Saturday 28 July 2001

Loverboy breaks record on Billboard

In case you didn't send a card yet, this week marks the 43rd birthday of The Billboard Hot 100. The chart was first published on Aug. 4, 1958, and this week's tally is dated Aug. 4, 2001. As if to mark the special occasion, Mariah Carey breaks a record by taking the biggest leap to No. 2 in Hot 100 history. On the very first chart, Domenico Modugno debuted at No. 54 with his Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)". The next week, the song rocketed to No. 2. That record stood for 42 years.

It was exactly one year ago this week that Sisqo did Domenico one better, by leaping 55-2 with "Incomplete". His record lasted until this week, when Carey's "Loverboy" got a power boost by being made available for sale. The Virgin single zooms 60-2.

(Billboard)



COMMENTS
Lainsky from Philippines wrote:
Missing moments like this where Mariah jumps on the top of the Hot 100 from nowhere or lower half of the chart. Time really has changed. I can only binge reading on these historical successes and reminisce how happy and excited I had been witnessing those victories.
(Wednesday 29 July 2020; 06:08)

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