Icy Blu
Icy Blu (born Laurel Yurchick, June 1, 1974) is an American recording artist who had a brief pop career in the early 1990s.
Icy Blu | |
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| Birth name | Laurel Yurchick[1] |
| Born | June 1, 1974 Austin, Texas |
| Genres | Pop-rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer |
| Years active | 1991–1992 |
| Labels | Giant Records |
Career
In 1991, Icy Blu released a self-titled album containing the singles "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" and "I Wanna Be Your Girl". Both singles entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)", which samples Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It", reached the top 10 in Australia[3] and New Zealand,[4] and was the fortieth highest-selling single of 1991 in Australia.[5]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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AUS [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
| 1991 | "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" | 78 | 8 | 4 | Icy Blu |
| "I Wanna Be Your Girl" | 46 | 88 | 15 | ||
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References
- Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman
- "Billboard > Icy Blu Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- Australian (ARIA) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Icy Blu in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.
- "charts.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – Week Ending 27 Oct 1991 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 92)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-09-05.
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