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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.
TRL's Number Ones is the collection of music videos that had reached the number-one spot on the daily music video countdown show Total Request Live which aired on MTV from 1998 to 2008. Usually, the same video would stay at the number-one spot for a significant period of time until it was retired or honorably discharged from the countdown and ...
Mariah Carey and JAY-Z threw absolutely everything at the wall—and this video, directed by Brett Ratner, was one of the most expensive music video productions of its time with a $2.5 million budget.
NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #100 [204] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #10 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #43 [49] Diariocritico's 100 Best Albums of the 80s: #22 [212] November 12, 1984 [242] Treasure: Cocteau Twins: Ethereal wave; dream pop; 4AD: Regarded as one of the greatest dream pop ...
TLC's "Waterfalls" was one of the first songs ever to reference the AIDS crisis, and at the time of its release, the $1 million music video budget was one of the biggest ever. 12. Outkast, "Hey Ya"
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.
When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986.
Music videos were not just the best, but practically the only way to thrive in popular music in the early ‘90s — but Pearl Jam challenged that status quo by becoming MTV’s most famous ...