Hot Crossover 30 Data

[HolidayGuy]

SoundScan didn't start tracking sales until around March 1991 (before Billboard started using it for the Billboard 200), so SS may not have been in place as early as late 1989. Billboard first published the BDS Top 40 Radio Monitor in late 1990, so that may have gone back to early 1990.

[WolfSpear]

BDS was active back in 1989 and Billboard ran articles about possibly using the data.

Soundscan started in January 1991 and Billboard became a client in March. They have test charts indicating that Mariah Carey's debut actually spent 10 out of 11 weeks at #1. Pretty sure I also read that Garth Brook's "No Fences" did have the top sales week one week. So... maybe somewhere somebody has this info and could hypothetically reconstruct it.

[jebsib]

Pretty sure Hot Country Songs started using BDS monitored airplay in Jan 1990.

[newpower]

During the first half of 1988, the following songs charted in the Hot Crossover 30 chart but didn't make it to the Hot 100 Singles

My Forever Love / Levert (#19)
Let's Go / Nocera (#19)
Party Your Body / Stevie B (#21)
Love Changes / Kashif and Meli'sa Morgan (#18)
If You Can Do It: I Can Too!! / Meli'sa Morgan (#14)
Baby Be Mine / Miki Howard (#24)
To Prove My Love / Michael Cooper (#19)
Superbad / Chris Jasper (#25)
No 1/2 Steppin' / Shanice Wilson (#21)
Run To Me / Angela Winbush (#28)
Lovey Dovey / Tony Terry (#22)
Wasn't I Good To Ya? / Da'Krash (#29)
Sweet Sensation / Levert (#27)
Lovin' On Next To Nothin' / Gladys Knight & The Pips (#24)
Shoot'Em Up Movies / The Deele (#29)


If you are interested in how they sound, this is a Rdio playlist with most of them

A lot of Janet Jackson/Control/Jam-Lewis inspired songs and a few latin freestyles.

[newpower]

Finally got the number ones in the Hot Crossover 30 chart in 1987. Now we have the complete #1 history for this chart.

02/28 – Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
03/07 – Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
03/14 – Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
03/21 – Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
03/28 – Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
04/04 – Looking For A New Love – Jody Watley
04/11 – Looking For A New Love – Jody Watley
04/18 – Looking For A New Love – Jody Watley
04/25 – Sign ‘O’ The Times - Prince
05/02 – Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince
05/09 – Always – Atlantic Star
05/16 – Always – Atlantic Star
05/23 – Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
05/30 – Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
06/06 – Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
06/13 – Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
06/20 – Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
06/27 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
07/04 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
07/11 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
07/18 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
07/25 – The Pleasure Principle – Janet Jackson
08/01 – The Pleasure Principle – Janet Jackson
08/08 – I Want Your Sex – George Michael
08/15 – Who’s That Girl – Madonna
08/22 – Who’s That Girl – Madonna
08/29 – Who’s That Girl – Madonna
09/05 – Who’s That Girl – Madonna
09/12 – Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
09/19 – Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
09/26 – Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
10/03 – Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
10/10 – Lost In Emotion – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
10/17 – Bad – Michael Jackson
10/24 – Bad – Michael Jackson
10/31 – Bad – Michael Jackson
11/07 – Bad – Michael Jackson
11/14 – I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
11/21 – I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
11/28 – I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
12/05 – Shake Your Love – Debbie Gibson
12/12 – Shake Your Love – Debbie Gibson
12/19 – So Emotional – Whitney Houston
12/26 – So Emotional – Whitney Houston

WolfSpear

[WolfSpear]

Thanks!

Wow, it's amazing how much was learned from this thread. Pretty interesting info though and I'm glad we have it!

[Verisimilitude]

And that's pretty much the origins of rhythmic radio summed up right here!

I find it kind of cute that Tiffany and Debbie Gibson had #1's one after the other on this chart!

[Verisimilitude]

And to fill the gap, here are the Crossover/Rhythmic #1's from the Gavin Report (between Billboard's Hot Crossover charts & the official Rhythmic chart):


5-24-91: I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey - FIRST GAVIN #1
5-31-91: I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
6-07-91: I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
6-14-91: I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
6-21-91: I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
6-28-91: Rush Rush - Paula Abdul
7-05-91: Temptation - Corina
7-12-91: Temptation - Corina
7-19-91: Temptation - Corina
7-26-91: Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
8-02-91: Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
8-09-91: Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
8-16-91: Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
8-23-91: Can't Wait Another Minute - Hi-Five
8-30-91: Can't Wait Another Minute - Hi-Five
9-06-91: I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
9-13-91: I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
9-20-91: I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
9-27-91: Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
10-4-91: Emotions - Mariah Carey
10-11-91: Romantic - Karyn White
10-18-91: Romantic - Karyn White
10-25-91: Romantic - Karyn White
11-01-91: Cream - Prince & The New Power Generation
11-08-91: Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
11-15-91: Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
11-22-91: It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men
11-29-91: All 4 Love - Color Me Badd
12-06-91: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
12-13-91: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
12-20-91: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
12-27-91: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey

1-3-92: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
1-10-92: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
1-17-92: Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
1-24-92: I Love Your Smile - Shanice
1-31-92: I Love Your Smile - Shanice
2-7-92: Diamonds & Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation
2-14-92: Diamonds & Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation
2-21-92: Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
2-28-92: Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
3-6-92: Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
3-13-92: Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
3-20-92: Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
3-27-92: Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
4-3-92: Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
4-10-92: Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
4-17-92: Make It Happen - Mariah Carey
4-24-92: Jump - Kris Kross
5-1-92: Jump - Kris Kross
5-8-92: Jump - Kris Kross
5-15-92: My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
5-22-92: My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
5-29-92: My Lovin' (Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
6-5-92: The Best Things In Life Are Free - Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson
6-12-92: Tennessee - Arrested Development
6-19-92: I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
6-26-92: I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
7-3-92: I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
7-10-92: I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
7-17-92: Wishing On A Star - The Cover Girls
7-24-92: This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna
7-31-92: Baby Baby Baby - TLC
8-7-92: Baby Baby Baby - TLC
8-14-92: Baby Baby Baby - TLC
8-21-92: End Of The Road - Boyz II Men (6 weeks on top of the Gavin chart pre-Billboard, so 12 weeks in total!)