Icy Blu

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]

Discography

Albums

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

Singles

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

References

Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman
"Billboard > Icy Blu Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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.
"charts.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
"1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
"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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[1] Routhier, Ray (15 July 1991), "Icy Blu hits charts with soft rap song", Austin American-Statesman

[hot100-2] "Billboard > Icy Blu Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-04.

[aus-3] 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.

[4] Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Icy Blu in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

[5] Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.

[nz-4] "charts.nz > Icy Blu in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

[5] "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

[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.