Albums whose last singles peaked the highest

[Hervard]

This was a thread on the old R&R boards.

Anyway, there are only three albums which fit this category (albums with at least three released singles):

Christopher Cross "Another Page". This one, it depends on which chart you're referring to. If it's R&R, this album is null and void, as the first song released, "All Right" peaked at #3. That song, however, peaked at #12 on Billboard. The last song from the LP was "Think Of Laura", which peaked at #9 on Billboard and #6 on R&R, so it was indeed the highest peaking song from "Another Page" on the Billboard chart.

Expose's Exposure:

Come Go With Me (#7)
Point Of No Return (#5)
Let Me Be The One (#8)
Seasons Change (#2)

The above two were already established in the R&R thread, but I just found another one while looking something up in the "Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits":

The Jets Magic:

Cross My Broken Heart (#6)
I Do You (#17)
Rocket 2 U (#7)
Make It Real (#5)

I realize that "Cross My Broken Heart" was originally from the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, but it was indeed included on the Magic album as well (I'm not even sure when the Jets album was released, but I believe it was the fall of 1987, way after Beverly Hills Cop II came out.

[tico]

Richard Marx' first two hits off his debut album peaked at #3 on Billboard: "Don't Mean Nothing" and "Should've Known Better". The third single, "Endless Summer Nights" peaked at #2 and the last one, "Hold On To the Nights", went to #1. Not sure how those songs did on R&R, though if my memory serves me correct, HOTTN did hit #1 on R&R.

[Chase]

Would this apply to John Mayer's second album? Wasn't "Daughters" a #1 hit as the last single?

[Hervard]

I'm referring to the CHR/Pop chart. "Daughters" only peaked at #19 there.

As for Richard Marx, "Hold Onto The Nights" peaked at #2 on R&R, like "Endless Summer Nights". But, since the former spent two weeks in the runner-up position and the latter spent only one week there, I guess that would make the last song from the LP the biggest.

[mst3k]

Taylor Dayne's debut album: the fourth and final single "Don't Rush Me" peaked at #2 in both R&R and Billboard, higher than the first three.

[EvanJ]

Destiny's Child: "The Writing's On The Wall"
www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/destinyschild.html
Peaks of 24, 48, 3, and finally 1 for "Jumpin', Jumpin'."
"Get Low" was a third single that did better than the previous two singles on all formats. In that case though you're getting into singles that didn't go for CHR-Pop adds.
Although not many people had heard of them when the album came out, I remember "Butterfly" by Crazy Town being a third or fourth single. I know Crazy Town has released another album since then but I'm not sure if they released any singles after "Butterfly" from "The Gift Of Game" album.
You also have the last three singles from "Jagged Little Pill" being Number 1s, but fourth single "You Learn" spent the most weeks at Number 1.

[johnnywest]

Both "Straight Up" and "Opposites Attract" from "Forever Your Girl" spent 3 weeks at #1.

[Libra]

evanj said:

You also have the last three singles from "Jagged Little Pill" being Number 1s, but fourth single "You Learn" spent the most weeks at Number 1.

Except that wasn't the last single. Fifth single "Head Over Feet" was.

[prenatt1166]

Patti Austin  "Every Home Should Have One" (1982)

(positions refer to Billboard)

Do You Love Me (DNC Hot 100, did reach #24 on the r&b chart)
Every Home Should Have One (#62 Hot 100)*
Baby, Come To Me (#1 Hot 100)

NOTE:  After the success of BCTM, EHSHO was re-released, but stalled at #69.  Does this count as a 4th single? 

[Hervard]

johnnywest said:

Both "Straight Up" and "Opposites Attract" from "Forever Your Girl" spent 3 weeks at #1.

But on R&R, "Straight Up" only spent two weeks at #1, so this would count (as no other song from that album spent more than two weeks on top).

[johnnywest]

I don't know what her album is called, but so far, the 3rd release from Rihanna's current CD is her only #1 on the Hot 100 and R&R chart. We'll see if "Unfaithful" can beat that success.

[Cerebro]

johnnywest said:

I don't know what her album is called, but so far, the 3rd release from Rihanna's current CD is her only #1 on the Hot 100 and R&R chart. We'll see if "Unfaithful" can beat that success.

Actually, "S.O.S" is the first single off her second album. But she's releasing material so fast that it's, understandably, blurring together.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

mikek102 said:

evanj said:

You also have the last three singles from "Jagged Little Pill" being Number 1s, but fourth single "You Learn" spent the most weeks at Number 1.

Except that wasn't the last single. Fifth single "Head Over Feet" was.

He did make mention that the last three were #1s so in theory, you can say that JLP's last single had the highest peak, it just shared with the two singles before that.

[Hervard]

themaxonline said:

mikek102 said:

Except that wasn't the last single. Fifth single "Head Over Feet" was.

He did make mention that the last three were #1s so in theory, you can say that JLP's last single had the highest peak, it just shared with the two singles before that.

That also happened with at least two other albums, both by Jacksons. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album had seven singles and the last was the title track, which hit #1 on the R&R chart, but it was only for a week. "Billie Jean" was the longest running #1 song from the album and it spent two weeks at #1.

Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814" album technically had seven singles ("State Of The World" was a radio only track) and the last of those went to #1, along with four others. The seventh single was "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", which spent three weeks at #1, as did "Miss You Much". But the longest running #1 song from that album was "Escapade" which spent four weeks at #1. Still, having the seventh song from an album go to number one is awesome.

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

Ulij20, I remember reading your post for "Love Me For Life" by Stevie B. This song also qualifies as the highest peaking, final single from his album "In My Eyes". The singles: "I Wanna Be The One," "In My Eyes," and "Girl I Am Searching For You," all peaked lower on both R&R and Billboard than "Love Me For Life." Too bad this song was never re-released. I liked it much, much better than "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)."

[BillboardBoy]

"Strike It Up" was the 3rd release from "Dreamland" and peaked higher than "Everybody Everybody" and "I Don't Know Anybody Else," which didn't even hit the R&R Top 40 (#23 in BB I believe).

[johnnywest]

"Cherry Pie" by Warrent only got to #20, but the follow-up, "I Saw Red" reached #12.

"2 Legit to Quit" did worse than the follow-up, "Addams Groove."

[BillboardBoy]

"Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)" is the 4th release from Fergie's "The Dutchess." So far, it's her only #1 from that CD.

[irock]

This is an interesting topic, but it's not something I've paid much attention to over the years. So I may be wrong about this but I think ZZ Top's 'Eliminator' would fit the bill. I was a dj at the time of that release, and it seems to me that Legs either charted highest or ultimately sold the most singles, or maybe even both. Seems like it was the last (or maybe next-to-last) single release from that album.

It might be fun to do a topic about non-crossover albums that feature a single whilch ultimately out-sold another single from the same album while the lower-selling single achieved a higher chart position. I don't know how you'd construct a thread title for it, though.

[jimmy74747]

johnnywest said:

"Cherry Pie" by Warrent only got to #20, but the follow-up, "I Saw Red" reached #12.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was the third single from the album. I don't think it hit the Top 40

[Hervard]

I do remember this song hitting the Top 40 of the Gavin chart. I remember hearing the song on Dave Sholin's Insider the week before the show was cut back to 30 songs. Then, of course, it would not be heard again, since it never hit the Top 30.

[johnm1120]

Jessica Simpson's I Think I'm in Love With You

IWLYF and Where You Are only made top 20, but the last single reached #4

[Matt4319]

On Incubus's Make Yourself CD, "Drive" was the biggest hit on just about every format it touched. It took a while to cross over, though, and by the time it had peaked on Pop, they were ready to release a new album.

[tico]

ulij20 said:

johnnywest said:

Both "Straight Up" and "Opposites Attract" from "Forever Your Girl" spent 3 weeks at #1.

But on R&R, "Straight Up" only spent two weeks at #1, so this would count (as no other song from that album spent more than two weeks on top).

Could we really count the Forever Your Girl CD since "The Way You Love" and "Knocked Out" were re-releases and were the last two singles to chart from that CD? TWTYLM, if I recall correctly, didn't hit #1 and "Knocked Out" failed to make the top 40, even after being re-released.

[DJDaveMick69]

Whitney Houston's debut album, for "Greatest Love of All", per weeks at #1 on Billboard.
SAMLFY:1 week, HWIK: 2 weeks, GLOA: 3 weeks

[DJDaveMick69]

Also, from much earlier: (2 from the EXACT same time period, summer 1974 to 2 different #1s in March 1975)
The Doobie Brothers "What were once vices are now habits" 3rd and final single was #1 "Black Water".
And the Eagles "On the Border" 3rd and final single was #1 "Best of My Love".

[glenpwood]

Olivia Newton John - Dont Stop Believin'

Title Cut peaked at 33
Every Face Tells A Story at 55
Sam at 20

[Daniel Shywaoub]

This one's debatable and could be left off:

4 Things Can Only Get Better
15 Life In One Day
49 Like To Get To Know You Well (Hot 100 peak - before R&R went Top 50)
1 No One Is To Blame

It of course was technically released in its Phil Collins rerecording form from the Action Replay EP.

[halo19]

Garbage doesn't quite fit the bill on alternative but comes really close. Stupid Girl was a #2 on alternative, following a #23 peak for the first single, which had its full run before the album was out. Second single #11 and third single #13.
Stupid Girl wasn't that big on CHR/pop but clearly did better than its #50 predecessor.

Supervixen was slated to be the album's fifth single but it got cancelled, while promotion for Milk was largely overshadowed by non-album #1 Crush, whick outpeaked SG on alternative and was their highest charting single there.
Milk bubbled under on the hot 100 when #1 Crush was at its airplay peak.

[Lahey's Lucky Star]

Selena Gomez's first album did just that. Kiss & Tell only had two singles. I don't remember "Falling Down" doing anything remarkable, but "Naturally", the follow-up, was the biggest hit of the album and officially put Selegend on the map.