Best Veteran Act To Not Have A #1 Album Until This Decade

Daft Punk. I feel like most of these should have a big asterisk *because internet and music industry have changed

i chose to be more subtle than that.

woops, should say blake shelton missed the cut by a couple days. first album came out 7/31/01, first #1 came out 7/12/11.

No TobyMac?

oh dammit assumed that dude's solo debut came later...sorry toby!

Not that anyone would vote for him

toby voters should vote for chris tomlin instead

What... the... fuck...

Blake Shelton missed the cut by a couple months. sorry BS fans

Why should Sabbath fans care?

As a fan of bullshit, I resent that supposition.

I don't know what's more strange: that Matchbox 20, Pink, Tom Petty, and Black Sabbath never had a number one album before this decade, or that Sia, Tony Bennnet, and QOTSA had a number one album this decade.

its either between Cake or Daft Punk for me though I'm a bit scared to go back and listen to any of Cake's music

QOSTA are the act I listen to the most out of these, though not necessarily the best.

This the US chart I take it?

Had no idea Robin Thicke wasn't new.

sorry, yeah, this is US

Weird mixture of "acts that broke out/crossed over in a major way after years of unheralded work" & "long-standing second-tier pop stars whose new albums are pretty much guaranteed to hit #1 unless they drop the same day as Kanye's"

... or as LimbsKing succinctly put it most of these should have a big asterisk

life should have a big asterisk in 2014

truth bomb

#blownaway

Daft Punk is my favorite but Weird Al gets the vote for longevity.

ranking the #1 albums that i've heard:

Weird Al > Pink > Foo Fighters > Robin Thicke > Daft Punk > Matchbox 20 > Gary Allan > Tom Petty

as far as the acts themselves, though, which i guess is the thread, Tom Petty narrowly over Weird Al and Pink

I'm not sure what to call it -- a post-iTunes culture that allows established acts with fervent fanbases to top the Billboard 200 with sales weeks that wouldn'tve reached the top 5 when their first albums came out (while the industry crumbled around them). Let's call it EAWFF (established acts with fervent fanbases).

Cake – EAWFF
The Foo Fighters - EAWFF
Jill Scott – EAWFF
Tony Bennett – EAWFF
Matchbox 20 – earlier peak occurred when boy bands were selling millions a week
Pink – earlier peak occurred when boy bands were selling millions a week
Chris Tomlin – not familiar enough
Gary Allan – not familiar enough
Daft Punk – EAWFF plus
Queens Of The Stone Age – EAWFF
Black Sabbath – EAWFF
Robin Thicke – huge hit single released well in advance
The Black Keys – legit gradual growth in popularity
Sia – legit gradual growth in popularity
"Weird" Al Yankovic – EAWFF
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – EAWFF

i don't even like metal but how is this not Black Sabbath in a landslide? hope my vote helps it along.

Seems like quite a few are just artists whose fervent fan base is still old enough to be in the generation that even considers buying music in an album format (digital or physically)? Guys over 40 or so who might buy the new Tom Petty or Sabbath or Foo Fighters album, but generally don't buy or otherwise seek out music.

Voting for Weird Al. Someone has to.

after a mid-decade slum Pink's been at the peak of her career since "So What."

*slump

FYI the downturn of the industry helping established mid level and cult acts rise to the top is exactly why I made the poll

While it makes the victory a little phyrric, I like the "congrats, someone still cares" aspect

Omg iPhone didn't tell me I misspelled pyrrhic

oh yeah I think I got the motivation behind the poll, it's really interesting - just curious about how exactly it works out this way. I wonder what the hard data is on who still buys albums agewise and even regionally.

Seems insane Tom Petty's getting his first number one in 2014, but it kind of makes total sense too. Just seems like a hugely interesting lens to look at how the industry has changed.

Damn The Torpedos hit #2 and so did Mojo, with a few Top 5s in between, so its definitely a bit of a quirk this is his first #1

i don't even like metal but how is this not Black Sabbath in a landslide? hope my vote helps it along.

i thought the same but i haven't heard the album yet

I haven't heard it, but I thought the consensus on the new Sabbath reunion album is that it's bad.

this poll is best act, not best album, though, right?

"Weird Al" just over QOTSA.

OK, like a mile over QOTSA.

this poll is best act, not best album, though, right?

It is. I was just making a side observation.

i was thinking best act, but as per usual personally i don't care if you go with best act, album, haircut, whatevs. assuming i don't forget or the chart collapses entirely i'll probably revive the thread any time somebody new gets the honor

Best act would be Sabbath for me, best album Daft Punk.

No idea if I should vote for the former?

Oh ok best act it is.

Sab.

tempted by QOTSA but feels churlish to pick them over sab

big drop-off after that for me, to some lifers where a little goes a long way

weird al being the sentimental favorite of that bunch

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

qfs

5 votes for robin thicke!

oddly enough, none of the artists on the Guardians of the Galaxy OST (the current #1) have ever scored a #1 album in the US, with Bowie reaching a career peak of #2 last year with The Next Day.

Good work, ILM.

I can't believe Cake had #1 album in 2011, somehow I missed when it happened.

after a long gap, we just got some recent doozies for this club

Muse (first album '99, first #1 album '15)
James Taylor (first album '68, first #1 album '15)
Breaking Benjamin (first album '02, first #1 album '15)

taylor replacing Sabbath as the 2nd longest gap behind Tony B

Tyrese (first album '98, first #1 album '15)