Tiffany
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
But it wasnt until later in the year that the album began to catch on with the young pop audience, when MTV and radio latched on to a cover of I Think Were Alone Now, which soon pushed the album to the number-one spot on the Billboard album charts (and in less than year, was certified quadruple platinum). A follow-up single, Couldve Been, proved to be just as successful, as it peaked at the top spot of the Billboard singles chart. But despite Tiffanys runaway success, this period proved to be troubling personally, as her mother filed a missing persons report for the singer, while Tiffany in return filed for legal emancipation (although Tiffanys mother claimed to be concerned about Tobins exploitative treatment of Tiffany, Tiffany decided to stand by Tobins side). A cover of the Beatles I Saw Her Standing There (reworked as I Saw Him Standing There) proved to be Tiffanys last major hit, peaking at number seven in the spring of 1988, as the singer gave the opening spot on a U.S. tour to a then-unknown teeny band, the New Kids on the Block (supposedly after the group auditioned for Tiffany backstage one night prior to a show).
Tiffanys sophomore effort, 1988s Hold an Old Friends Hand, was another hit (earning platinum certification), but didnt match the success of its predecessor, as it signaled that her audience was shifting their focus to other similarly styled bands (namely the New Kids on the Block). When her third release, New Inside, sunk from sight almost immediately after its release in 1990, it was clear that Tiffanys 15 minutes were up, as she faded from the publics view. Despite her much lower-profile, Tiffany continued to issue albums on a sporadic basis, including 1993s Dreams Never Die and 2000s The Color of Silence (while a collection, Greatest Hits, was released in 1996). Tiffanys public profile increased slightly around the dawn of the 21st century, as the singer was the subject of an episode of VH1s Behind the Music series (in which she disclosed a reconciliation with her mother) and, probably biggest of all, she posed for a 2002 issue of Playboy magazine.
