March 28, 201213 yr Ah yes but Charlie had the important boy band factor- the looks (comparatively) :D Yes he did, lovely mesmerising face :) I'm surprised Year 3000 sold that little. It seemed at the time like a massive hit that hung around for ages. Sales around then must have been pitiful.
March 28, 201213 yr Charlie was cute...don't like him now...scarily like my 1st ex's cousin LOL I prefered Matt, yes I know he did get a bit bulkier, but more to cuddle and love. 2003-6 was a dead period sales wise. I am sure you could sell 7k in a week and get #8. Downloads I feel have revived the chart, but there are too many long stayers.
March 28, 201213 yr O-Zone's follow-up: hIjWoq9TMdo One of the guys, Dan Balan, hit #44 in the UK with this one: 16N8Zhhhins And of course, Arsenia was the Eurovision hopeful for Moldova in 2006 with this one: GvqRtdutVVc
March 28, 201213 yr "Loca" what an excuse of a song that was......shame Moldova was an automatic finalist especially as there was quality in Albania, Cyprus and Andorra (Despite the slaggy dancers) in that Eurovision.
March 29, 201213 yr Author 161. JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN- Eternal (160,600) http://991.com/newGallery/Eternal-Just-A-Step-From-489901.jpg RELEASED: 1994 PEAK POSITION: 8 WKS ON CHART: 10 Four members in the band? Well it must be early Eternal then, yes this was only the band’s 3rd release and became their 3rd top 10 hit on the trot. Formed as the UK answer to En vogue the band pieced together a string of 15 top 20 hits during the 90s unparalleled by any other girl band in our rundown, even the parent album “Always & Forever” became the first girl group album to make the million mark in late 1994. GoSjYWbmGJw
March 29, 201213 yr Author Second recap time... 161. Just A Step From Heaven Eternal 160,600 162. Year 3000 Busted 160,000 163. Say It Again Precious 159,600 164. Dragostea Din Tei O-Zone 158,000 165. Everytime/ Ready Or Not A1 157,300 166. Same Old Brand New A1 157,200 167. Jumpin Jumpin Destiny's Child 157,000 168. Step By Step New Kids On The Block 156,800 169. So Good Boyzone 154,800 170. The Last Goodbye/ Be With You Atomic Kitten 154,000 171. One Night Stand Mis-Teeq 153,300 172. Hole In The Head Sugababes 152,000 173. Caught In The Middle A1 152,000 174. Do You Want Me? Salt N Pepa 151,600 175. Steam East 17 150,400 176. 3 Colours In Her Hair McFly 150,000 177. Scandalous Mis-Teeq 150,000 178. He Ain't No Competition Brother Beyond 149,000 179. Cover Girl New Kids On The Block 148,700 180. I'll Stand By You Girls Aloud 147,000
March 29, 201213 yr Author 160. LIFE AIN’T EASY- Cleopatra (164,300) http://991.com/NewGallery/Cleopatra-Life-Aint-Easy-355724.jpg RELEASED: 1998 PEAK POSITION: 4 WKS ON CHART: 7 The second release from those Cleopatra girls saw them scale the dizzy heights of the top 5 all over again and preceded the release of debut album entitled “Comin Atcha” which surprised some by bombing out of the charts after a mere 4 weeks never to return. That didn’t stop them releasing a further single from it (No 188) but the writing was clearly on the wall for this bunch. 1OZp_YixQSI
March 29, 201213 yr Author 159. DON’T YOU LOVE ME- Eternal (164,300) http://www.chartstats.com/image/r24738_300.jpg RELEASED: 1997 PEAK POSITION: 3 WKS ON CHART: 7 The first of three releases and 3 top 5 hits in 97, this proved the final year of Eternal as a chart force and it started with this track from the band which became their highest placed hit when it finally gave them a top 3 hit at the 12th time of asking. A bit of social commentary in this one which went largely unnoticed and uncommented on at the time and within a year the sisters would fire Kelle Bryan and tried to make it as a duo, one top 20 hit followed before they called it a day. pEmpbtCe8V4
March 29, 201213 yr Aww, Don't You Love Me is decent if you look past the nonsensical lyrics. Musically it's great. Of course they had to put the children's choir at the end to add some extra GRAVITAS to the message (but in reality only managing to send the cringe-meter to heights that are off the scale). Kinda bizarre that it became their highest charting hit to that point but I guess their peaks were always going to naturally improve compared to the early-to-mid-1990s when songs weren't so focused into week one. Surely of the songs they released before (obviously the follow-up outsold it by miles!), Power Of A Woman and Oh Baby I at least must have outsold it... Just A Step From Heaven stands out a lot among Eternal's singles. It sounds a bit dated now in places but the chorus still contains a great powerful hook, and it FEELS like it has a bit of personality and identity to it away from the wishy-washy stuff. Certainly one of their few songs that could even begin to match up to the American groups of that kind.
March 29, 201213 yr I adore both of those, Don't You Love Me sounded so classy and Life Ain't Easy was SO 1998 production wise that its amazing :wub:
March 29, 201213 yr Both beautiful songs :) Love "Don't You Love Me" :wub: I know the lyrics make no sense, but it's a very strong ballad and they were the girl group of the 1990s.
March 29, 201213 yr Author DYLM is lyrically awfully (15 years later I remain firm in this resolve), but ti's very hard NOT to love LAE!
March 29, 201213 yr DYLM is lyrically awfully (15 years later I remain firm in this resolve), but ti's very hard NOT to love LAE! The video is the second best recorded representation of Birmingham in 1998 (and also wonderfully cheesy!) The Eurovision Song Contest of that year is naturally the best one!
March 30, 201213 yr Author 158. BE ALONE NO MORE- Another Level (165,300) http://www.roxcalibur.com/pix2/e29722.jpg RELEASED: 1998 PEAK POSITION: 6 WKS ON CHART: 9 So good they released it twice. This was their first single ever making the top 10 in early 98 before being remixed and hooking Jay Z in for a rap in 1999, the sales here incidentally reflect the 98 release only. The band sent a tape to Jay Z Roc-a-fella label in the states who passed it onto his UK label who signed the band up and the rest is, as they say, history. s6sMOs8QN_g
March 30, 201213 yr Author 157. BILLS BILLS BILLS- Destiny’s Child (165,400) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Dc_bills.jpg RELEASED: 1999 PEAK POSITION: 6 WKS ON CHART: 9 This was their first US chart topper and the first of 11 consecutive top 10 singles for the band over here. Lyrically it’s the same old same old from Beyonce et al, it’s actually the first of their singles to be written in part by Rowland/ Beyonce and was the first step toward greater self autonomy over the band. tQwlzYaKxB0
March 30, 201213 yr Author 156. WHERE’S THE LOVE?- Hanson (165,800) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Hanson-wheresthelove.jpg RELEASED: 1997 PEAK POSITION: 4 WKS ON CHART: 9 After the phenomenal success of introductory single “MMMBop” Hanson went with this track as the follow up and scored themselves a top 5 hit. In the US it didn’t quite fare as well only making the top 30, however as many had written them off as one hit wonders it was good see them achieve some kind of comparative longevity and in my view this has always been as good as their previous hit. hK5obmgq6u0
March 30, 201213 yr The Another Level song is a good piece of late 90s pop....love it now 14 years on :) :heart: "Bills, Bills, Bills" is a great little song though I do love the Medieval opening in the song with the harpsicord. Don't like the Hanson song :puke2: However, "Penny and Me" their comeback hit in 2005 was actually quite good :)
March 30, 201213 yr 157. BILLS BILLS BILLS- Destiny’s Child (165,400) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Dc_bills.jpg RELEASED: 1999 PEAK POSITION: 6 WKS ON CHART: 9 This was their first US chart topper and the first of 11 consecutive top 10 singles for the band over here. Lyrically it’s the same old same old from Beyonce et al, it’s actually the first of their singles to be written in part by Rowland/ Beyonce and was the first step toward greater self autonomy over the band. And lest we forget, after being in an extra on the video, Farrah Franklin went on to be briefly in the band.
March 30, 201213 yr The Another Level song is a good piece of late 90s pop....love it now 14 years on :) :heart: "Bills, Bills, Bills" is a great little song though I do love the Medieval opening in the song with the harpsicord. Don't like the Hanson song :puke2: However, "Penny and Me" their comeback hit in 2005 was actually quite good :) I preferred Lost Without Each Other. Penny & Me was boring. Their 90s hits are unbearable for me because, whoever the lead singer is (I can't tell them apart, but I think it's the middle one of the brothers), his voice is irritating as hell :arrr: Did he sing lead on those 2005 hits as well? Well, at least he came out alright post-puberty. I loved Bills, Bills, Bills at the time. It was pretty much a lesser No Scrubs but since that was a huge favourite of mine back in '99, I was hardly going to turn my nose up at a similar song coming out a few months later. Bug-A-Boo was the best single from TWOTW though but it did less well (probs due to being a bit less commercial for the typical R&B of that time) so won't be on this list. Ah well. Most of my Destiny's Child favourites were their least successful singles actually... Edited March 30, 201213 yr by superbossanova
March 31, 201213 yr Author 155. I KNOW WHERE IT’S AT- All Saints (165,800) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/AllSaintsIKWIA.jpg RELEASED: 1997 PEAK POSITION: 4 WKS ON CHART: 8 Owing more than a little thanks to “The Fez” by Steely Dan, this was the first single from the urban version of the Spice Girls who quickly came to the second most popular girl band of the late 90s. This was premiered on the “National Lottery Live” and entered the charts the week before the Hanson record below this on the rundown though it wasn’t played on that Sunday’s chart show as that was the only instance of the chart show being cancelled (not rescheduled) that I can find, the event that caused it was obviously Princess Diana’s death. qjyk9eMtqdw
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