Icy Blu
Icy Blu | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Laurel Yurchick[1] |
| Born | June 1, 1974 Austin, Texas |
| Genres | Pop-rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer |
| Years active | 1991–1992 |
| Labels | Giant 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]
Personal Life
In April of 2021, the United States Attorney's Office of the Western District of Texas announced that Yurchick was one of 21 people that had been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of methamphetamine in Texas and elsewhere from August 2019 to March 2021.[6]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | ||
| 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
- ^ Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman
- ^ a b "Billboard > Icy Blu Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Icy Blu in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.
- ^ a b "charts.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ 21 Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges Filed in Austin, April 9, 2021
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "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.
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