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August 10 – Jason “J-Sin” Luttrell, former vocalist of Primer 55, died from Hepatitis C at the age of 40. [77] [78] August 14 – Randy Rampage, former vocalist of Annihilator, died from a heart attack at the age of 58. [79] [80] August 14 – Jill Janus, vocalist of Huntress, died from committing suicide at the age of 42. [81]
For 2018, the list was published on December 4, calculated with data from December 2, 2017 to November 17, 2018. [1] The top Hot 100 artist of 2018 was Drake, [2] who placed eight songs on the list, including the number-one song of the year, "God's Plan". Rapper Cardi B also placed eight songs on the list.
G The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 12, 2018. [23] H The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 2018. [25] I The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending June 9, 2018. [65] J The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending June 23, 2018. [66]
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
July 7 – Brett Hoffman, 51, heavy metal singer; July 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, actor and pop singer; July 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, jazz funk and R&B singer; July 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road) August 2 – Neil Argo, 71, film and television composer; August 4 — Lorrie Collins, 76, singer and guitarist (The ...
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
A new generation of thrash metal bands emerged in the early 2000s, drawing lyrical and visual inspiration from the older groups. [10] [11] Thrash metal was an inspiration for later extreme genres such as death metal and black metal. This list also includes certain bands which belong to the first wave of black metal.
Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s is a series of compilation albums of heavy metal songs of the 1980s, the heyday of the genre. The title comes from the song by Skid Row , which does not appear in the series.