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#1 Single in US

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brentnewtown said on June 5, 2006 21:51:

Here is an audio clip where Don’t Turn Around is No 1 on American Top 40. I am now not so sure that All That She Wants went to No 1. Also, I am not sure what chart AT 40 used. From what people have said it must have been an alternative chart.

http://rapidshare.de/files/22309901/at40-don_tturnaround.mp3.html

and here is the sign at 14 weeks

http://rapidshare.de/files/22311437/at40-thesign14weeks.mp3.html

Majdy said on :

Is that true that Roxette had most number one singles in US than every Swedish artist/ band? Just curious...

erinla said on :

Yes, it’s true. They had four #1 hits, ABBA only had one.

puckeylut said on :

In Joel Whitburn’s US chart books he talked about in the pictures section...
He said “Roxette may not be as well known in the US as ABBA or Ace of Base but they have more #1’s than both groups combined.”
That’s not 100% of what it says. I cleaned my room and I can’t find it to quote it perfectly.

Ingo said on :

I also read that they broke records when they had 6 US Top 3 singles between only 2 years. That was even better than any US artist at this time.

Majdy said on :

Thanks for the info. Few days ago, I watch “One Hit Wonder” in VH1, and I noticed that The Cardigan only have one number one single in US with the song “Lovefool”.
I thought Ace Of Base has more than number one single than Roxette in US?

abysmo said on :

And what EMI US did in 1992? Use them and discard them.

Roxette-atic said on :

Cardigans were never #1 in the US. Not on the Billboard Hot 100 anyways...

Sascha said on :

I think Ace Of Base had one #1 hit (The Sign) and one #2 (All That She Wants). Their first album “Happy Nation/The Sign” sold multi-platinum in the US but the success dropped very quickly.

Majdy said on :

I thought the three singles by AOB (All That She Wants, The Sign and Don’t Turn Around) were number one, but thanks for the info :)

coyboyusa said on :

atsh was top 5 the sign and dont turn around were both number ones :)

Roxette-atic said on :

All That She Wants #2
The Sign #1
Dont Turn Around #4

From www.billboard.com

I dont understand HOW the US could forgett about Roxette even though they had 4 US #1s. They dont get ANY credit at all! Even bands like Heart and The Bangles that didnt have as many #1 hits as Roxette gets more cred. Very strange...

Majdy said on :

Maybe because Roxette were not from US?

roxtexanet said on :

@Majdy: Bingo.

GT_85 said on :

It´s 15 years ago they had there #1s. I can´t say i remember many songs that toped the charts here 15 years ago...

It´s been like 800 new charts since roxette were number one.

rox-kuryliw said on :

yes its been a long time since wako pedo jako had any num 1’s but doesnt stop people going on about him does it gt lol.

hotblooder said on :

US may have forgot “ROXETTE” but they never forget single “Listen To Your Heart” with a new remix version by another artist (DHT).

Sparvogamarie said on :

I’m pretty sure Majdy is right, I’m sure ATSW was number one, and that it was number one for a long time. Rox had more number ones at 4, but actually AOB spent more time at number 1 than any other Swedish band. The Sign was 1 for something like 6 weeks if I remember it right.

brentnewtown said on :

I remember Ace of Base having 3 number 1s. All That She Wants, The Sign and Don’t Turn Around. I also remember that The Sign was number 1 for something like 14 weeks. However, as someone here said, billboard.com says otherwise so maybe American Top 40 used a different chart.

Roxette-atic said on :

Im a little nerd hehe...but I have followed the american charts ( hot 100) for years now, and I KNOW that AOB only had 1 #1 in the US. WWw.billboard.com is right.

Roxette-atic said on :

I cant download from that site for some reason. But im quite sure its not the Billboard hot 100 they are talking about, AOB only had 1 #1 on that chart.

ally77 said on :

4 #1’s! :) wow impressive!

Starrox said on :

@brentnewtown: Yeah, that’s it, American Top 40’s not the same as the the Billboard Hot 100, at least not anymore!

-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Top_40

In November 1991, AT40 stopped using the Top 40 from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was mainly because of the appearance of many songs which were fuelled by single sales, with low radio airplay. [...]
American Top 40 generally played only brief snippets from the first verse or ending of these songs. At that time, American Top 40 began using the Top 40 from the Billboard Radio Monitor chart. These songs generally scored much higher radio airplay, and some were not even released as singles, such as “Steel Bars” by Michael Bolton). During this time, a few songs made big debuts, including 2 that almost debuted in the #1 spot: “I’ll Be There” by Mariah Carey (which entered American Top 40 at #4) and “Erotica” by Madonna (which entered at #2).

In January 1993 American Top 40 switched charts again, this time to the Billboard Top 40 Airplay Mainstream chart. This chart had more Top 40 Mainstream hits but less urban/dance/rap songs.

GT_85 said on :

Check out these AoB chart positions and sales: http://www.aceofbase.com/en/main.php?sida=charts

http://www.aceofbase.com/en/main.php?sida=sales

10!! times platinum in USA, how many platinum records did Joyride get?

Ingo said on :

In the US Joyride got 2 x Platinum (2 Million copies sold).

Room_service said on :

I still can’t overcome the fact Ace of Base has sold 10 million copies of that shitty album. Only a couple of songs are good, 90% of the album are fillers. Joyride is a million times better, and I am talking from an objective point of view.

James_Earp said on :

According to Riaa (record industry association of america), www.riaa.com. Joyride sold 1 x platinum and The Sign sold 9 x platinum. And if I don’t remeber wrong from another discussion on this board about an articel about Roxette on billboard.com, Look Sharp actually has sold more than Joyride in the US. I wrote down the figures then, and the reporter on billboard said that Look Sharp has sold about 1.4 million copies and that Joyride has sold 1.3 million. I found it very strange myself, beacuse I thougt Joyride was the BIG hit, but if you read the Roxette bio on billboard.com (wich is probably not the best bio written) they say that Look Sharp was more succsefull than Joyride, atleast in the states.

This is the figures I copied from the billboard articel, I have no idea how accurate they are.

Look Sharp!” (1989; certified platinum for U.S. shipments of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1990; it has sold 402,000 since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991)
“Joyride” (1991; 1.3 million)
“Tourism” (1992; 273,000)
“Crash! Boom! Bang!” (1994; 46,000)
“Baladas En Espagnol” (1996; 13,000)
“Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus-Greatest Hits” (2000; 78,000)
“The Ballad Hits” (2003; 14,000)

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