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Congratulations are in Order...apparently

Imagine the situation...you're sitting at your desk, quite unwittingly working away on a quiet Monday morning (and Mondays are, understandably, our quietest day here), when you receive a very excited phone call from a very excited member of staff from a record company who we're not sure if we should name...let's call them Booting Cars Records, just to be on the safe side.

"Our artist has made history!" They exclaim excitedly. Confused, and coming off the phone none-the-wiser (such was the excitement of the person in question that it was impossible to ascertain what this "history" actually was), we decided some digging was most definitely in order.

And what did our dig discover? Well, firstly, "BCR" were completely correct, their artist had indeed made history, but they weren't the only one. So let's take this opportunity as a website, as an institution, and as a community, to herald and celebrate the success of two outstanding artists.

Both Brittany Knox, and Ryan Ross Hernandez, you see, have continued to make history since the very inception of the Chart Heat Album Charts, almost exactly 6 months ago. These two artists are the only two ou of the original Top 20, who's album still sits proudly in the Top 20. After 6 months, that certainly deserves a round of applause so let's hear it!

Brittany's album, Halfway There, was the more successful of the two originally, charting at number 2 in the first chart in January (behind only Stacey Walton), and hasn't suffered much of a slump since. Album sales for Brit's debut have been pretty solid, and have even jumped up considerably in the last few weeks following the news that she is set to unleash a second album on the world sometime in the near future. Such was the level of recent success, that even after 6 full months in the Top 20,  Halfway There charted at number 6 this past week. Congrats to Ms Knox for that success, it really is an outstanding achievement. 

And what about Mr Hernandez? Occupying the position behind Ms Knox (which he probably has in a literal sense at some point as well) in the original chart, he has continued to follow her into the history books ever since. With Let A Man Be Lost originally charting at number 3, RRH's massive presence in the music industry has ensured that he has been an ever present over the past half year, and celebrated 6 months solid in the charts by making the number 14 position his own this past Sunday.

So to both of those artists, we say, firstly, wow(!) and secondly, massive congratulations. It takes real class and talent to create an album that can chart at all, and something out of this world to have it occupy a top 20 position for a full 6 months. We raise a glass to you both, and here's to much more success for years to come!