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"was also a commercial success in Asia and Oceania. In Japan, the album peaked at number one on the Oricon LP chart. At the 1987 Japan Gold Disc Awards held by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), ""True Blue"" received ""Album of the Year Pop Solo"" and ""Grand Prix Album of the Year"", which was given for the year's best-selling international album, while Madonna was honored the ""Artist of the Year"" for the year's best-selling international artist. In Hong Kong, ""True Blue"" was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. In Australia, the album topped the"
"1986 to March 7, 1987. In the United Kingdom, ""True Blue"" opened at the top of the UK Albums Chart on July 12, 1986, making it the first album by American artist to debut at number one in British chart history. It remained at the summit for six weeks and on the chart for a total of 85 weeks. ""True Blue"" was the best-selling album of 1986 in the United Kingdom. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it seven times platinum for shipment of 2.1 million copies and as of October 2014, it has sold 1.997 million copies, the highest"
"28 countries across the world, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. It spent 34 consecutive weeks at the top of the European Top 100 Albums chart, longer than any other album in history. It became the world's top-selling album of 1986, as well as the best-selling album of the 1980s by a female artist. With estimated sales of over 25 million copies worldwide, ""True Blue"" remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. All five singles released from the album reached the top five on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, with ""Live to Tell"","
"like unison outbursts."". True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon album) True Blue is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon and saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records. Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with its review byMichael G. Nastos stating, """"True Blue"" is led in title under the auspices of Dexter Gordon as a welcome home party conducted by Don Schlitten for the expatriate tenor saxophonist in 1976. Essentially a jam session, this very talented septet features a two tenor-two trumpet front line, utilized to emphasize the soloing strength of the horns, not necessarily in joyous"
"True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon album) True Blue is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon and saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records. Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with its review byMichael G. Nastos stating, """"True Blue"" is led in title under the auspices of Dexter Gordon as a welcome home party conducted by Don Schlitten for the expatriate tenor saxophonist in 1976. Essentially a jam session, this very talented septet features a two tenor-two trumpet front line, utilized to emphasize the soloing strength of the horns, not necessarily in joyous shouts or big-band"
"behind ""Like a Virgin"" (1984) and ""The Immaculate Collection"" (1990). After the advent of the Nielsen SoundScan era in 1991, the album sold a further 404,000 copies. In Canada, the album debuted at number 73 on the ""RPM"" albums chart for the issue of July 5, 1986. The album climbed rapidly upwards and reached number one on the issue dated August 9, 1986. It stayed at the top for nine weeks and was present on the chart for 77 weeks. ""True Blue"" was certified diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipment of one million copies. ""True Blue"""
"of the songs on the album, ""Old Blue Car,"" was nominated for a Grammy Award. Robert Palmer chose the album as the No. 1 release for 1986 in his year-in-review wrap-up for ""The New York Times"". In 1989, Case released a second solo album, ""The Man With the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar,"" this time with the help of artists like David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Ry Cooder, and Benmont Tench. While not a major commercial success, the album was a favorite of critics and other musicians: Bruce Springsteen told ""Rolling Stone"" magazine that he was listening to Peter Case"
"for this set to be on the level it should have been"". When Sunny Gets Blue (album) When Sunny Gets Blue is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states ""If proof is ever needed that there are too many Chet Baker albums around, this album can serve as evidence. Baker is caught on an off day ... It is a pity, for the recording quality is good, the European rhythm section is fine, and the repertoire is quite suitable. But there are"
"Blue (Terje Rypdal album) Blue is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal and The Chasers, bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive, recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating ""One of the primary attributes of ""Blue"" is its sequencing; the entire recording seems to unfold endlessly and seamlessly. Nothing is rushed, and all parts and players contribute economically. The band establishes a textural point of view to improvise from in every selection, and doesn't seem to be hindered by the guitar-bass-drums limitation. Each track appears to"
"When Sunny Gets Blue (album) When Sunny Gets Blue is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states ""If proof is ever needed that there are too many Chet Baker albums around, this album can serve as evidence. Baker is caught on an off day ... It is a pity, for the recording quality is good, the European rhythm section is fine, and the repertoire is quite suitable. But there are far too many tentative and hesitant moments (along with a few clams)"
"equally well on the other ""Billboard"" charts, peaking at number five on Adult Contemporary, and number six on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. In October 1998, the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 500,000 copies. In Canada, the song debuted at number 84 the ""RPM"" singles chart on September 27, 1986, reached the top for one week in November 1986, and stayed on the chart for 23 weeks. It ended at number 37 on the year-end chart. In the United Kingdom, ""True Blue"" was released on September 29, 1986. It"
"crowd of over 60,000 people. In 1986, Daryl Hall scored a Top 5 US hit with ""Dreamtime"", from the album ""Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine"". That album also included the Top 40 hit ""Foolish Pride"" and the Top 100 hit ""Somebody Like You,"" later performed by the duo live on their ""Behind the Music"" set. Although John Oates did not have a solo hit as a singer, he did receive credit as co-songwriter (with Iva Davies) of the 1988 Icehouse top 10 US hit ""Electric Blue."" Oates also worked as producer, co-songwriter and co-lead vocalist of the single"
"Electric Blue (song) ""Electric Blue"" is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse and was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates of the U.S. band Hall & Oates. The single reached number one on the Australian singles chart on 16 November 1987, #7 on the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart on 21 May 1988, #10 on the Canadian Singles Chart, #53 on the UK singles charts, and #4 on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart in November 1987. Released in August 1987, it was the second single from their number one"
"reveal itself as a sound world, full of possibility and limitless space, giving the band a chance to offer itself to these compositions rather than just play them"". Blue (Terje Rypdal album) Blue is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal and The Chasers, bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive, recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating ""One of the primary attributes of ""Blue"" is its sequencing; the entire recording seems to unfold endlessly and seamlessly. Nothing is rushed, and all parts and players contribute economically."
"follow-up single ""If I Was Your Girlfriend"" flopped (although it went to #12 on R&B chart) but he scored big hits with the next two singles, ""U Got the Look"" (#2 Hot 100, #11 R&B) and ""I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"" (#10 Hot 100, #14 R&B). 1986–87 took Warner Bros. to even greater heights. Madonna's landmark album ""True Blue"" produced three US #1s and two Top 5 singles and the LP was an unprecedented success, topping the charts in more than 28 countries (a feat that earned her a place in the Guinness Book of Records),"
"""True Blue"". Besides, the album reached the number one on the albums chart in Norway for ten weeks and Sweden for six weeks, the number two in Germany, Switzerland, and the number three in Austria and New Zealand. Worldwide, ""Whitney Houston"" has sold over 22 million copies, becoming one of the best selling albums in the 1980s. According to the Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, as of 2009, the album sold over 1,038,000 copies in the United States. The week ending of February 12, 2012, following Houston's death on February 11, the album re-charted on the ""Billboard"""
"the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on December 1, 1986. According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 195,000 copies there. It also peaked at number four in Europe, thus becoming the only single from ""True Blue"" not to top the Eurochart Hot 100. In Australia, it only reached a peak of number 16, breaking a run of nine consecutive top ten singles for Madonna in that country. Elsewhere like in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France, it reached within the top 40 of the singles chart. The music video was shot at Echo Park in Los Angeles, California. Madonna"
"image of them in the studio on their Instagram account, as well as an image of Lee Ryan playing the guitar captioned with ""#6"", seemingly indicating that the band is working on their sixth studio album. The sixth studio album has also been confirmed by band member Simon Webbe in October 2017. Blue (English band) Blue is an English boyband consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The band originally formed in 2000 and has released three studio albums, ""All Rise"" (2001), ""One Love"" (2002) and ""Guilty"" (2003) that all peaked at number one in"
"Kent Music Report albums chart on the issue date of August 4, 1986, staying there for two weeks. It was certified four times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 copies. It also reached number one in New Zealand albums chart and was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for shipment of 75,000 copies. ""True Blue"" achieved its biggest commercial reception in European countries, where it topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for 34 consecutive weeks—a record that has yet to be broken—from issue dated July 19,"
"True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson is a compilation album by Australian country music artist John Williamson and was released in November 1995. The album was a celebration of 25 years in the music industry for Williamson. The album peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts and was certified 3x platinum in 2006. Williamson released a book titled ""True Blue"" featuring Williamson's lyrics together with explanations as to how the songs came to be written. During the book's launch, Williamson is surprised by Mike Munro from Nine"
"1986 by parent company PolyGram. Many groups that were popular during the disco period subsequently struggled to maintain their success—even those that tried to adapt to evolving musical tastes. The Bee Gees, for instance, had only one top-10 entry (1989's ""One"") and three more top-40 songs (despite recording and releasing far more than that and completely abandoning disco in their 1980s and 1990s songs) in the United States after the 1970s, even though numerous songs they wrote and had ""other"" artists perform were successful. Of the handful of groups ""not"" taken down by disco's fall from favor, Kool and the"
"1987 he had a number one album with ""Whenever You Need Somebody"", and several high charting singles including the title track and the biggest selling single of the year, his number 1 breakthrough song ""Never Gonna Give You Up"". Madonna continued her long run of Top Ten hits throughout the year, scoring two number one's, ""La Isla Bonita"" in April and ""Who's That Girl"" in July; the former was her third number one single from the multi-million selling album ""True Blue"" and the latter was taken from the film of the same name in which Madonna herself starred. Although the"
"Blues Hoot Blues Hoot (also released as ""Coffee House Blues"") is a live album by blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry recorded at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles in 1961 and originally released on the Davon label before being reissued on Horizon Records in 1963. AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: ""Lightnin' Hopkins is the star of this live recording ... The sound is excellent, the performances are spirited enough ... It is difficult to say, however, anything distinguishes this set from the other folk club recordings that Hopkins, Terry and McGhee left behind on other labels""."
"""Crazy"". She is best known for her leading roles in """", ""The Diamond of Jeru"", ""A Will of Their Own"" and ""Anna Karenina"". Electric Blue (song) ""Electric Blue"" is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse and was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates of the U.S. band Hall & Oates. The single reached number one on the Australian singles chart on 16 November 1987, #7 on the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart on 21 May 1988, #10 on the Canadian Singles Chart, #53 on the UK singles charts, and #4"
"7 million copies worldwide. Production True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album) True Colors is the second album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986. The album produced several hits as ""True Colors"", ""Change of Heart"", and ""What's Going On"" reached the top twenty of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, with the first two becoming top 5 hits. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album earned Lauper several awards and accolades, including two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards. ""True Colors"" peaked at number four on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart. Lauper said"
"Stars. In 1984, Blue's track ""Another Man Done Gone"", appeared on the compilation album ""Blues Explosion"". It won a Grammy in 1985 for Best Traditional Blues Album. Blue appeared with Brownie McGhee in the film ""Angel Heart"" (1987). Sugar Blue joined as a side musician recording with Willie Dixon on the Grammy Award winning album, ""Hidden Charms"" (1988). His next album, ""Blue Blazes"", was released in 1994. It was followed by ""In Your Eyes"" (1995) and ""Code Blue"" (2007). He played on the album ""Down Too Long"", by Southside Denny and the Skintones, in 1988. His most recent album ""Thresold"","
"and traveling extensively with Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) from 1977 to 1980 – variously billed during this period as Talib Qadr, Talib Qadir Kibwe and Talib Abdul Kadr – Blue moved to Paris in December 1981, remaining there until 1989. In 1986 he recorded ""Egyptian Oasis"", his first record as a leader, and that sparked a number of State Department tours to some 20 countries in Africa. Back in the USA since 1990, he has worked constantly, in a wide range of styles and situations, and recorded his second CD, ""Introducing Talib Kibwe"", released on Evidence in 1996. His more"
"Famous Blue Raincoat (album) Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is the sixth studio album recorded by the American singer Jennifer Warnes. It debuted on the ""Billboard"" 200 on February 14, 1987 and peaked at No. 72 in the US Billboard chart and No.33 in the UK albums chart. Originally released by Cypress Records (RCA Records in the UK), it was reissued by Private Music after Cypress went out of business. It is the only Jennifer Warnes album to make the UK albums chart (up to September 2014). Released in November 1986, ""Famous Blue Raincoat"" is a tribute"
"family in a bushfire. It was narrated by Shannon Noll, and combined stock men, livestock, motorbikes and circus performers. In 1986, Williamson re-recorded ""True Blue"" and released it in September 1986 as the lead single from his sixth studio album ""Mallee Boy"". The song was used for the Australian Made campaign. The song peaked at number 43 on the Kent Music Report. At the 1988 APRA Awards (Australia), the song won Most Performed Australasian Country Work. True Blue (John Williamson song) ""True Blue"" is an Australian folk song written and performed by singer-songwriter John Williamson. The lyrical content utilises Australian"
"version), which began Bananarama's association with the Stock, Aitken & Waterman songwriting and production team. Disc 1 Disc 2 DVD Bananarama Musicians Additional Personnel True Confessions (album) True Confessions is the third album by British girl group Bananarama. Released in 1986, the album was not a commercial success in the UK, but achieved its biggest sales and chart success in the U.S., making the US top 20. The lead single ""Venus"" hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (an achievement they never obtained in their home country). The majority of the album is produced by Tony Swain and Steve"
"Blue (English band) Blue is an English boyband consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The band originally formed in 2000 and has released three studio albums, ""All Rise"" (2001), ""One Love"" (2002) and ""Guilty"" (2003) that all peaked at number one in the United Kingdom alongside releasing 16 singles, over a four-year period. The group also worked alongside artists such as Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Lil' Kim. In late 2004, the group announced a hiatus and released their first compilation album, ""Best of Blue"", on 15 November 2004. The band reunited once again"
"wrote the iconic ""True Blue""), Lee Kernaghan (whose hits include ""Boys from the Bush"" and ""The Outback Club""), Gina Jeffreys, Forever Road and Sara Storer. In the United States, Olivia Newton-John, Sherrié Austin and Keith Urban have attained great success. During her time as a country singer in the 1970s, Newton-John became the first (and to date only) non-American winner of the Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year which many considered a controversial decision by the CMA; after starring in the rock-and-roll musical film ""Grease"" in 1978, Newton-John (mirroring the character she played in the film)"
"1986 in British music This is a summary of 1986 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The first number 1 single of 1986 was the breakthrough hit for London synthpop duo the Pet Shop Boys. Their song ""West End Girls"" had climbed the charts during late 1985 and reached number 1 for two weeks in January. They would have three more top 20 hits this year as well as two top 20 albums, and were still reaching the top 10 in 2006, twenty years later. Another popular synthpop duo this year were Erasure,"