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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 16:51:35 GMT -5
What eras felt big even without the support of big singles??
I'll start...
Lover & Lemonade come to mind. Maybe Back to Black.
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 21, 2020 12:53:50 GMT -5
Chromatica Reputation Where do we go when we fall asleep Rated R B'Day (the only song I remember being huge from that era is irreplaceable although I do remember the other songs) Adele first album Talk That Talk Loose Cuz I Love You As I Am The Breakthrough Funhouse (I know there were other well known songs from this album, but I remeber so what being huge and played constantly the only one from the album) All I Ever Wanted Spirit
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 21, 2020 12:54:26 GMT -5
Well it said many hit singles so...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 15:00:15 GMT -5
One that comes to mind is Speak Now
Mine was the only big hit on the album, Back To December was a moderate hit The other 4 singles had middling performances on the Hot 100
But Speak Now definitely felt big
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Sept 21, 2020 16:03:58 GMT -5
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me β This album grew from nothing to eventually sell over 10 million copies with only a single song hitting the Hot 100. The early 2000s was a wild timeline and the way they lauded her around as the "next big thing" you would think huge singles would be attached to that number. The subsequent studio album release really drove that home when it debuted with over a million sold it's first week in the US. Private Dancer I have to disagree with Loose. That album contained two massive #1 singles (Promiscuous, Say It Right), a Top 20 that was killed too early in the US for said 3rd single, and an adjacent #1 (Give it to Me) that was released during the album's campaign. That doesn't even factor in the huge success she had internationally especially with All Good Things (Come to an End) and Maneater.
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 21, 2020 18:14:48 GMT -5
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me β This album grew from nothing to eventually sell over 10 million copies with only a single song hitting the Hot 100. The early 2000s was a wild timeline and the way they lauded her around as the "next big thing" you would think huge singles would be attached to that number. The subsequent studio album release really drove that home when it debuted with over a million sold it's first week in the US. Private Dancer I have to disagree with Loose. That album contained two massive #1 singles (Promiscuous, Say It Right), a Top 20 that was killed too early in the US for said 3rd single, and an adjacent #1 (Give it to Me) that was released during the album's campaign. That doesn't even factor in the huge success she had internationally especially with All Good Things (Come to an End) and Maneater. I see your point with Loose. Forgot about Say It Right and Give It To Me
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 19:05:31 GMT -5
future nostalgia
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Post by gabe on Sept 21, 2020 19:23:45 GMT -5
thank u, next
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 19:25:05 GMT -5
This tun, 7 rings, and break up with your girlriend, i'm bored erasure ain'it it chief
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Post by gabe on Sept 21, 2020 19:26:29 GMT -5
This tun, 7 rings, and break up with your girlriend, i'm bored erasure ain'it it chief ok well i kind of misinterpreted the question but like this era was HUGE but for such a short time idk
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 19:29:28 GMT -5
This tun, 7 rings, and break up with your girlriend, i'm bored erasure ain'it it chief ok well i kind of misinterpreted the question but like this era was HUGE but for such a short time idk I mean I get that if you meant it only being 3 singles long But honestly tun and 7 rings alone were gigantic hits And break up did well too in it's own right but just wasn't a monster hit like the other two I also more or less lump Boyfriend into the mix as a 4th single even though it isn't really but basically felt like it
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Sept 21, 2020 19:30:36 GMT -5
Beyonce self-titled. It had Drunk In Love and a lot of the album tracks seemed to exist on their own in different ways (Flawless, Blow, etc) but the album was its own entity without anything big in the way of hit singles.
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (it had Run Away With Me, but the album became reputable for being the perfect pop album. Though I think it only felt big to those who knew it existed.)
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 21, 2020 19:36:02 GMT -5
Beyonce self-titled. It had Drunk In Love and a lot of the album tracks seemed to exist on their own in different ways (Flawless, Blow, etc) but the album was its own entity without anything big in the way of hit singles. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (it had Run Away With Me, but the album became reputable for being the perfect pop album. Though I think it only felt big to those who knew it existed.) I was going to say the Beyonce album cause only one song got played on radio and after that that was itπ€·πΎββοΈ
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Post by dbhmr on Sept 21, 2020 21:30:19 GMT -5
BEYONCΓ, BeyoncΓ© Born to Die, Lana Del Rey
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Post by Positive Tension on Sept 21, 2020 21:40:05 GMT -5
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
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Post by ry4n on Sept 21, 2020 21:51:49 GMT -5
Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Sept 21, 2020 22:33:44 GMT -5
Lmao at Chromatica being a "big era"
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 22, 2020 1:55:43 GMT -5
Lmao at Chromatica being a "big era" Well, in my opinion it felt big to me. It not really a fact based thread it's more of what era felt big to you with no hit singles. And chromatica felt big to me
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Sept 22, 2020 8:00:21 GMT -5
Beyonce self-titled. It had Drunk In Love and a lot of the album tracks seemed to exist on their own in different ways (Flawless, Blow, etc) but the album was its own entity without anything big in the way of hit singles. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (it had Run Away With Me, but the album became reputable for being the perfect pop album. Though I think it only felt big to those who knew it existed.) I was going to say the Beyonce album cause only one song got played on pop radio and after that that was itπ€·πΎββοΈ Fixed it for you.
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Post by Private Dancer on Sept 22, 2020 8:44:32 GMT -5
I was going to say the Beyonce album cause only one song got played on pop radio and after that that was itπ€·πΎββοΈ Fixed it for you. Thanks, when I said radio I was referring to pop radio.
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Post by Au$tin on Sept 22, 2020 14:26:09 GMT -5
Lorde - Pure Heroine Royals was massive and Team was a hit, but the other two singles floundered. Didn't stop her from winning Grammys, racking up critical acclaim left and right, and having one of the best selling albums of the year.
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? bad guy was huge, but that was really it. Somehow, though, the other singles have solidified themselves into the GP's collective consciousness. They either did well in niche formats or went viral without ever getting massive streams/sales/airplay, and this equated to slowly racking up streams and sales comparable to other big hits. The album received immense acclaim, one of the best selling of the past two years, and sent Billie to superstardom.
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You I mean, the album sold well, gave her massive critical acclaim, sparked her mainstream breakthrough, but the only two hits from it weren't really "from" it lol.
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Post by nekotuo on Sept 23, 2020 15:08:59 GMT -5
Maybe ctrl by sza?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 16:14:36 GMT -5
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is def probably one of the biggest examples of this
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Post by Crimsonio on Sept 25, 2020 16:18:45 GMT -5
Xtina's Stripped
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Sept 25, 2020 16:33:27 GMT -5
Dirrty, Beautiful, Fighter, Canβt Hold Us Down What more can you want? It was also one of the rare albums in that period to offer a fifth charting single in The Voice Within.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 25, 2020 17:08:03 GMT -5
Those who are citing Beyonce, really all her album eras after Sasha Fierce could qualify here. None have really had a string of big hits, especially at pop. Which didn't stop them mostly from being major eras to varying degrees (I think 4 was a bit underwhelming.) Lemonade was big in terms of both pop culture and arguably social impact, but didn't have particularly big hit singles in the traditional radio-oriented sense. But it wasn't designed to.
And regarding Billie Eilish, the era was huge and had at least two big singles, "bad guy" and "everything i wanted". Plus "when the party's over" did well at pop radio, the first such song from it to do so, and "bury a friend" went top 20 on the Hot 100 despite not going to radio (guess it was popular at streaming.)
Some here seem to think that any album era that wasn't like "21", "Teenage Dream", or "1989" with multiple #1's didn't have "many big singles".
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Sept 25, 2020 17:40:44 GMT -5
Every Sade album.
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Post by die Lotterie on Sept 25, 2020 18:08:17 GMT -5
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Post by thirddegree50123 on Sept 25, 2020 19:02:19 GMT -5
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me β This album grew from nothing to eventually sell over 10 million copies with only a single song hitting the Hot 100. The early 2000s was a wild timeline and the way they lauded her around as the "next big thing" you would think huge singles would be attached to that number. The subsequent studio album release really drove that home when it debuted with over a million sold it's first week in the US. Private Dancer I have to disagree with Loose. That album contained two massive #1 singles (Promiscuous, Say It Right), a Top 20 that was killed too early in the US for said 3rd single, and an adjacent #1 (Give it to Me) that was released during the album's campaign. That doesn't even factor in the huge success she had internationally especially with All Good Things (Come to an End) and Maneater. I'm still trying to figure out how Norah broke out so big with that album. It is a great album for sure but I don't understand how "Don't Know Why," while not some #1 smash hit, did as well as it did. I can't recall a similar song reaching the top 40 on Pop radio/top 10 on Hot AC. Just seems like the kind of song that would've slayed AAA and maybe hit AC. Especially since she was an unknown artist. It seems more reasonable that a jazz legend would have some one-off comeback hit and a 3x platinum album than someone of her status at the time tripling that.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Sept 25, 2020 20:25:21 GMT -5
Waiting for one of the clowns to say Tragic Kingdom.
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