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Sisters score a hat-trick.
It is treble tops for the Scissor Sisters, who are number one on the singles chart for the fourth straight week with I Don't Feel Like Dancin', while that track remains on top of the radio airplay chart, and Ta-Dah enjoys a second week of domination at the top of the albums chart.
Although Madonna was the last US act to maintain simultaneous superiority on both the singles and albums charts for a fortnight as recently as last November, when single Hung Up and album Confessions On A Dance Floor paired up, it is a great deal longer since an American group turned the trick.
In fact, it was last achieved when Blondie's reign with single Heart Of Glass and parent album Parallel Lines overlapped by two weeks in February 1979.
It is the second long-standing record previously held by Blondie that the Scissor Sisters have taken - their self-titled debut album was the biggest-seller of 2004, the first by an American group to take the annual sales title with an album of new material since the aforementioned Parallel Lines topped the 1979 tabulations.
With sales last week of 32,338 for I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and 134,953 for Ta-Dah - dips of 23.6% and 52.3% week-on-week - Scissor Sisters' continued ...
- Running with Scissor Sisters.(hell in a handbasket)
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Brocka, Q. Allan April 12, 2005 700+ words
...way about a band again ... until Scissor Sisters came along. A year ago their cover...couldn't find much information about Scissor Sisters right away, so naturally I gave up...mother whose 4-year-old is a huge Scissor Sisters fan. He thinks Babydaddy is cooler...
- OH GOODIE...I'M IN THE SCISSOR SISTERS; Graeme Garden's son gets big break with...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) January 30, 2005 700+ words
...performance with camp disco-rock band the Scissor Sisters. When the lead singer introduced...John may be the newest member of Scissor Sisters but he's the most laid-back of...challenged to sing the lyrics of a Scissor Sisters' song to another tune. Then Brooke...
- Culture: Sisters at the cutting edge of glam pop revival; Scissor Sisters...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) March 31, 2004 700+ words
...they can get their hands on, the Scissor Sisters have become one of the most talked...stage invader has yet impressed the Scissor Sisters -who also include instrumentalist...what they had heard, even requesting Scissor Sisters picture discs and albums. 'I'm...
- The night the Scissor Sisters really cut it.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) February 10, 2005 700+ words
Byline: By Anita Singh The Scissor Sisters stole the show at the Brit Awards last night...Artist: Gwen Stefani International Group: Scissor Sisters International Album: Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters International Breakthrough...
- Scissor Sisters.(Take Your Mama)(Theater Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Miller, Jeff October 1, 2004 700+ words
...Reviewed Sept. 29, 2004. When Scissor Sisters started its tour-closing show at...band," but that's exactly what Scissor Sisters is. Not that there's anything wrong...that makes their act so appealing. Scissor Sisters gets points for diversity, as the...
- Scissor Sisters.(Concert review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Mirkin, Steven October 2, 2006 700+ words
...hard to be eclectic, New York's Scissor Sisters have been remarkably consistent on...strained here. It's easier to hear the Scissor Sisters' appeal on album, or at least in...are lost. But for three songs, the Scissor Sisters are good enough to make their case...
- Scissor Sisters are cut out for the UK.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) October 19, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: Glenn Gamboa Oct. 19--The Scissor Sisters, who are still based in Manhattan...Love" may be an understatement. The Scissor Sisters' eponymous debut album, with its...said you were crazy." That said, Scissor Sisters aren't about to give up on America...
- GOLDEN BOY.(designer Zaldy Goco dresses Scissor Sisters )
- Magazine article from: WWD Schweiger, Melissa May 4, 2006 700+ words
...INDIO, Calif. - An hour before the Scissor Sisters were due to hit the stage to close...Britney Spears - working with the Scissor Sisters was still a departure for him...and Karl Lagerfeld turned up at the Scissor Sisters' concert in late April at the Bowery...
