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Subject: Highest Chart Debuts
Thumbing through my Billboard Book of Top 10 Charts recently, I couldn't help but notice how many songs in the second half of the 1990's DEBUTED at #1, while not one single song from the 60's, 70's or 80's started out this high. IMO most of the music of the 90's is not at all deserving of a debut at #1...except for maybe Elton John's tribute to Diana ("Candle In The Wind"). Can anybody tell me WHY this phemomenon happened so often to artists such as Mariah Carey and Boys II Men? It doesn't make any sense to me. I mean even The Beatles and The Eagles started out further down the list and worked their way up to the top!
Subject: Re: Highest Chart Debuts
: Thumbing through my Billboard Book of Top 10
: Charts recently, I couldn't help but notice
: how many songs in the second half of the
: 1990's DEBUTED at #1, while not one single
: song from the 60's, 70's or 80's started out
: this high. IMO most of the music of the 90's
: is not at all deserving of a debut at
: #1...except for maybe Elton John's tribute
: to Diana ("Candle In The Wind").
: Can anybody tell me WHY this phemomenon
: happened so often to artists such as Mariah
: Carey and Boys II Men? It doesn't make any
: sense to me. I mean even The Beatles and The
: Eagles started out further down the list and
: worked their way up to the top!
There are two main reasons why it's been easier for songs to debut higher on the charts over the last 10 years than in the past:
01) A new/different chart methodology used by "Billboard" to weigh and compile their charts, and...
02) Newer and better technology that more quickly and accurately reflects the popularity of music (be it singles or albums) in general - and this applies to both sales AND airplay. Had this technology been available back in the '60s in the days of The Beatles, or during the '70s when the Eagles were going platinum, both acts would've seen much higher debuts for their songs as well (including multiple #1 debuts for The Beatles, and possibly one or two for the Eagles)...
Subject: Re: Highest Chart Debuts
: There are two main reasons why it's been easier
: for songs to debut higher on the charts over
: the last 10 years than in the past: 01) A
: new/different chart methodology used by
: "Billboard" to weigh and compile
: their charts, and...
: 02) Newer and better technology that more
: quickly and accurately reflects the
: popularity of music (be it singles or
: albums) in general - and this applies to
: both sales AND airplay. Had this technology
: been available back in the '60s in the days
: of The Beatles, or during the '70s when the
: Eagles were going platinum, both acts
: would've seen much higher debuts for their
: songs as well (including multiple #1 debuts
: for The Beatles, and possibly one or two for
: the Eagles)...
Thanks for clearing that up for me, 80smusicfreak! I understand what you are saying here about technology reflecting the popularity of music today. I also have to agree with Dave, who said that artists back in the good old days of music had more competition. This is evident when I look at the amount of #1 songs for the 70's or 80's, then compare it with the 90's. My, how the lists have shrunk! There was a lot of great stuff to choose from even 15 years ago, but that sure changed quickly.