Nobody (Sylvia song) explained

Nobody
Cover:	Nobody Silvia.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Sylvia
Album:	Just Sylvia
B-Side:	I'll Make It Right with You
Released:	June 5, 1982
Genre:	Country pop
Length:	3:19
Label:	RCA Nashville
Producer:	Tom Collins
Prev Title:	Sweet Yesterday
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Like Nothing Ever Happened
Next Year:	1982

"Nobody" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Sylvia. It was released in June 1982 as the second single from the album Just Sylvia.

The song was first recorded in 1982 by Sylvia, who was already a country music star, achieving a #1 hit and 2 other top tens in 1981. "Nobody" was her second and final Billboard #1 country hit.^[1] The song was so successful, it crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 charts, debuting on August 21, 1982 (the week the song dropped from #1 Country) and peaking at #15 in November.^[2] "Nobody" spent 20 weeks on the chart; earned a gold record; and was also a top five Adult Contemporary hit.

The song turned young Sylvia into a star on both sides of the charts. Although she gained country-pop success with "Nobody", she never achieved another crossover hit, or for that matter, another Billboard Country Singles #1 hit. The song became Sylvia's signature song and got nominated for a Grammy award in 1983 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. It also helped her take home the Academy of Country Music (ACM) award for Top Female Vocalist of 1982, a category for which she was never even nominated by the Country Music Association (CMA). The title also received the BMI Song of the Year (1983) award for receiving the most radio airplay.

Charts

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	41
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[4]	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[5]	5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary^[6]	5
New Zealand^[7] (Recorded Music NZ)	2
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	59
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	2
US Cash Box Top 100^[11]	56

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 342.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 619.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 303.
4. Web site: RPM Top 50 Country Singles - September 4, 1982.
5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - January 15, 1983.
6. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. 17 July 2013.
7. http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3036 NZ Top 40 Singles Chart
8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 20, 1982 . March 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218212051/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19821120.html . February 18, 2017 . dead .
9. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811145442/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6167&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062. 2016-08-11.
10. Talent in Acction. Billboard. 94. 51. TIA-30. December 25, 1982. June 24, 2021.
11. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982 . March 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331053901/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html . March 31, 2019 . dead .