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Originally posted by Flashing Lights
Alicia Keys did incredible in LA!
I'm surprised "No One" didn't repeat the same level of success.
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Yep, just like faint_lpc said, Alicia Keys only did well in the Central feed around this time. This was mainly because the feed was centered in Chile back then, where there seemed to have been a great liking for hip-hop/R&B/urban music. Chilean hip-hop groups like Tiro de Gracia and Mamma Soul made it to #1, while other artists like Zaturno & Tapia Rabia, DJ Raff & Solo di Medina, Makiza, and Los Tetas also received heavy airplay. Thus, MTV also began to promote artists from this genre in that specific feed. Alicia Keys and Destiny's Child, though, were the only REALLY successful ones I can remember from that time, though, and I guess it partly helped that they both won VMAs that year.