• fiercekitten@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Despite the song’s popularity and substantial airplay, “Don’t Speak” did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 (as rules of the times required commercial singles for charting and one was not issued for the song), but it did reach number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 16 weeks.[4] Outside the United States, it topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, becoming No Doubt’s most successful international single. “Don’t Speak” was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 40th Grammy Awards.[5][6]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don’t_Speak

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      7 months ago

      It’s crazy to go back and look at a lot of the top 40 stuff from the 90s. So many songs that are still popular today, didn’t chart as high as you would think. Even Smells Like Teen Spirit only got to number 6 on the billboards. It got beat by:

      1. Michael Jackson - Black or White (understandable nope could hold a candle to MJ at the time)
      2. Color Me Bad - All 4 Love
      3. Mariah Carey - Can’t Let Go
      4. Boyz II Men - It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
      5. M.C. Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit