Since I am probably Tori's biggest stan in this godforsaken forum I intend to give nothing but 9-10s to her
I am however mad that "Crucify", "China" and "Jackie's Strength" did not make the rate.
As far as Ms. Phair is concerned, I will wait and see what's being included. "Never Said" ain't getting much love from moi. Too bad "**** and Run" was never released as a single.
Yeah, I was really hoping for some more Little Earthquakes singles to make the cut. Justice for Crucify and Winter!
Cheating a BIT, as the first of these singles was originally released in 1989 - but 1990 in the US, so it's all good!
Lisa Stansfield. British soul goddess. Won Search for the Stars at age fourteen. Met future collaborators Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and the formed a band - Blue Zone. The band existed until a featured spot on a dance single, People Hold On, alerted them to the public's yearning for Lisa as a solo artist.
Her first release? This is the Right Time.
Top twenty in the UK, almost top twenty in the US. Number one on the dance charts, but only top twenty on the R&B charts. No worries, as the next single would go to number one there.
We all know it.
#3 on the Hot 100
#1 on the "Black" charts.
#1 on the Dance charts
#7 at AC radio
Number one in the UK, as well as Austria, Belgium, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands.
Look at my people GO OFF. YES there is nothing like a Black audience! "GO LISA! GO LISA!"
Lisa was nominated for Female Pop Vocal and New Artist, but lost to another big voice - Mariah Carey. Imagine a category with Lisa, Mariah, Whitney, Bette and Sinead. I mean, do people even sing anymore?
Annie Lennox. Trendsetter. Genderbender. Lead of The Eurythmics. By 1990, the world was ready to hear her contralto on SOLO recordings, and her first album, Diva, did not disappoint.
The first single, Why, only went to thirty four here, but its impact reverberated. It won Female Video in 1992, quite deservedly - and also won Female Pop Vocal.
Second single Walking on Broken Glass was a bigger hit, and was nominated for Female Video, losing to a black and white lesbionic exchange. Not here for it!
John Malkovich should have won something for his cameo!
I was torn between adding Little Bird or Precious, but I went for the one Annie did at the London Olympics twenty years after its original release.
Fun Fact: Annie was pregnant while filming; that's why there are so many drag queens!
Annie also wrote the theme to Francis Ford Coppola's version of Dracula - Love Song for a Vampire.
It went top three in the UK!
For some reason, Annie decided to follow up Diva with a record of covers of songs originally done by male artists.
The most successful of them, No More I Love You's, went to number three, and famously (because the Lambily still hasn't accepted it) beat Mariah's Fantasy for Female Pop Vocal at the 94-95 Grammys.
Third Female Video nomination btw, losing out to Madonna's Take a Bow.
Why
Walking on Broken Glass
Little Bird
Love Song for a Vampire
No More I Love You's