Ongarboy

Yes , the Whitney song from 2009. Worth watching her X Factor live performance of the Freemasons Mix version on YouTube. It was a watercooler moment back in the day..but not for the intended reasons... 😛

I think it really was only a big hit primarily in UK and Ireland. I was surprised to see it go from Gold to Platinum so quickly too whereas other more classic and recognisable Whitney hits like "So Emotional " and "Saving All My Love For You" have yet to earn any post 1994 certifications.

Whitney Houston also has Platinum records from the 80s (2) How Will I Know I Wanna Dance With Somebody 90s(5) I Will Always Love You I Have Nothing When You Believe Its Not Right But Its OK My Love Is Your Love 00s (1) Million Dollar Bill 10s(1) Higher Love

Funny how some enormously popular songs are just not on one's radar. Seeing Naive by The Kooks certified 6 times Platinum made me play it just now to hear if I actually recognised it without realising I did but nope. I'm wondering if this is the most BPI certified song I've never heard of before today? Usually, even if I've no interest in a song that is multi platinum certified, I'll still be familiar with it subconsciously as it will be somewhat ubiquitous regardless but I can't say that for this song. Possibly a generational thing as I'm more a 20th century popular music afficionado! P..S. it actually sounds pleasant on first listen! 😊

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Good points! And I'll probably prove your latter paragraph from tomorrow onwards as Whitney Houston(of which I'm a massive fan) has a new Callum Scott collaboration out tomorrow that reimagines I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I will be following the charts religiously to see where the song lands! 🙏 😂

That seems hard to believe that straight men would have no interest in pop music. Is it a case that many wouldn't admit to it because of it being more widely associated as appealing to girls or gay men? Isn't Alex Warren's Ordinary a pop song? Isn't Hozier's Too Sweet a pop song? Noah Kahan's Stick Season was a pop song too although all 3 examples could fall under other genres too. I can't imagine straight men generally taking a dislike to those songs just because they are pop. Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and millions of straight men consumed his music back in the day (and still do). I think pop music is more than just boyband/girl band or Sabrina Carpenter type music...

I notice when the likes of Little Mix or their former members have chart entries forthcoming, the Friday New Releases thread seems to be 10 times longer than usual. When Kylie had Padam Padam out, the level of religious devotion to her weekly chart placings and associated traffic on these pages was unreal here. Similarly with other female or "diva" artists and girl groups like Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Mariah etc etc. I don't see that level of traffic when Teddy Swims, Drake, Sam Fender, Fontaine DC, Hozier, The Weeknd or any other number of widely popular or successful male solo or group artists have upcoming or current chart hits. Just curious as to whether there is a correlation between being particularly interested in chart statistics, facts and figures and female solo/group artists? Is it the same reason the aforementioned female artists are likely to have stan followers that doesnt appear as prevelant for those male artists?

Won't this be a very subjective/personal taste list though? What's iconic to one person may be mediocre, indifferent or plain awful to others? The definition of "well known" may be subjective too. I havent heard of a couple of songs on your list and the physical era was my era! 😃 At least with the other list there was a defined criteria metric of having to be platinum (or was it multi platinum?) and also outside the top 40 for inclusion. This thread potentially can include every non top 40 song ever recorded as such a song may be iconic or well known to at least one Buzzjack member...just saying... 😃

I'm interested in the charts but know there's no point over engaging with friends or family on the subject who don't have the same interest. It would be like a darts or badminton fanatic talking incessantly about that to those who are not interested. Its about knowing your audience. I have a friend who is similarly interested but only in 80s/90s music which is my favourite era too. I have answered some very random pop music questions at table quizzes that no one else n the pub could answer so that's one benefit! Also, I'm not sure if this is an Irish thing (where I'm from) but a lot of my gay male friends are Eurovision fans. I mean they have encyclopedia knowledge, know every participant country song from every year and travel all over the continent to each Eurovision annually and gave regular Eurovision social nights here. I've been to a couple but they're too fan intensive for me!! I was interested in it during the 1980s/90s but stopped after Ireland stopped winning!! (ha ha). I get a similar vibe on these chart forums as I do to my friends Eurovision engagement...I suppose its also all about music and number positions too! 😄

I think so many people bought the Dirty Dancing soundtrack at the time that it probably impacted sales of that single. Time of My Life would have been promoted as the lead single. The classic Hungry Eyes also from DD charted poorly too but has had a similar successful new lease of life in the streaming era.

Apologies...having a blank moment!! I only read the first line...not the second!! 🙈

What is Whitney's pre 1994 sales tally for I Wanna Dance With Somebody, would you know? Thanks!

Can see it going 19 or 20 times Platinum by the time the tour hysteria ends!

Out of interest, what ranking and sales total does Whitney Houston's Best Of album have in the Top 100, please? It must be near double platinum soon. Thanks!