Billboard 2006-08-19
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dwvanstoneAlthough I'm not loving much of the music from 2006, it is nice to see so many female artists in the top 10 -- six in that week in 2006 compared to three this week in 2021.
I'm noticing a trend of several female pop artists who were also big in reality shows or movies/TV. For instance, Paris Hilton released one album in 2006 which included her only Hot 100 hit "Stars Are Blind" (reaching #18). It has a light reggae beat. (I just learned the phrase cod reggae meaning reggae made by white folks.) It's not as bad as I imagined it would be.
A more interesting song to me is Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair," a song borrowing heavily from Madonna's sound from the 80's. Nostalgia? Her younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, also has a hit this week with "Invisible", her last top 40 hit. This is my favorite of the three with fun clangy guitars in the chorus.
Brooke Hogan, daughter of Hulk, has the highest debut song (#53) with "About Us," a pop-by-numbers trifle. I don't recommend it. There's also Monica debuting at #94 with a catchy "Everytime Tha Beat Drop".
I supposed any of the American Idol cast on the charts would also be considered TV stars. It seemed to me that to be a female musician in 2006 also meant being pervasive across media. (Probably the same way artists have to be all over social media now.)
I'm noticing a trend of several female pop artists who were also big in reality shows or movies/TV. For instance, Paris Hilton released one album in 2006 which included her only Hot 100 hit "Stars Are Blind" (reaching #18). It has a light reggae beat. (I just learned the phrase cod reggae meaning reggae made by white folks.) It's not as bad as I imagined it would be.
A more interesting song to me is Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair," a song borrowing heavily from Madonna's sound from the 80's. Nostalgia? Her younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, also has a hit this week with "Invisible", her last top 40 hit. This is my favorite of the three with fun clangy guitars in the chorus.
Brooke Hogan, daughter of Hulk, has the highest debut song (#53) with "About Us," a pop-by-numbers trifle. I don't recommend it. There's also Monica debuting at #94 with a catchy "Everytime Tha Beat Drop".
I supposed any of the American Idol cast on the charts would also be considered TV stars. It seemed to me that to be a female musician in 2006 also meant being pervasive across media. (Probably the same way artists have to be all over social media now.)
