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This is a list of songs described as feminist anthems celebrating women's empowerment, or used as protest songs against gender inequality. These songs range from airy pop affirmations such as " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " by Cyndi Lauper , to solemn calls to action such as "We Shall Go Forth" by Margie Adam .
Prior to December 2019, the biggest drop from number one was shared by two songs that were back-to-back number ones in October 1974, both dropping from number one to number 15: "Nothing from Nothing" by Billy Preston, and "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners. That record held for more than 45 years.
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.
During the Medieval eras, most of the art music was created for liturgical (or otherwise religious) purposes; due to the views about the roles of women that were held by religious leaders, few women composed this type of music, with musicians such as Hildegard von Bingen being among the exceptions. [14]
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
Award-winning Nashville songwriters Renee Blair and Laura Veltz discuss why Dolly Parton's classic "Jolene" remains timeless after 50 years.
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" began the 2020s in the number-one position on the Hot 100, and made her the first artist to rank at number one on charts from four different decades. [1] The song was in its third week at number one on January 4, 2020, reaching the top for the first time on December 21, 2019.
"She's Every Woman" is a song written by Victoria Shaw and Garth Brooks, and recorded by Brooks. It was released in August 1995 as the first single from the album Fresh Horses. It was a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in October 1995, becoming his 14th Number One on that chart.