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The album raised rap music to a new level of popularity. It was the first hip-hop album certified diamond by the RIAA for sales of over ten million. [3] It remains one of the genre's all-time best-selling albums. [4] To date, the album has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Wilson Phillips (pictured) had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Hold On" at number one and "Release Me" at number 19. Janet Jackson (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1990. Phil Collins (pictured) had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1990 ...
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.
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 ...
June 12 – Mariah Carey releases her debut album, which would go on to top the Billboard 200 for 11 consecutive weeks. [4] June 30 – Knebworth 1990, a one-off festival at Knebworth Park, England in support of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Participating musicians have all been winners of the Silver Clef Award.
Stylus's Top 200 Albums of All Time: #121 [193] Mixmag's "The 50 Most Influential Dance Music Albums of All Time" [239] Treble's "Top 150 Albums of the 90s": #136 [8] Musikexpress's Best Albums of the 90s: #49 [180] 7 November 1995 () Liquid Swords: GZA/Genius: East Coast hip hop; hardcore hip hop; Geffen: Highly regarded for its complex ...
Ten songs had runs at number one of ten weeks or longer during the 1990s, with the longest coming from "Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New at 16 weeks. ("Higher" by Creed spent 17 weeks at the top of the chart but its last couple of weeks ran into the year 2000). By 1996, rock radio stations had become more song-driven rather than album ...
#1 World Album #1 World Single Phil Collins - …But Seriously; Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl; Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True; Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time; Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U; Album With Most Weeks at #1 MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em