Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
As the decade progressed, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without the release of a commercially available singles in an attempt by record companies to boost albums sales. Because such a release was required to chart on the Hot 100, many popular songs that were hits on top 40 radio never made it onto the chart.
A greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. Albums entitled Greatest Hits, or similar titles, listed alphabetically by band name or artist's last name, include:
In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. [5] Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021. Also shown are the artists placing the most songs on the overall "all-time" top 100 song list.
Greatest Hits: 1979–1990 is a compilation album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on October 31, 1989 in the United States. The album compromises all singles Warwick released with Arista after leaving her previous label Warner Bros. Records in 1978. It peaked at number 177 on the US Billboard 200. [1]
Classic Rock and Metal Hammer's 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s [88] 12 May 1992 The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion: The Black Crowes: Blues rock [134] Def American: Classic Rock's Greatest Albums of the 90's: #10 [44] Uncut's "The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s": #114 [3] Rock Hard magazine's The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of ...
20 Greatest Hits marks Rogers' third compilation album as a solo artist. This compilation covers the entire span of Rogers' glorious chart run through the late 1970s and early 1980s. This compilation covers the entire span of Rogers' glorious chart run through the late 1970s and early 1980s.