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The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
Boyz II Men (pictured) earned a Hot 100 number-one single with "I'll Make Love to You", which stayed at the top position for fourteen straight weeks. This is a list of the American Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1994. There were 10 singles that topped the chart this year. The first of these, "Hero" by Mariah Carey, spent three weeks at the top, concluding a four-week run that had ...
Ace of Base's album The Sign had three songs in the top ten: "The Sign", "All That She Wants", and "Don't Turn Around".The last time an album had such a strong showing was in 1978, when Bee Gees recordings from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack were in positions 2, 4, and 6.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Issue date Song Artist(s) Weeks at number one [a] Ref 1981 March 21 "I Can't Stand It" Eric Clapton: 2 April 4 "You Better You Bet" The Who: 5 May 9 "The Waiting" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 6 June 20 "A Life of Illusion" Joe Walsh: 1 June 27 "The Voice" The Moody Blues: 4 July 25 "Urgent" Foreigner: 4 [2] August 22 "Burnin' for You" Blue ...
Colorful costumes, endless radio play, and big-money music videos supported the top tunes throughout the '90s. In short, it was a time of musical triumph — and some of the decade’s biggest ...
[1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap records made appearances on the related Hot Black Singles chart. [3] The inaugural number-one single on Hot Rap Singles was "Self Destruction" by the Stop the Violence Movement. [4]
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