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Icy Blu
Birth nameLaurel Yurchick[1]
Born (1974-06-01) June 1, 1974 (age 50)
Austin, Texas
GenresPop-rap
OccupationSinger
Years active1991–1992
LabelsGiant Records

Icy Blu (born Laurel Yurchick, June 1, 1974) is an American recording artist who had a brief pop career in the early 1990s.

Career

In 1991, Icy Blu released a self-titled album containing the singles "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" and "I Wanna Be Your Girl". Both singles entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)", which samples Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It", reached the top 10 in Australia[3] and New Zealand,[4] and was the fortieth highest-selling single of 1991 in Australia.[5]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
AUS
[6]
1991 Icy Blu 100

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
NZ
[4]
1991 "Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" 78 8 4 Icy Blu
"I Wanna Be Your Girl" 46 88 15

References

  1. ^ Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman
  2. ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Icy Blu > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  4. ^ a b "charts.org.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. ^ "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – Week Ending 27 Oct 1991 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 92)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-09-05.