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Album
Shut Up And Dance
- Peak position
- #7
- Weeks on chart
- 35
Shut Up And Dance (1990) is a Paula Abdul album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
Shut Up And Dance (1990) is a Paula Abdul album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 7 tracks on this release. It reached #7 and charted for 35 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Straight Up", "Opposites Attract", "Forever Your Girl".
The music
1 The Way That You Love Me
2 Straight Up
- 3
Knocked Out - Pettibone 12"
4 Forever Your Girl
- 5
Coldhearted - Quiverin' 12"
6 Opposites Attract
- 7
One Or The Other
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- May 26, 1990#52
- Jun 2#13
- Jun 9#9
- Jun 16#7
- Jun 23#7
- Jun 30#10
- Jul 7#11
- Jul 14#14
- Jul 21#14
- Jul 28#17
- Aug 4#18
- Aug 11#20
- Aug 18#21
- Aug 25#27
- Sep 1#31
- Sep 8#35
- Sep 15#40
- Sep 22#41
- Sep 29#48
- Oct 6#62
- Oct 13#72
- Oct 20#80
- Oct 27#93
- Nov 3#122
- Nov 10#118
- Nov 17#133
- Nov 24#148
- Dec 1#148
- Dec 8#166
- Dec 15#158
- Dec 22#145
- Dec 29#145
- 1991
- Jan 5, 1991#130
- Jan 12#169
- Jan 19#178
A rocket up the chart — jumping 39 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #52, exploded upward for 4 weeks to reach #7, then spent 4 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 35 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
- Straight UpPaula Abdul
- Hot 100 peak
- #1
- Weeks on chart
- 25
Highest peak · Longest-running single · First charting singleOpen song journey → - Opposites AttractPaula Abdul
- Hot 100 peak
- #1
- Weeks on chart
- 23
Highest peak · Final charting singleOpen song journey → - Forever Your GirlPaula Abdul
- Hot 100 peak
- #1
- Weeks on chart
- 22
Highest peakOpen song journey →
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- Singles"Straight Up" · "Opposites Attract" · "Forever Your Girl"
- ArtistPaula Abdul
- Year1990