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The author qualifies this assertion by pointing out that their highest rank on a billboard chart prior to this was 61st.
by themstheones 13y ago
The author qualifies this assertion by pointing out that their highest rank on a billboard chart prior to this was 61st.
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- Argorak 13y agoIt still doesn't fit the narrative. "obscure" to summer hit would be someone like Manu Chao that went from "never placed a song" to 189 weeks in european charts instantly. Also, Daft Punk did place an album in the Top 50 (Albums often rate higher than singles in some genres).
- mjn 13y agoTrue, but that's not that uncommon either, when albums pick up steam post-release. For example, even though Nine Inch Nails' debut album, 1989's Pretty Hate Machine, was quite successful, it caught on slowly and never rose above #75 on the album charts (even worse than Daft Punk!). None of its singles broke into the top 100 on the singles charts, either. But still it was not that surprising when 1994's Downward Spiral debuted at #2 on the charts, because by 1994 NIN had built up so many fans that there was a ton of anticipation. I don't think you could honestly talk about it as a sleeper hit from an obscure Cleveland musician who came out of nowhere, even though it's technically true he had never had a top-50 hit previously.