spacedolphin said:

Billy Ray Cyrus had other songs than Achy Breaky Fart?!

no

NDRU said:

spacedolphin said:

Billy Ray Cyrus had other songs than Achy Breaky Fart?!

no

Nah that album stayed on top BECAUSE of that one song.

It just occured to me that Dangerous could have been Billy Ray Cyrus's album in 1992 on the charts

I also still find it puzzling how some sources say Janet's Rhythm Nation was the best selling album of 1990, many sources in fact, but it is not even diamond like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and those two have their big hits remembered more than Janet's in the general public, at least among younger people who weren't around yet.

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alphastreet said:

It just occured to me that Dangerous could have been Billy Ray Cyrus's album in 1992 on the charts

I also still find it puzzling how some sources say Janet's Rhythm Nation was the best selling album of 1990, many sources in fact, but it is not even diamond like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and those two have their big hits remembered more than Janet's in the general public, at least among younger people who weren't around yet.

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One hit wonders will be remembered (for a generation at least), and often the worse the song the more it is remembered because it makes people smile.

I think those kids know Can't Touch This cause some soda commercial used it in 2004, I'm not sure how they know Ice Ice Baby, I'm guessing it must have been used in a lot of movies or something like that.

alphastreet said:

It just occured to me that Dangerous could have been Billy Ray Cyrus's album in 1992 on the charts

I also still find it puzzling how some sources say Janet's Rhythm Nation was the best selling album of 1990, many sources in fact, but it is not even diamond like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and those two have their big hits remembered more than Janet's in the general public, at least among younger people who weren't around yet.

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1990 was presoundscan so it was based on chart position and RN would have spent close to the whole year in or near the Top 10 while Please Hammer didn't really start selling till mid-year. Vanilla Ice was late 1990.

mynameisnotsusan said:

alphastreet said:

It just occured to me that Dangerous could have been Billy Ray Cyrus's album in 1992 on the charts

I also still find it puzzling how some sources say Janet's Rhythm Nation was the best selling album of 1990, many sources in fact, but it is not even diamond like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and those two have their big hits remembered more than Janet's in the general public, at least among younger people who weren't around yet.

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1990 was presoundscan so it was based on chart position and RN would have spent close to the whole year in or near the Top 10 while Please Hammer didn't really start selling till mid-year. Vanilla Ice was late 1990.

A lot of RN sold in late 1989, and that's when it had gone to number one. By mid 1990 it was in the top 40 and then started rising again by late summer from a chart I recall looking at a few years ago. I didn't think about soundscan, I just remember seeing certifications and went by that. I do know RN is certified 6 million though I've heard it's sold more units than that, probably 7-8 million.