This Day in History: 2023-04-21
APRIL 21st
The “Footloose” soundtrack with the title track (performed by Kenny Loggins), “Almost Paradise” (Ann Wilson – Heart & Mike Reno – Loverboy) and “Holding Out For A Hero” (Bonnie Tyler) begins a ten-week run at #1 on the Billboard 200. 1984
Soundgarden’s “Superunknown” goes 6-times platinum (sales over 6-million). 1994
The band’s fourth album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in ’94.
Rush get their ninth Juno Award (the Canadian Grammys) when “Clockwork Angels” is named Rock Album of the Year. 2013
It is the nineteenth and final studio album by the band.
Metallica’s “72 Seasons” is #1 on the U.K. Albums Chart. Metallica’s eleventh studio album outsells the rest of the Top 5 combined to become the band’s fourth album — and first since “Death Magnetic” in ’08 – to top the U.K. chart. 2023