Sublime Scores First Alternative Airplay #1 In Decades
Sublime has its first #1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart (dated September 20th) in nearly three decades with “Ensenada.”
Ensenada
The Ska/Punk band led the Alternative Airplay chart in 1996 with “What I Got,” just five months after Bradley Nowell’s overdose death.
Twenty-eight years and ten months later, “Ensenada,” with vocalist Jakob Nowell, Bradley’s son, is at the top. It is the lengthiest time period between #1s in the Alternative Airplay chart’s 37-year history.
What I Got
Sublime formed in 1988 with Bradley Nowell, (vocals) Eric Wilson (bass) and Bud Gaugh (drums). The band broke up shortly following Nowell’s death.
Sublime returned when Wilson and Gaugh were joined by Jakob Nowell in ’23.
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