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Billboard
Magazine Trivia:
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♦ Harry
Belafonte's 1956, Calypso, was the first album to sell one
million copies.
♦ 16 weeks at # 1 on the
Billboard charts is the record, held by Mariah Carey and Boyz
II Men for One Sweet Day (1995 - 1996)
♦ LeAnn Rimes's How Do
I Live lasted 69 weeks in Billboard's Hot 100 (1996-1997)
♦ Michael Jackson's Bad
Album had 5 number one songs, more than any other album. (1987-1988)
♦ Akon's Smack That debuted
at # 95 in October, 2006. The next week it was number seven.
That jump of 88 positions was the single biggest jump in Billboard's
history.
♦ In April of 1964, The
Beatles held the top 5 positions on the Billboard Charts.
#1 - Can't Buy Me Love, #2 - Twist and Shout, #3 - She Loves
You, #4 - I Want to Hold Your Hand, #5 - Please Please Me
♦ Michael Jackson's Thriller
(1982-1984), Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA (1984-1985)
and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989-1991) were the
only albums to produce seven top-ten singles.
♦ In February 2006, High
School Musical generated the most simultaneous Hot 100 entries
from any album, with nine songs in the Hot 100 simultaneously,
five of them in the Top 40. This was based on downloads and
sales: there was no significant radio airplay for any of the
songs from this Disney Channel movie.
♦ James Brown had 99 Hot
100 Billboard entries, yet never had a number one Hot 100
hit.
♦ Tommy James & The
Shondells is the only band to have two songs covered by separate
artists,go back to back as #1 hits. Tiffany, at age 16, took,
"I Think We're Alone Now," which was released by
TJ and the Shondells before she was born, to #1 on 11/7/87,
for two weeks. Billy Idol, in his second chart run with "Mony
,Mony" live, hit #1 the week of 11/21/87. |
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Who
has the Longest Song Titles in his repertoire?
That would probably be Meatloaf. Best Known for Paradise
By The Dashboard Light, he also sang:
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♦ You
Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
♦ Objects in the Rear View
Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
♦ I'd Lie For You (And
That's The Truth)
♦ The Future Ain't What
It Used To Be
♦ I'd Do Anything For Love
(But I Won't Do That)
♦ You Took The Words Right
Out Of My Mouth
♦ In The Land of the Pig,
The Butcher Is King
♦ Good Girls Go To Heaven
(Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
♦ Life Is A Lemon And I
Want My Money Back
♦ All Revved Up With No
Place to Go |
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Long
Titles By Other Artists?
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♦ Standing Outside
A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand - Primitive Radio
Gods
♦ Does Your Chewing Gum
Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpast Over Night)?
- Lonnie Donegan
♦ everybody's Free (To
Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrman
♦ New York Mining Disaster
1941 (Have You Seen My Wife Mr. Jones) - Bee Gees
♦ You Wanted Someone
To Play With (I Wanted SomeoneTo Love) - Frankie Laine
♦ I Don't Know What You
Want But I Can't Give It Anymore - Pet Shop Boys
♦ Several Species of
Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving
with a Pict - Pink Floyd
♦ Too Fat Polka (I Don't
Want Her You can Have Her She's Too Fat For Me)
-Arthur Godrfrey
♦ (If You're Wondering
If I Want You To) I Want You To
- Weezer
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Who
Sings About Themselves The Most?
We
would say that would be Jennifer Lopez:
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1. If You had My Love
2. Talk About Us
3. I'm Real
4. Promise Me You'll Try
5. You Belong To Me
6. I've Been Thinkin
7. Dance With Me
8. That's Not Me
9. I'm Gonna Be Alright
10. Jenny From the Block
11. All I Have
12. I'm Glad
13. (Can't Believe) This Is Me
14. I Love
15. I Got You
16. I;m into You
17. Invading My Mind |
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Longest
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