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Hard rock; heavy metal; hair metal; pop metal [247] Geffen: Appetite for Destruction: August 3, 1987 () Hysteria: Def Leppard Glam metal [334] arena rock [334] hard rock [335] pop rock [336] Phonogram: Regarded as one of the best pop-metal albums ever recorded. [337] [338] Critical reception: August 17, 1987 Substance 1987: New Order Dance-rock ...
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.
The progressive rock of Rush's "Show Don't Tell", the final song to top the chart in the 1980s, had evolved into the post-grunge sound of Creed's "Higher" by the end of the 1990s. Despite the evolution, Van Halen still managed to top the chart more than any other artist during the 1990s with eight number-one songs.
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.
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.
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The post The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing appeared first on SPIN. ... ballad after ballad in the ‘80s and part of the ‘90s with songs that we all memorized the lyrics to ...
Mariah Carey amassed the most number-one hits (14 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (60 weeks) during the 1990s. Carey is also the only artist to spend at least one week at the summit of the chart in each year of the decade.