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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.
Gibson was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 31, 1970, the third of Diane (née Pustizzi) and Joseph Gibson's four daughters. [1] [9] [10] Her father, who enjoyed singing, was originally named Joseph Schultz and was abandoned by his mother as a boy; [11] his biological mother married a man with the surname Gibson before putting Joseph into an orphanage. [12]
Madonna was the best-selling female pop music artist of the decade. Her third studio release, True Blue, became the best-selling female album of the 1980s. Other Madonna albums from the decade include Like a Virgin, one of the best selling albums of all-time, and Like a Prayer ("As close to art as pop music gets," said Rolling Stone). Madonna ...
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July ...
Pink (singer) Alecia Beth Moore Hart (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (stylized as P!nk), is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her rock-influenced pop songs, powerful contralto voice, and activism. At the age of 15, Pink formed the short-lived girl group Choice, who signed with LaFace Records in 1995 ...
Pages in category "American women singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 890 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Adult Contemporary number ones of 1980. British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply (pictured in 2006) had two spells at number one with "Lost in Love". Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1980, 20 songs topped the chart, based ...
The following is a list of artists who have reached number one on the adult contemporary music singles chart in Billboard magazine since the chart's inception in 1961. The chart has gone by a variety of names over the years, including Easy Listening, Pop Standard, Middle-Road, and the current Adult Contemporary.