitburn Billboard Hot 100 Charts from the 80s book. Phenomenal stuff.
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