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A Top 40 success in Canada, the album featured several notable guest musicians including Jane Siberry, Duff McKagan of Guns ' N Roses, Terence Trent D ' Arby and the return of Ruby Turner.
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Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.
Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow ( although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album ).
Another instrumental called " Brother " was used as the theme to the BBC Radio 1 Top 20 / 40 when Tom Browne / Simon Bates presented the programme in the 1970s.
A cappella music attained renewed prominence from the late 1980s onward, spurred by the success of Top 40 recordings by artists such as The Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, Huey Lewis and the News, All-4-One, The Nylons, Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.
" Find a Way ", from Unguarded, became the first Christian song to hit Billboard's Top 40 list, also reaching No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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A reworking of the early track " More Beats + Pieces " gave them their first UK Top 40 hit since 1989 in August.
followed in September and also made the Top 40.
Top 40 radio stations did a turn-around and avoided playing music by black and Latin artists in general to avoid being labeled with the dreaded " disco " tag, regardless of what music style those artists performed.
With a legendary Hollywood " girl next door " image, and capable of delivering comedy and romance as well as heavy drama, she appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America's most beloved entertainers.
With its debut at No. 9, Day made history, becoming the oldest female artist to ever have had a top ten album on the Top 40 Official UK Album chart.
The Top 40 format emerged, where popular songs are played repeatedly.
She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).
Devo gained a new level of visibility with 1980's Freedom of Choice which included their best-known hit, " Whip It ", which immediately became a Top 40 hit.
In May 2001, NBC began using " Only Time " to accompany commercials for their television series Friends, which helped the song top the Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts.
The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100, Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single.
Freestyle's Top 40 Radio airplay peaked in 1987, and it began to disappear from the air waves in the early 1990s as radio stations moved to Top 40-only formats.
The songs were released in 1991, almost simultaneously, and caused a resurgence in the style when they were embraced by Top 40 radio.
Montreal singer Nancy Martinez's 1986 single " For Tonight " would become the first Canadian freestyle single to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the Montreal girl group 11: 30 reached the Canadian chart with " Ole Ole " in 2000.
Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and in 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "( Theme From ) New York, New York " in 1980.
Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.
Brown's band recorded the instrumental hit, " Night Train ", which was among the first to credit Brown by himself, and became a Top 5 R & B hit and crossed over briefly to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
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Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".
It was not a significant commercial success at the time but was ranked number 58 by voters on the All Time Top 1000 Albums list.
Four years after Shepherd Moons she released The Memory of Trees ( 1995 ), another Top Five success in both the UK and Germany, as well as her first Top 10 album in the U. S. Singles released from the album were " Anywhere Is " and " On My Way Home ".
Influenced by the crossover success of Ray Charles, Brown backed away from his musical roots and incorporated productions of pop standards, finding success with his first Top 20 single, " Prisoner of Love ".
After the year's previous success, King had Brown sign a new recording contract and in June 1965, released " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ", which became his breakthrough hit single, becoming his first # 1 single on the R & B chart since " Try Me " and his first Top 10 pop single winning Brown his first Grammy.
His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including " Only the Lonely ", " Crying ", and " Oh, Pretty Woman ".
His success earned him the nickname " The Business " since he often had several artists in the Top 10 at any time with whom he had written, published, and recorded the songs.
Again success was even bigger on the other side of the Atlantic with " Forever and For Always " again reaching the Top 10 in both, the UK and Germany.
Propelled by the success of their first single " It's Been Awhile ", the album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Album charts, selling 716, 000 albums in its first week.
Their biggest success was in 1982 with the UK Top Ten album Sulk and UK Top 20 singles " Party Fears Two " and " Club Country ".
By the summer of 2006, RAINN had received its one millionth caller and the organization's success has led to it ranking in " America's 100 Best Charities " by Worth, and one of the " Top 10 Best Charities " by Marie Claire.
While many networks followed the show's success by scheduling other cartoons in the early 1960s, including Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, The Jetsons, Top Cat, and The Alvin Show, none of these programs survived more than a year ( save Scooby-Doo, which, despite not being a primetime cartoon, has managed to stay afloat for over four decades ).
However, it was the Friday night show that debuted immediately following it, The X-Files, which would find long-lasting success, and would be Fox's first series to crack Nielsen's year-end Top 20.
An early success story for TI-GSI came in the 1950s when GSI was able ( under a Top Secret government contract ) to monitor the Soviet Union's underground nuclear weapons testing from outcrop bedrock found in Oklahoma.
The band has enjoyed commercial success with 23 UK Top 40 hits spanning their career and 14 million albums sold by 2000.
It did continue the group's commercial success, however ; lead single " Incommunicado " charted at No. 6 in the UK charts gaining the band an appearance on ' Top of the Pops '.
The Head on the Door reached number seven in the UK and was the band's first entry into American Top 75 at number 59, a success partly due to the international impact of the LP's two singles, " In Between Days " and " Close to Me ".
In 1987, The Cure released the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, which reached number six in the UK, the Top 10 in several countries and was the band's first entry into the U. S. Top 40 at number 35 ( where it was certified platinum ), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, " Why Can't I Be You ?".
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It ranked 96 in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2006 and in October 2008, IKEA Canada LP was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
Moreover, because of the limited airplay Rush's previous extended-length songs received, Permanent Waves included shorter, more radio-friendly songs such as " The Spirit of Radio " and " Freewill ", two songs that helped Permanent Waves become Rush's first U. S. Top 5 album ; both songs continue to make appearances on classic rock radio stations in Canada and the United States to this day.
Top near-term mine development projects through 2015 are Pascua Lama ( Chile ), Navidad ( Argentina ), Jaunicipio ( Mexico ), Malku Khota ( Bolivia ), and Hackett River ( Canada ).
Top political programs such as The Rush Limbaugh Show are never broadcast in Canada mainly due to high rights fees.
Another Bed-In in May 1969 at the Queen Elizabeth Fairmont in Montreal, Canada, resulted in the recording of their first single, " Give Peace A Chance ", a Top 20 hit for the newly christened Plastic Ono Band.
Elsewhere, the album has made numerous Top 50 debuts, including # 24 on the Australian ARIA Chart and # 22 in Canada.
He also appeared on Top Chef Canada as a guest judge.
" Short Skirt / Long Jacket " hit number 2 on the Bear Rock Top 10 in Canada and number 7 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks ; the video became one of the 30 most requested tracks on MTV ; Billboard writers later listed the video as the 5th best of 2001.
In October 2008, and again in 2009, YMCA of Greater Toronto in Canada was named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. On 11 July 2010, the YMCA of the USA re-branded its name to the popular nickname, " The Y ", and revised the iconic red and black logo to create five coloured versions.
In October 2008, the University of Calgary was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
In October 2008, the company's Canadian division, Monsanto Canada Inc., was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's news magazine.
A French recording by Petula Clark charted in the Top Ten in both Canada and France.
Many Boards of Canada compositions are used in the BBC's motoring show, Top Gear, such as 1969 from the album Geogaddi, and Pete Standing Alone from the predecessor album Music Has the Right to Children.
In Canada, the lead single " Never Do That " was a Top 40 success, peaking at No. 26 but it fared less well elsewhere.
" I'll Tumble 4 Ya " also became a Top Ten hit in the US ( Number 9 ) and in Canada.
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In October 2008, Telus was named one of BC's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by The Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Victoria Times-Colonist.
* June 6 – After 29 years, CHUM ( AM ) in Toronto, Canada drops its legendary Top 40 format in favor of gold-based adult contemporary music.
", an international million seller and a Top 10 hit in several countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and Mexico, was also a double sided hit with the " B " side " Let Me Be Lonely " charting at # 79.
Internationally, the tune was also a Top 10 hit throughout continental Europe, Australia (# 1 ), Japan, South Africa, Canada, and Asia.
" California Jam " hit the Canadian Top 40, peaking at No. 36, and Klaatu, though they played no live dates, promoted their music by making a television appearance in Canada on the Keith Hampshire-hosted show Music Machine.
Further increasing the band's visibility, the single " Love Song " was an international hit ( reaching the Top 20 in Canada and Australia ) and the instrumental " Theme for Great Cities " proved so enduring a composition that it was later re-recorded in 1991 as a B-side to the single " See the Lights ".
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