What was the first top ten entry for House of Pain (1993)
"House of Pain House of Pain was an American hip hop group who released three albums in the 1990s before lead rapper Everlast left to pursue his solo career. The group's name is a reference to the H.G. Wells novel ""The Island of Dr. Moreau"", a reference carried further by the naming of their 2011 tour ""He Who Breaks the Law"". The group is best known for its 1992 hit single ""Jump Around"", which reached No. 3 in their native United States, No. 6 in Ireland and No. 8 in the United Kingdom. The group broke up in 1996 but"
"followed a year later by ""Stoosh"". Other grunge bands subsequently replicated Nirvana's success. Pearl Jam had released its debut album ""Ten"" a month before ""Nevermind"" in 1991, but album sales only picked up a year later. By the second half of 1992 ""Ten"" became a breakthrough success, being certified gold and reaching number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. Soundgarden's album ""Badmotorfinger"", Alice in Chains' ""Dirt"" and Stone Temple Pilots' ""Core"" along with the ""Temple of the Dog"" album collaboration featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, were also among the 100 top-selling albums of 1992. The popular breakthrough"
"with the number three ""Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)"" in between. ""John Deere Green"" also accounted for Diffie's first appearance on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it peaked at number 69. ""In My Own Backyard"", the last release from ""Honky Tonk Attitude"", reached number nineteen on the country charts. Diffie told the ""Fort Worth Star-Telegram"" that the album was ""a little rowdier than the first two."" Nash rated the album more favorably than the ones before it, saying that Diffie ""is maturing into a first-rate interpreter of working-class woes."" Also in 1993, Diffie was inducted into"
"to sell over 10 million copies), and ""Nine Lives"" (1997). In 1998, Aerosmith released the number one hit ""I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"", which remains the only single by a hard rock band to debut at number one. AC/DC produced the double platinum ""Ballbreaker"" (1995).<ref name=""AllmusicAC/DCOnline"">S. T. Erlewine, [ ""AC/DC""], ""Allmusic"", retrieved 20 July 2010.</ref> Bon Jovi appealed to their hard rock audience with songs such as ""Keep the Faith"" (1992), but also achieved success in adult contemporary radio, with the Top 10 ballads ""Bed of Roses"" (1993) and ""Always"" (1994). Bon Jovi's 1995 album ""These Days"" was"
"is the Art"", ""So the Story Goes"", and ""Scales of Justice"". While ""So the Story Goes"" was the only one of these additional singles to crack the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, all three songs charted in their home country, where the band continued to enjoy more success. Their follow-up album, ""Gatecrashing"" in 1989 proved to be even more successful in the UK, generating two Top Ten hits, ""Blow the House Down"" (which featured Queen's Brian May on guitar) and ""Room in Your Heart"". The album itself peaked at number 21 (four places higher than the first). Artistic differences, as well"
"an honorary doctorate in music from Northumbria University. In 1991, he appeared on """". He performed ""Come Down in Time"" for the album, which also features other popular artists and their renditions of John/Taupin songs. ""Ten Summoner's Tales"" peaked at two in the UK and US album charts in 1993, and went triple platinum in just over a year. The album was recorded at his Elizabethan country home, Lake House in Wiltshire. ""Ten Summoner's Tales"" was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1993 and for the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is a wordplay on"
"1993. The track debuted at number 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, making it the highest debut of the decade and the third highest all-time on the Urban Hot AC chart. It debuted at number 58 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 with the song peaking at number 52, and remaining on the chart for 11 weeks. The song became the band's first number-one on the U.S. Adult R&B chart. The song rose 3-1 in its sixth week, marking the chart's speediest ascent to the top spot since Anita Baker topped the chart in under five weeks with ""You're My"
"at number ten. Hawaiian singer/songwriter Jack Johnson's album ""Sleep Through the Static"" was new at the top on 10 February. There were new entries for Hot Chip at number four with ""Made in the Dark"" and Mary J. Blige's ""Growing Pains"" at number six. Basshunter made it five weeks as the number one single, seeing off tough competition from Nickelback (number two) and Adele (number three), while David Jordan climbed to number five. Wet Wet Wet, who went to number one for fifteen weeks in 1994 with ""Love Is All Around"", scored their first top ten single in eleven years"
"the top ten of the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on May 30, 1992, reaching number eight. ""Ten"" would eventually peak at number two for four weeks. It was held off the top spot by the Billy Ray Cyrus album, ""Some Gave All"". The album spent a total of 261 weeks on the Billboard charts, making it one of the top 15 charting albums ever. By February 1993, American sales of ""Ten"" surpassed those of ""Nevermind"", the breakthrough album by fellow grunge band Nirvana. ""Ten"" continued to sell well two years after its release; in 1993 it was the eighth best-selling"
"first to ship platinum when it was released, and has since gone quadruple platinum. Previously, Aerosmith had recorded three albums: ""Aerosmith"" (1973), ""Get Your Wings"" (1974), and the breakthrough LP ""Toys in the Attic"" (1975), which produced Top Ten hit ""Walk This Way"" and the popular ""Sweet Emotion."" Although often derided by critics, the band had amassed a loyal fanbase, following from relentless touring and their ferocious live shows. They also began living the rock-and-roll lifestyle to the hilt, indulging their already considerable appetite for drugs. However, their hedonistic lifestyle did not appear to hamper them creatively; ""Rocks"" was considered"
"as a ""pleasant surprise"" and called ""Is It Cold in Here"" ""the sort of tear-jerker George Jones has worked wonders with in the past"". Alanna Nash of ""Entertainment Weekly"" thought that Diffie ""[sang] in his natural voice"", but thought that its material ""punches all the predictable thematic buttons."" 1993's ""Honky Tonk Attitude"" shipped a million copies in the United States and was certified platinum. The first three singles from the album all reached the Top Ten on the country singles charts: the title track (which Diffie co-wrote) and the Dennis Linde composition ""John Deere Green"" both peaked at number five,"
"ten in Canada. It was certified platinum in New Zealand (x3), Canada (x2) and Spain. The album did not chart in the UK until February 1995. The first single ""Better Be Home Soon"" peaked at number two in Australia and New Zealand. number eight in Canada, and reached the top 50 in the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The following four singles had less chart success in Australia or New Zealand, and generally less success in other markets. Additionally an album track, ""Never Be the Same"", appeared on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Temple of Low Men Temple of Low"
"1993 and contained ten tracks. Thom Jurek of Allmusic called the content ""contemporary country"" and ""top notch no matter where the pair get it from."" John McAlley of ""Rolling Stone"" called ""The Song Remembers When""'s tone ""somber."" McAlley goes on to explain that, ""Love (Sort of) Stinks"" might have been a more apt title for this album, such are the voices of heartache, spite and uncertainty that permeate it. So total, in fact, is its focus on the tribulations of romantic love that Song resembles a concept record."" The album opens with the title track, which was described by Jurek"
"""Eddie F. and the Untouchables - Let's Get It On (1994)"" ""Changing Faces - Changing Faces (1994)"" ""Jade - Mind, Body & Song (1994)"" ""Usher - Usher (1994)"" ""Brownstone - From the Bottom Up (1994)"" ""Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)"" ""Intro - New Life (1995)"" ""Silk - Silk (1995)"" ""Phyllis Hyman - I Refuse to Be Lonely (1995)"" ""Mariah Carey - Daydream (1995)"" ""Horace Brown - Horace Brown (1996)"" ""Kenny Lattimore - Kenny Lattimore (1996)"" ""Assorted Phlavors - Assorted Phlavors (1996)"" ""CeCe Peniston - I'm Movin' On (1996)"" ""Brownstone - Still Climbing (1997)"" ""Kurupt - Kuruption! (Disc Two) (1998)"" Dave"
"and ""Fields of Gold"" reached No. 23. ""Ten Summoner's Tales"" was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize. In 1994, it was nominated for six Grammy awards including Album of the Year, winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (""If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"") and Best Long Form Music Video, while ""If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"" was also nominated for Record and Song of the Year. The album sold more than 10 million copies around the world. A laser disc and VHS of the album were released, containing live performances of all"
"Magazine's reader's pop poll Best Newcomer of the Year 1992. The band's first album sold over two million copies in the United States, and was certified double platinum by the RIAA. The band's third and most successful single, ""Love of a Lifetime,"" reached No. 3 selling over 500,000 copies. Other singles also charted including the harder-rocking ""Don't Treat Me Bad"" at No. 14. The first single from the album, ""Shake & Tumble"" enjoyed success on the radio and brought attention to the band, but it failed to chart on the Pop charts, although it did at Metal radio. The album"
"in Canada and number 40 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in the United States. It provided five singles, ""Better Be Home Soon"" (July 1988), ""When You Come"" (August), ""Into Temptation"" (December), ""Sister Madly"" (1989), and ""I Feel Possessed"" (January 1990). In most markets the highest charting was ""Better Be Home Soon"". Additionally an album track, ""Never Be the Same"", appeared on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 the group won four categories: Album of the Year and Best Group for ""Temple of Low Men""; Best Cover Art for Seymour's work; and Song of the"
"chart, while one (""Divinyls"") reached No. 15 in the United States (US) and No. 33 for 3 weeks in Canada. Their biggest-selling single ""I Touch Myself"" (1990) achieved a No. 1 ranking in Australia, No. 4 in the US, No. 10 in the United Kingdom (UK), and No. 13 in Canada. Amphlett was the cousin of 1960s Australian pop icon Patricia ""Little Pattie"" Amphlett, who had been married to Keith Jacobsen—younger brother of pioneer rocker Col Joye and leading promoter Kevin Jacobsen. In her autobiography ""Pleasure and Pain"" (2005), Amphlett described breaking into the music scene from the age of"
"at major mainstream rock stations. During 1991 and 1992, other grunge albums such as Pearl Jam's ""Ten"", Soundgarden's ""Badmotorfinger"" and Alice in Chains' ""Dirt"", along with the ""Temple of the Dog"" album featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, became among the 100 top-selling albums. Major record labels signed most of the remaining grunge bands in Seattle, while a second influx of acts moved to the city in the hope of success. However, with the death of Kurt Cobain and the subsequent break-up of Nirvana in 1994, touring problems for Pearl Jam and the departure of Alice in Chains' lead"
"heights of popularity and critical acclaim"" with this particular record. Two years after its original release, ""Countdown to Extinction"" was certified triple platinum and became the band's most commercially successful album, confirming that they had retained their audience in the wake of grunge. The record was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 1993 Grammy Awards, while the album's title track won the Humane Society's Genesis Award for raising awareness for animal rights issues. The record enjoyed similar chart success outside of the United States. It managed to peak within the top 5 on the charts in the United Kingdom"
"artistic core and its commercial ambitions. The album provided six singles, all charted on the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100. The fourth one, ""True Tears of Joy"" from January 1993, peaked at No. 14 in Australia to become their highest charting single. It was followed by the anthemic single, ""Holy Grail"". Seymour wrote the track, with Smith, after he had read a novel by Jeanette Winterson, ""The Passion"" (1987), detailing Napoleon's march to Russia in 1812. Seymour's lyrics also reflect the band's own flagging attempts to ""crack"" the American market and their recent ""internal tension"" while recording ""Cut"". ""I wanted"
"the top 10 of the British charts: MSG's first album peaked at No. 8, Whitesnake's ""Ready an' Willing"" at No. 6, Judas Priest's best-seller ""British Steel"" and Motörhead's ""Ace of Spades"" at No. 4, while ""Back in Black"" by AC/DC reached number one. As proof of the successful revival of the British hard rock and metal scene, tours and gigs of old and new acts were sold out, both at home and in other European countries, where the movement had spread. Groups arising from the NWOBHM were no longer precluded from world tours and were often chosen as opening acts"
"Misbehavin' South Pacific Lend Me a Tenor On Your Toes Song and Dance 1992 Groucho Gypsy Oklahoma Nunsense Peter Pan Once on this Island South Pacific 1993 Fiddler on the Roof Nunsense II Phantom Grand Hotel City of Angels Buddy Phantom (return) 1994 West Side Story Secret Garden The King & I Will Rogers Follies Sugar Babies Five Guys Named Moe Beehive 1995 Guys & Dolls Carousel My Fair Lady Shenandoah La Cage aux Folles Forever Plaid Twist & Shout La Cage aux Folles (return) 1996 Evita The Sound of Music Crazy for You 42nd Street Laughter on the 23rd"
"The Best Thing"" and wound up winning the Overall Grand Prize in the Group competition. The girls found that, after their performance, there was major record label interest, and the group decided to sign with Word Records. They then moved to Nashville to start work on what would become their self-titled debut album. On August 23, 1993, led by the No. 1 single ""I'll Be Believing"", Point of Grace released their self-titled debut album. It was quickly embraced by fans and critics, who compared the group's tight harmonies to that of pop group Wilson Phillips. The album's next five singles"
"released its debut album, """", to positive reviews in 1977. They subsequently collaborated with the producer Brian Eno on a trio of experimental and critically acclaimed releases: ""More Songs About Buildings and Food"" (1978), ""Fear of Music"" (1979), and ""Remain in Light"" (1980). After a hiatus, the band hit its commercial peak in 1983 with the U.S. Top 10 hit ""Burning Down the House"" and released the concert film ""Stop Making Sense"", directed by Jonathan Demme. The band released several more albums, including their best-selling LP ""Little Creatures"" (1985), before disbanding in 1991. In 2002, the band was inducted into"
"Watch Over Me"", 1992-1993""Crazy He Calls Me"", 1992""Catskills on Broadway"", 1991-93""Park Your Car in Harvard Yard"", 1991-92""Peter Pan"", 1990-91; 1991-92""Shogun, The Musical"", 1990-91""Fiddler on the Roof"" [Revival], 1990-91 ""A Change in the Heir"", 1990""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" [Revival] 1990 ""Gypsy"" [Revival], 1989-91""Prince of Central Park"", 1989 ""The Threepenny Opera"" [Revival], 1989""Dangerous Games"", 1989 ""Starmites"", 1989""Chu Chem"", 1989""Cafe Crown"" [Revival], 1989""Legs Diamond"" 1988-89""Paul Robeson"" [Revival] 1988""Burn This"", 1988 ""All My Sons"", 1987""Raggedy Ann"", 1986""Jerry's Girls"", 1986 ""Singin' in the Rain"", 1985-86""Home Front"", 1985""Quilters"", 1984 ""Open Admissions"", 1984""Marilyn"", 1983""La Cage aux Folles"", 1983-87""The Ritz"" [Revival] 1983""Ned & Jack"", 1981""Wally's Cafe"","
"band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. McCready frequently soloed, and added a blues touch to the music (influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughan). The single ""Jeremy"" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance in 1993. Pearl Jam received four awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards for its music video for ""Jeremy"", including Video of the Year and Best Group Video. ""Ten"" was ranked number 207 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,"
"United States. ""How Can I Keep from Singing?"" was also released in 1991 and features two previously unreleased B-sides: ""Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)"", the Gaelic version of the Christmas carol ""Silent Night"" recorded in 1988, and ""'S Fágaim Mo Bhaile"", an original composition recorded in 1991. In July 1992, ""Book of Days"" was released as the third single which peaked at number ten in the United Kingdom. ""Marble Halls"" followed in 1994 following its inclusion in the 1993 film ""The Age of Innocence"". ""Shepherd Moons"" received generally positive reviews from music critics. In his review for ""The Washington Post"", reviewer"
"It peaked at No. 91 on the Billboard Top 200, lasting eight weeks, and Schlitt acknowledged sales had dropped from the band's previous chart-toppers. Its key radio single, the title track, barely cracked the 40 most-played songs for 1995. For the first time since the creation of the Rock Gospel Album category in the Grammies, Petra was nominated but failed to win, though it did pick up a Dove award for Rock Album of the Year, and ""CCM Magazine""'s annual Reader Awards placed Petra once again at the top as the fans' favorite rock band, with ""No Doubt"" their favorite"
"October 12, 1993. The album peaked at number seventeen the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 and number three on the Top R&B Albums chart. It was a critical and commercial success, certified platinum within a year, and launched two top 10 singles. The debut single, ""Just Kickin' It"", and second single, ""Understanding"", both entered the top 10 of the official Hot 100 and became platinum and gold-certified number-one hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The follow-up singles, ""Love on My Mind"" and ""Tonight"", did not achieve the same success. The group appeared on ""The Mask"" soundtrack at the conclusion of ""Hummin'"
"at number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1985. Talking Heads' song ""Burning Down the House"" peaked at number 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1983. The song ""Love Shack"" by the band the B-52's peaked at number 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1989. The band's album ""Cosmic Thing"", released on 27 June 1989, was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA a little less than nine months after being released. The Human League had three top ten hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 during the 1980s, with two of those hits peaking at number 1 on"
"held the top position for 3 weeks. Also making her chart debut this year was nineteen-year-old Tanita Tikaram, who launched her career with the critically acclaimed album ""Ancient Heart"", containing the Top 10 hit ""Good Tradition"" and the intriguing ""Twist In My Sobriety"" which peaked at number 22 in October. Eddi Reader also rose to prominence during 1988 as the lead-singer of Fairground Attraction. The band made number 1 with the song ""Perfect"" and followed it up with another Top 10 hit, ""Find My Love"" and number 2 album ""The First of a Million Kisses"". Making chart comebacks after long-absences"
"studio album, ""Vs."", released in 1993. Upon its release, ""Vs."" set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200. ""Vs."" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. From ""Vs."", the song ""Daughter"" received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the song ""Go"" received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. Feeling the pressures of success, the band decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums,"