Driven by the singles " Lump ", " Peaches ", and " Kitty ", their debut album proved to be a success.

Hit singles such as " Jam-Master Jay " and " Hard Times " proved that the group were more than a one-hit wonder, and the landmark single " Rock Box " was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip-hop and hard rock that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the rap rock movement of the late 1990s.

Throughout 1965 and 1966, hit singles like " Subterranean Homesick Blues ", " Like a Rolling Stone ", " Positively 4th Street ", and " I Want You " among others, along with the Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde albums, proved to be hugely influential on the development and popularity of folk rock.

The album proved to be a significant turning point for the band, becoming a commercial breakthrough and generating a handful of charting singles including " Glittering Prize " ( which reached the UK Top 20 and Australian Top 10 ).

Between the mid-1960s and the late 1970s, Sidney cut well over 50 singles for the Louisiana-based Goldband label, working in a variety of contemporary blues, soul and R & B modes ; none proved successful.

Selling over one million copies, the song also proved to be a hit outside German-speaking Europe when it entered the singles charts of France, Latvia, Poland and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in Brazil, and Estonia.

The song proved something of a saviour, as the previous two releases from the album had failed in the singles charts, although the album sold well.

To help publicize these singles, which proved to be successful in many discos across the world, Divine went on television shows like Good Morning America as well as a series of tours in which he combined his musical performances with comedic stunts and routines that often played up to his characters ' stereotype of being " trashy " and outrageous.

Arrow soon proved himself to be one of the most innovative soca artists of the 80s, incorporating zouk and other influences into a series of best-selling singles.

Rainbow's 1979 Down to Earth LP ( from which singles " Since You Been Gone " and " All Night Long " are taken ) proved to be the band's most successful album thus far ; however, Powell was concerned over the overtly commercial sound.

The first two singles taken from the Twist of Shadows album, Blind Hearts and Obsession proved big college and club hits in the United States with Obsession charting on Billboards Alternative Songs chart and both tracks hitting the Billboard Club Play Chart.

13 Ways to Bleed on Stage proved to be Cold's breakthrough album with successful singles in " End of the World " and " No One " frequently played on hard rock radio.

His second album, Big Time, produced a Top 5 in " The Rest of Mine ", but subsequent singles proved less successful.

He further proved his all-court versatility by winning the indoors-carpet singles title at Basel, as well as winning the doubles title in the same tournament with partner Agustín Calleri.

Van Morrison went on to great success and fame as a solo artist, but Them's combination of garage rock and blues proved a major influence on the next generations of rock musicians, and the group's best-known singles have become staples of rock and roll.

The album proved to be as successful as the tour, selling over six million copies and releasing two Top 40 singles in " Get Over It " and " Love Will Keep Us Alive ".

It was indeed a hit, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard 100 singles chart in March 1982 and proved to be a bigger hit single than anything Lee ever recorded with Rush.

But that proved to be the last singles title of Sabatini's career.

Despite these fluctuations in their line-up, Waking Hours proved to be Del Amitri's breakthrough, reaching No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart and also providing them with their biggest ever single chart hit at home when the song " Nothing Ever Happens ", rose to No 11 in the corresponding singles listing.

In 1994 Green Day moved to a major label and produced the album Dookie, which found a new, largely teenage, audience and proved a surprise diamond-selling success, leading to a series of hit singles, including two number ones in the US.

The mix between tribal drums over trance proved to be a success, and it ended the year as one of the best selling singles in Europe in 2000 as well as featuring prominently in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Her fourth studio album proved to be less successful than her previous ones ; her singles failed to reach the top 40 in her most commercially successful country ( UK ).

In 1989, Garrison defeated Chris Evert 7 – 6, 6 – 2 in the quarterfinals of the US Open in what proved to be the final Grand Slam singles match of Evert's career.

In 2004, Beyoncé released more singles from the album which fared well and then re-formed with her old girl group, Destiny's Child who proved to be much more successful than expected.

80 mm discs (" Mini CDs ") were originally designed for CD singles and can hold up to 24 minutes of music or 210 MB of data but never became popular.

He would eventually release some of the earliest rap LPs, which was especially unique for being west-coast based, but they were less popular than his singles.

The album's singles barely registered on Urban contemporary radio, where disco music remained popular.

Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball and, as a result, prolific home run hitters are usually the most popular among fans and consequently the highest paid by teams — hence the old saying, variously attributed to slugger Ralph Kiner, or to a teammate talking about Kiner, " Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, and singles hitters drive Fords.

Janis Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year career include " Down On Me ", " Bye, Bye Baby ", " Coo Coo ", " Summertime ", " Piece of My Heart ", " Turtle Blues ", " Ball ' n ' Chain ", " Try ( Just A Little Bit Harder )", " Maybe ", " To Love Somebody ", " Kozmic Blues ", " Work Me, Lord ", " Move Over ", " Cry Baby ", " A Woman Left Lonely ", " Get It While You Can ", " My Baby ", " Trust Me ", " Mercedes Benz ", " One Night Stand ", " Raise Your Hand " and her only number one hit, " Me and Bobby McGee ".

They would aggressively skirt listener boredom to play only the most popular singles.

Despite self-confessed lack of vocal talent, he released horror-themed singles during the early to mid -' 60s, the most popular " Jack the Ripper ", covered live and on record by garage rock bands including the White Stripes, the Gruesomes, the Black Lips and the Horrors for their debut LP.

Although dual wheels are most common, use of two single, wider tires ( known as " super singles ") on each axle is becoming popular, initially among bulk cargo carriers and other weight-sensitive operators.

The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single " Price to Play ", and " So Far Away " ( which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart, and was featured on an episode of Smallville ); in addition, two other singles failed to crack the Hot 100 —" How About You " and " Zoe Jane "— but " How About You " was a fairly popular song on modern rock radio.

* February 1 – The Beatles vault to the # 1 spot on the U. S. singles charts for the first time, with " I Want to Hold Your Hand ", forever changing the way popular music sounds to Americans, also starting the British Invasion in America.

The sessions yield the popular and critically acclaimed singles " Suspicious Minds ," " In the Ghetto " and " Kentucky Rain.

Miranda teamed with the famous Andrews Sisters three times from 1948-1950 to produce three Decca singles, the first one, " Cuanto La Gusta ", being the most popular ( a best-selling record and a number-twelve Billboard hit ).

Her singles " Take Me High " ( 1975 ) and " Lovin ' You " ( 1976 ) were mainly popular in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and R & B, such as the popular singles " Brown Eyed Girl ", " Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm in Heaven When You Smile )", " Domino " and " Wild Night ".

They even covered Steve Winwood's popular Blind Faith hit " Can't Find My Way Home " in 1989, one of two singles from the LP.

* Deutsche Alternative Charts, a listing of the most popular alternative albums and singles in Germany

In the US, EPs were not popular at the time so ( and against The Beatles ' wishes ) Capitol Records decided to release the soundtrack as an LP by adding some recent non-album singles.

Live Through This was a critical success, and spawned a slew of fairly popular singles: " Doll Parts ", " Violet ", " Miss World " and " Softer, Softest ".

It saw the release of the popular singles " Rocket Skates ", " You've Seen the Butcher " and " Diamond Eyes ".

Other popular singles included " Lights " and " Wheel in the Sky.

" Talk About Our Love " reached number six in the United Kingdom but later singles failed to score successfully on the popular music charts.

Pretenders II included the Extended Play singles, the MTV video success, " Day After Day ," and popular album-radio tracks " The Adultress ," " Birds of Paradise ," " Bad Boys Get Spanked " and " The English Roses ".

Get Close was released in 1986 ; the disc included the Top 10 singles " Don't Get Me Wrong " ( helped by a popular video homage to the television series The Avengers ) and " Hymn to Her " a No. 8 success in the UK.

After returning to the U. S., the group released Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 ; produced this time by Roy Halee and drummer Colomby, which was another popular success, spawning hit singles with a cover of Carole King's " Hi-De-Ho " and another Clayton-Thomas composition, " Lucretia MacEvil ".