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Questions tagged [chart-success]

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Have there been musicians who have been in more than one band with a Top-10 hit on different instruments?

I was just wondering this. First of all, it's rare that any musician has played more than one instrument in more than one band, but there are a few. So I was wondering how many musicians have been in multiple bands with Top-10 hits, and they…
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Most longevity on the pop charts

I had heard once that the Isley Brothers were the group that had hit the US Top 100 pop music charts in the most different decades. Wikipedia confirms that they did chart each decade from the 50's to the 2000's, starting in 1959 with "Shout!" and…
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What are the top three recording studios of all time in terms of having sold the most songs?

There are a lot of famous recording studios, but which of them can claim responsibility for producing output that has resulted in the most song sales? (That is, all sales including as single releases and album tracks.) I know adding up all the track…
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Have any one-hit wonders later returned to become multi-hit successes?

Obviously every multi-hit success story starts with a single hit, and if they have another hit they're not a one-hit wonder. But are there any examples of a musician or band having one big hit, disappearing into the comparative oblivion of one-hit…
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Highest ranked popular hits with an uncommon time signature

The song Golden Brown by The Stranglers has a particular time signature on some parts of the song: || 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 || This song may be considered as a hit because it ranked top charts in different contries (#2 in UK, #7 in Belgium, #10 in…
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Which song, using just one instrument or one voice, has charted the highest in the US Billboard Hot 100?

The song can have one instrument or one voice, but NOT both (in other words, either a solo instrumental, or a solo acapella voice), and must be performable without multi-tracking. I imagine the classical charts contain such recordings, like piano…
FlanMan