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First 6 Singles Top10 - who else?
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RobS said on May 12, 2003 09:21:
I was listening to some old tapes of SIMC and AU that i recorded from Take 40 years ago. And the DJ said that Rox’s first 6! singles all made top 10 but the next 6 singles haven’t gone to the top ten - but all made it into the top 40. (in australia)
I was just thinking how many other artists have had their first 6 singles go top 10 (3 no. 1’s) and their first 14 singles to get into the top40. This is quite an amazing thing, isn’t it?? Maybe Madonna, U2, Bonjovi, Celine Dion?
It’s just a pity that after SIMC it all fell apart for Rox in Australia :(
powerpoplarry said on May 12, 2003 23:44:
Actually, in the US, my schoolmate, Mariah Carey, her first FIVE singles all hit #1, with her 6th hitting #2, something like that. I’m not a huge fan or anything, but that is pretty respectable; she has 15 number one’s in the US, third behind Elvis and the Beatles.
In the US, Roxette’s first 6 singles all went top 15: “The Look” hit #1, “Dressed For Success” went to #14, “Listen To Your Heart” hit #1, “Dangerous” hit #2, “It Must Have Been Love” hit #1, and “Joyride” hit #1. Not bad really!! LOL!!
Also in the US, things went bad after “Church Of Your Heart”!! After that, their last three US charters missed the top 40: “How Do You Do!” hit #58, “Almost Unreal” hit #94, and “Sleeping In My Car” hit #50, then nothing...bah!! Actually, “Crash! Boom! Bang!” bubbled under, peaking at #103...
animalkingdom said on May 13, 2003 14:33:
@ powerpoplarry
Oh my...Where on earth have you dug out all that information?
Mfan28179-Jason said on May 14, 2003 03:24:
Probably from his head. I knew all that information too.
LOL.
At any rate, Madonna’s first 2 US singles missed the Billboard Hot 100. “Holiday” reached #16 and “Borderline” became her first Top Ten hit, reaching #10.
As for Mariah, her first single to miss the Top Ten was “Anytime You Need A Friend” which reached #12 in the summer of 1994.
powerpoplarry said on May 14, 2003 04:02:
Yes, Hotblooded, FLAF did hit #2 in the US, but what was asked was Rox’s first SIX singles, and FLAF was thee 7th, so I stopped, LOL!! On that note, after FLAF, “Spending My Time” hit #32, and “Church Of Your Heart” hit #36. Yes, animal, it was all in my head, aka photographic memory, but I also have some handy Billboard chart books at my needed moments of reference.
Now, Jason, yeppers, Madonna’s “Everybody” + “Burning Up/Physical Attraction” both missed Billboard’s Hot 100 because they were not issued in 7” form at the time, just 12”, and singles in those formats were not able to cross over to the pop chart. I think they both did well on the Dance Chart though. On a related note, her massive “Into The Groove” couldn’t crack the pop chart either cuz of the same rules. These days, ITG woulda been a #1 smash instantly. “Everybody” + “BU/PA” woulda maybe hit the 30s, 40s or 50s if they were able to cross over. Correct about “Holiday” + “Borderline”, as well as Mariah...
Ingo said on May 15, 2003 08:03:
It seems to be stupid to name the next artist here, but it is true: Britney Spears. Her first 6 singles also reached the Top 10 (in Germany, UK, Sweden,...).
And when you talk about Australia, you should not forget ABBA. There was really an ABBA fever, because in November 1975, 5 ABBA Singles were in the Top 30 at the same time.
DavidRox said on May 18, 2003 20:04:
Roxette made two huge mistakes. They didn’t promote Tourism enough with “How Do You Do” in North America and followed that with no promotion at all with C.B.B.
Then they disappeared with their extended time off for family. That put them out of peoples minds in the U.S/Canada and they lost their exposure.
After the success of the Joyride Tour, they should have come up with a stronger effort then the Tourism CD. I think that if C.B.B had followed the Joyride CD then they would have continued their momentum because they had more hit potential on C.B.B then Tourism.
That’s my opinion anyway.
Mfan28179-Jason said on May 19, 2003 04:56:
But keep in mind that Roxette did not like how EMI USA was handling the situation. Promo was cut with “Spending My Time” - or so Per says - and that’s why it stalled out at #32. And that also explains why follow-up singles failed to chart as high. There were issues with EMI USA, and Roxette didn’t wish to promote in the USA because of these issues. I still see no reason why songs like “How Do You Do!” and “Sleeping In My Car” couldn’t have made the US Top Ten - if they had proper backing and promotion.
It amazes me how years later Capitol USA picks them up (a division of EMI) with ’The Ballad Hits’ and of course no promotion.
Hotblooded said on May 12, 2003 13:05:
Yeah Roxette had an awesome record in the beginning here in Australia! I remember I was devestated that ’The BIG L’ didn’t make the top 10 (I think it got to #20) now I would be thrilled if anything got near the top 20... my how things have changed in 10 years!
After SIMC it really went bad which is such a pity, it was so nice when I used to be able to turn on the radio and hear the new Roxette song now it’s like they never existed :(
Thank God for the internet.