Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles - Chart Milestones

Chart Milestones

• "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 spent 15 weeks on the Bubbling Under chart, including a record seven weeks at #101, but never cracked the Billboard Hot 100.

• "Cinema" by Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go spent a record 48 weeks on the chart without hitting the Billboard Hot 100. The previous holder of this record was "Think About You" by Luther Vandross, which spent a record 43 weeks on the chart without hitting the Billboard Hot 100.

• Ray Charles holds the record for having the most "bubblers" ever under a consistent artist credit, charting 14 of them from 1963 to 1993.

• The Robbs hold the record for the act with the most appearances on the Bubbling Under chart without having any of their records cross over into the Hot 100. Between 1966 and 1971, six of the group's singles appeared on the bubbling under charts. Their best showing was 1966's "Race with the Wind", which peaked at #103.

• One of the most mysterious records ever to appear in any Billboard chart was "Ready 'n' Steady", listed as recorded by an artist named "D.A.", which spent three weeks on the Bubbling Under chart in June 1979. In a 1995 interview, chart statistician Joel Whitburn stated that "Ready 'n' Steady" was "the only record we've never been able to find in the history of the pop charts." It was released on the Rascal label (which Whitburn postulated was run "out of a guy's home in Detroit"). However, in the 4th edition of Whitburn's book Bubbling Under the Hot 100, published in 2005, the entry for "D.A." was amended with a note stating "the existence of this record and artist is in question." The most recent edition of Whitburn's book Billboard's Top Pop Singles 1955-2010, published in 2011, includes both Top 100 and Bubbling Under singles—but D.A. is not listed. Collectors now generally treat "Ready 'n' Steady" as a "phantom record", at least until a copy can be located.