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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.
Janet Jackson earned six number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s. Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, which at the time was a record. [4] [5] Lisa Loeb became the first artist to score a #1 hit before signing to any record label, with "Stay (I Missed You)".
Mariah Carey (pictured in 2010) had her first chart-topper with "Vision of Love".. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1990 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in African American–oriented genres; the chart's name has changed over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since 2005. [1]
Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music. Playlists can span from the 1960s through the 2000s and, depending on market conditions, may be designed for African-American or Hispanic audiences.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles chart. Some publications have used Cashbox magazine's stats in their place. No specific reason has ever been given as to why Billboard ceased releasing R&B charts, but the prevailing wisdom is that the chart methodology used was being questioned, since more and more white acts were reaching number-one on the R&B chart.
Hootie & the Blowfish (pictured) charted with three songs: "Time" at number 50, "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" at number 74, and "Only Wanna Be with You" at number 99. Celine Dion 's ( pictured ) Hot 100 number one single " Because You Loved Me " charted at number three on the Year-End chart, while her song " It's All Coming Back to Me ...
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.