Original sentence: It had contrasting fortunes on each side of the Atlantic — a #8 successes on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, but only #28 on the UK singles chart.The video scored badly in the US
Edited sentence: It had contrasting fortunes on each side of the Atlantic — a #8 successes on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US (buoyed by heavy rotation of the video on MTV), but only #28 on the UK singles chart