rockgolf
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Post by rockgolf on Aug 7, 2020 15:43:40 GMT -5
So this week, Taylor Swift debuts on the Hot 100 with a song titled "Seven". She has previously charted with songs title "Fifteen" and "22". This makes her (I believe) the first act in Hot 100 history to have charted with three song titles that are strictly numbers.
And that doesn't include "The 1" which she also debuts with this week.
I can think of only 2 other acts that have charted twice where their song title was also only a number. (In both cases, one title was a year, the other a single digit.)
Can anyone name both those acts and any other act that has charted with 2 (or more) purely numeric titles?
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strongerq
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Post by strongerq on Aug 7, 2020 16:01:07 GMT -5
rockgolf Only as lead artist ? If not U2 has 'One' from 'Achtung Baby' and as feature 'One' with Mary J. Blige from 'The Breakthrough'. Mary has '911' as featured artist, so she is another artist.
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rockgolf
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Post by rockgolf on Aug 7, 2020 17:21:14 GMT -5
First I thought Smashing Pumpkins for '1979' and 'Zero'. Then I realized 'Zero' charted as an EP on the albums chart. But they do have 'Thirty-three', so they count, right? On of yours is, of course, Prince for '1999' and '7', the other one I do not know. I cannot think of any other act to achieve this feat on the Hot 100. Although there are the Arctic Monkeys on the UK chart with '505' and '4 out of 5' (which would be 4/5 or 0.8). Right on Prince, and I thought the Pumpkins were the other answer. @bobpatience: Zero was only an airplay hit but Thirty-Three by the Pumpkins squeaked into the top 40. So they legit qualify although with a 2 digit number.
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