Scrabulous: Madonna & Nirvana
When you play online Scrabble as often as we do, your brain starts whirring through potential point values whenever you see a long word. Take MADONNA and NIRVANA: two Scrabble-friendly seven-letter sequences
that happen to be the names of artists featured here. Another thing the
two have in common: Of the four letters shared in both M-A-D-O-N-N-A and
N-I-R-V-A-N-A, here are eight legal options you can play, according to
the official Scrabble dictionary...
[A][A]
— rough, cindery lava
[A][N]
— used before words beginning with a vowel sound
[N][A]
— no; not
[N][A][N]
— a round, flat bread
[A][N][A]
— a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject
[A][N][N][A]
— a former coin of India and Pakistan
[N][A][N][A]
— a grandmother
[N][A][N][A]
— nan
Longest-Running No. 1 Albums
Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution
24 weeks
Synchronicity The Police
17 weeks
Faith George Michael
12 weeks
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
12 weeks
The Joshua Tree U2
9 weeks
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
8 weeks
Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
7 weeks
Appetite for Destruction Guns N'Roses
5 weeks
Vs. Pearl Jam
5 weeks
— Source: BILLBOARD
Artists Shorter Than Prince From the Past 25 Years
Prince: 5'2''
Sheena Easton: 5'1''
Shakira: 5'1''
Kylie Minogue: 5'0''
Lil' Kim: 4'11''
Top Sellers
These albums have had at least 10 million in sales, reaching diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Shania Twain Come On Over
********** 20 Million **********
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
******** 16 Million ********
Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A.
******** 15 Million *******
Guns N'Roses Appetite for Destruction
******** 15 Million *******
Metallica Metallica
******* 14 Million *******
Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain
******* 13 Million ******
TLC CrazySexyCool
****** 11 Million *****
George Michael Faith
***** 10 Million *****
Bob Marley and the Wailers Legend
***** 10 Million *****
U2 The Joshua Tree
***** 10 Million *****
Van Halen 1984
***** 10 Million *****
Number of Albums That Won Grammys : 58
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