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[Rxxf]

I think Bran?s ?Top of the World? never touched the Hot 100 either. These AirPlay singles were a strategy back then, it seems.

Why was it never a strategy for say someone like Mariah, Janet, Mary etc?

Most other artists used a different tactic...

They would withhold a physical CD single release for months (so no charting)... until its airplay peaked...

Which is why Mariah, Michael, and Whitney were able to debut at #1 (Hot 100). It happened a lot in the 1995-1998 era.

[Rxxf]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

[Navyman]

I think Bran?s ?Top of the World? never touched the Hot 100 either. These AirPlay singles were a strategy back then, it seems.

Why was it never a strategy for say someone like Mariah, Janet, Mary etc?

Most other artists used a different tactic...

They would withhold a physical CD single release for months (so no charting)... until its airplay peaked...

Which is why Mariah, Michael, and Whitney were able to debut at #1 (Hot 100). It happened a lot in the 1995-1998 era.

Aw ok. Same strategies, different tactics our artists do today.

[Vonc2002]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

Oh wow

[Rxxf]

The song "Iris" by the Goo-Goo Dolls (a classic to many, by the way) was #1 (Airplay) for 18 weeks -- it kept THE BOY IS MINE from the #1 airplay spot 

Yet... The Boy Is Mine was perched at #1 (13 weeks) on the Hot 100,
while "IRIS" never charted... cause of no physical CD release.

[FlowerBomb]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

Oh wow

omfg

[African Queen]

The song "Iris" by the Goo-Goo Dolls (a classic to many, by the way) was #1 (Airplay) for 18 weeks -- it kept THE BOY IS MINE from the #1 airplay spot 

Yet... The Boy Is Mine was perched at #1 (13 weeks) on the Hot 100,
while "IRIS" never charted... cause of no physical CD release.

This is one of my fave songs of ALL TIME.


Anyway back then all record companies cared about what shifting albums. That is where the money was. A  lot of HUGE singles weren't released as singles in order to encourage consumers to buy the album instead.

[Rxxf]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

Oh wow

Lol.


Just trying to show Tonka that most record labels did this.

[Rxxf]

The song "Iris" by the Goo-Goo Dolls (a classic to many, by the way) was #1 (Airplay) for 18 weeks -- it kept THE BOY IS MINE from the #1 airplay spot 

Yet... The Boy Is Mine was perched at #1 (13 weeks) on the Hot 100,
while "IRIS" never charted... cause of no physical CD release.

This is one of my fave songs of ALL TIME.


Anyway back then all record companies cared about what shifting albums. That is where the money was. A  lot of HUGE singles weren't released as singles in order to encourage consumers to buy the album instead.

!!!


Low key, it's what Brandy's label wanted after THE BOY IS MINE shifted over 2 million copies...
Top of the World never saw a real single release -- and it paid off. Sis was 3 million sold (album) by the end of 1998.

[African Queen]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

Oh wow

omfg

Trust and believe the parent album Tragic Kingdom would not have sold 8 million copies in the USA alone if a physical CD was released.

[Mrd0ndada]

The song "Iris" by the Goo-Goo Dolls (a classic to many, by the way) was #1 (Airplay) for 18 weeks -- it kept THE BOY IS MINE from the #1 airplay spot 

Yet... The Boy Is Mine was perched at #1 (13 weeks) on the Hot 100,
while "IRIS" never charted... cause of no physical CD release.

Wait cause Brandy sampled these lyrics & never released it!!!!

[Rxxf]

The song "Iris" by the Goo-Goo Dolls (a classic to many, by the way) was #1 (Airplay) for 18 weeks -- it kept THE BOY IS MINE from the #1 airplay spot 

Yet... The Boy Is Mine was perched at #1 (13 weeks) on the Hot 100,
while "IRIS" never charted... cause of no physical CD release.

Wait cause Brandy sampled these lyrics & never released it!!!!

[Rxxf]

Songs like NO SCRUBS should have been #1 for over 10 weeks... it did 4 weeks...

TLC withheld the single release until early Spring. It hit the Top 10 long before a physical CD was released.
And it hit #1 as soon as it was available.

[Aalonso.]

We probably don't care much about these artists.... but songs like "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, was #1 (Hot 100 Airplay) for months, but never charted on the Hot 100 due to no physical CD release.

Top 5 fav songs ever ugh

[Rxxf]

One song that I always thought was a massive Top 10 ... but it never charted, due to no physical CD was:

Fugees's "Killing Me Softly"