Rock On The Net: Neil Diamond (original) (raw)

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Diamond hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "I've Been This Way Before."
Year-End Chart Position: # 248

Diamond topped the charts with Barbra Streisand with "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." from the LPBarbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Billboard chart run: 31 - 16 - 5 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 12 - 26 - 36 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

# 33 Singles Artist of the Year

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "September Morn."
from the LP September MornARC chart run: 32 - 28 - 25 - 22 - 18 - 15 - 13 - 26 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: #115
available for download at Amazon.mp3

Diamond was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("You Don't Bring Me Flowers" with Barbra Streisand).

Diamond hit the Top 40 "Love On The Rocks."
from The Jazz SingersoundtrackARC chart run: 26 - 20 - 17 - 11 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 10 - 13 - 16 - 26 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 16
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

# 5 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

Diamond hit #1 for a week with "Love On The Rocks."
Diamond hit the Top 40 with "Hello Again."
from The Jazz SingersoundtrackARC chart run: 32 - 24 - 19 - 15 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 16 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 48
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Diamond hit theTop 10 with "Hello Again."

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "America."
from The Jazz SingersoundtrackARC chart run: 35 - 24 - 17 - 13 - 12 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 22 - 27 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 63
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Diamond hit the Top 10 with "America."

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "Yesterday's Songs."
from the LPOn The Way To The SkyARC chart run: 35 - 23 - 19 - 16 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 22 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position: #77

Diamond topped the Billboard 1981 Year-End Chart Toppers with the Top Soundtrack (The Jazz Singer).

# 19 Singles Artist of the Year

Diamond hit the Top 10 with "Yesterday's Songs."

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "On The Way To The Sky."
from the LP On The Way To The SkyARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 31 - 27 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart Position: #183
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "Be Mine Tonight."
from the LP On The Way To The SkyARC chart run: 38 - 34 - 32 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position: #195
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Diamond hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Heartlight."
from the LP HeartlightARC chart run: 33 - 27 - 17 - 13 - 9 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 16 - off
Year-End Chart Position: #48
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Diamond hit the Top 40 with "I'm Alive."
from the LP HeartlightARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 23 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 161
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At the American Music Awards Diamond was honored with the Award of Merit.

Diamond released As Time Goes By - The Movie Album.

Diamond was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (As Time Goes By - The Movie Album).

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included The Neil Diamond Collection (1999) at # 222.

# 139 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

Diamond released the critically acclaimed 12 Songs.

Diamond released Home Before Dark (Rolling Stone: ).
Diamond topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for the first time with Home Before Dark. The set sold over 146,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
Diamond topped the UK LP charts with Home Before Dark.

Home Before Dark was certified gold.

Diamond performed at the Grammy Awards.

Diamond released the live LP Hot August Night NYC exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club (Billboard peak: # 2).

Diamond released A Cherry Cherry Christmas (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).

Diamond released Dreams.

The Bang Years was released.
Diamond was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Very Best Of Neil Diamondwas released.

Diamond released the holiday LP Classic Christmas Album.

• October 21: Diamond released Melody Road.
  Billboard peak: # 3

• October 28: Diamond released the holiday LP Acoustic Christmas.

• March 31: The 3CD set 50th Anniversary Collection was released.
  Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 78
  Tracks: "Solitary Man" - "Cherry, Cherry" - "I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No)" - "You Got To Me" - "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" - "I'm A Believer" - "Thank The Lord For The Night TIme" - "Red, Red Wine" - "Sunday Sun" - "Shilo" - "Kentucky Woman" - "Brooklyn Roads" - "Glory Road" - "Holy Holy" - "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" - "Sweet Caroline" - "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" - "Done Too Soon" - "Soolaimon" - "Cracklin' Rosie" - "Crunchy Granola Suite" - "I Am... I Said" - "Stones" - "morning Side" - "Song Sung Blue" - "Play Me" - "Be (Recapitulation And Farewell To Fletcher" - "Skybird" - "Lonely Looking Sky" - "I've Been Down This Way Before" - "Longfellow Serenade" - "Beautiful Noise" - "Street Life" - "If You Know What I Mean" - "Desiree" - "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - "Forever In Blue Jeans" - September Morn" - "The Story Of My Life" - "Yesterday's Songs" - "I Believe In Happy Endings" - "Hello Again" - "Love On The Rocks" - "Heartlight" - "Lady-Oh" - "Pretty Amazing Grace" - "Hell Yeah" - "We" - "The Art Of Love" - "America"
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

• January 28: Diamond received the LIfetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards.

• November 20: Classic Diamonds With The London Symphony Orchestra was released.
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
  available on vinyl
  Live Tracks: "Beautiful Noise" - "Hello Again" - "I Am... I Said" - "I'm A Believer" - "Song Sung Blue" - "September Morn" - "America" - "Holy Holy" - "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - "Play Me" - "Love On The Rocks" - "Heartlight" - "I've Been This Way Before" - "Sweet Caroline"

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