Their next single "Get Me" also became a huge success and reached a top 5 position on the Norwegian charts.82 René Dif 16 votes René Dif (born 17 October 1967) is a Danish musician, singer-songwriter, DJ and actor, best known as the male lead vocalist of the Danish eurodance group ...
s music made no less a dramatic gear-change by placing the bass guitar and the bass drum at the front of the sound, as a driving rhythm for dancefloor movers. Within a year of their first hit, To Cut a Long Story Short, therhythm of the UK pop chartsshifted from the lead guitar ...
Commercially, Crush became an international success, reaching the top of the charts in multiple territories. The album was certified double platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album helped introduce the band to a new generation of fans. Crush was ...
A few days after its release, it entered the UK charts, buoyed by a television appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Climbing rapidly and continuously over the following weeks, it hit the top spot on the New Musical Express charts on 23 February, giving the band their first UK number one...
Howard Jones’ debut shot to No.1 in the UK album charts thanks to a clutch of instantly hooky singles. Back in hisSmash Hitsdays, Neil Tennant declared Jones possessed “a neat talent for writing melodic pop songs with clever hooks and real 1970s singer-songwriter lyrics. A must for all...
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Gary Numan’s breakthrough song topped the UK charts, despite having what he described as “no recognisable hook-line whatsoever”. Numan stumbled upon synthesizers by accident, and was intending to record a punk album, before he noticed a Minimoog synthesizer that had been left in the studio....
UK pop acts storm overseas charts.Reports on the British recording artists dominating international radio airplays. Song of Sugababes that became a hit in the German countdown; Performance of Blue's album, "Guilty" in the Japanese market....
relentless mixer and remixer of all things ’80s. It wasn’t the first rap takeover of a pop song but it managed to escape the obscurity such ventures were usually condemned to, topping the Dutch, French, German and Swiss charts, as well as cracking the top ten in the UK and Canada ...
a similar treatment by opportunist hitmakers who quickly realised that slapping a four-to-the-floor beat on an 80s soft rock hit was a surefire bet.Call On Meenjoyed a briefly-interrupted five-week run atop the UK charts but is perhaps still best known for that gyratingFHM-friendly video....