doublev2 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:36 pm
The album peaked at 64 . Breakout album is nothing other than paid publicity. They paid for ads in hits and in return got some meaninglessness hype ..what exactly does number 4 Breakout album mean?
You are lying as usual!
BREAKOUTS
Hot new or resurging albums as reported by the nation's leading record merchandisers
WINNERS
1 PRINCE (Paisley/WB 25720-1) 65%
2 TRACY CHAPMAN (Elektra 60774) 35%
3 BRUCE HORNSBY (RCA 7647-Z-RDJ) 29%
4 VINNIE VINCENT (Chrysalis OV41626) 29%
5 RUN DMC (Profile 1265) 26%
6 QUEENSRYCHE (EMI/Man 48640) 24%
7 HALL & OATES (Arista AL8539) 23%
8 AL B. SURE (WB 25662) 22%
9 POISON (Enig Cap C148493) 20%
10 JOE JACKSON (A&M 6706) 19%
And one of the retail pages:
ANGOTI' ONE-STOP /F RANK
DAVIS /DETROIT
Weird Al
Samantha Fox
Tracy Chapman
2 Live Crew
OMD
Cheap Trick
ARROW DISTRIBUTORS /TONY
BRENNER /S OLON, OHIO
Poison
Honeymoon Suite
Johnny Hates Jazz
Cheap Trick
Glass Tiger
BUZZARD'S NEST /MIKE
MANDZIA /COLUMBUS
Prince
Colors
Jane Wiedlin
Vinnie Vincent
Joan Jett
CAMELOT /LEW GARRETT/CANTON
Bruce Hornsby
Prince
Queensryche
Vinnie Vincent
CAVAGES /JOHN GRANDONI /BUFFALO
Prince
Tracy Chapman
I0,0(X) Maniacs
Midnight Oil
Honeymoon Suite
CD ONE-STOP /D ARRYL OHRT /CONN
Sade
Clash
Judas Priest
Boz Scaggs
Prefab Sprout
CENTRAL SOUTH /ROBIN STEELY /N ASHVILLE
Prince
Bruce Hornsby
Teddy Pendergrass
Al B Sure
Vinnie Vincent
Colors
CML ONE-STOP /M IKE CLARK /ST. LOUIS
Prince
Vinnie Vincent
Jane Wiedlin
AI B Sure
Jazzy Jeff
FACE THE MUSIC /DOUGMACIVER /ROCHESTER, MN
Prince
Hall & Oates
Cheap Trick
Poison
Smithereens
Honeymoon Suite
Vinnie Vincent
FLIPSIDE /D AVID SLANIA /CHICAGO
Prince
Joe Jackson
Johnny Kemp
Samantha Fox
Jazzy Jeff
Run DMC
HARMONY HOUSE /S ANDYBEAN /DETROIT
Prince
Brenda Russell
Honeymoon Suite
Nia Peeples
Weird Al
INTERSTATE GROUP /SMITH /R HODE ISLAND
Tracy Chapman
Queensryche
Honeymoon Suite
Al B Sure
KD Lang
Glass Tiger
Peter Murphy
KARMA /STEVE WILLIAMS /INDIANAPOLIS
Sade
Club Nouveau
Vinnie Vincent
Sweethearts Of Rodeo
LECHMERE /D AVE CURTIS /
BOSTON
Joe Jackson
Tracy Chapman
Hall & Oates
Bobby McFerrin
Bruce Homsby
Prince
LIEBERMAN /R OB TAYLOR /CHICAGO
Prince
Vinnie Vincent
Midnight Oil
Queensryche
LIEBERMAN /L INDA METZ /
MT. LAUREL
Evelyn King
Timbuk 3
Impelliteri
World Class W Crew
Betty Wright
LIEBERMAN-NATL /D USTY
BOWLING / MPLS
Tracy Chapman
Iron Maiden
Jets
Al B Sure
Cheap Trick
METRONOME /G UY CASSINGHAM/A TLANTA
Prince
Graham Parker
Soul Asylum
Toni Childs
Midnight Oil
Thomas Dolby
Living Colour
MOBY DISC/BOB SAY/LOS ANGELES
Prince
Camper Van Beethoven
Queensryche
Ziggy Marley
Bruce Homsby
MUSIC PEOPLE /N ANCY LEWIS/OAKLAND
Prince
Colors
Testament
Jerry Garcia
Sade
Run DMC
Tony Toni Tone
60 HITS May 23, 1988