@yourmusiceducationReplying to @stephenarthurin This was the first year since Billboard Magazine began publishing popular music charts in 1935 that no white artist held the top spot. Every artist charting #1 on the Hot 100 in 2004 was Black. One journalist recalls that by the early 2000s, “urban music was pop music.” Usher dominated the charts […]
@yourmusiceducationWhich year was your favorite? The shift in the US pop music landscape from 2010 to 2019 was tremendous. The world went through a recession in 2008 and a pandemic from 2020 through 2022 (2023???). But pop music just kept popping. The shift from mostly CDs to mostly streaming (as well as Billboard’s shifting tabulation
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @aurora.delucia Watch this video twice and you’ll get whiplash. So. Many. Numbers. Ones. Mariah Carey got her first (and second) number one that year and the first of eleven straight years for her. Other notable first-time artists to top the charts were Michael Bolton, Taylor Dayne, Wilson Phillips, and Jon Bon Jovi (as
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @darwinshousecat @theworldaccordingtojoel Every #1 song from 1982. I need all my Gen-X folks to help us beat 2012. MTV went on the air August 1, 1981 and as we move forward, we’ll see higher quality videos. #musichistory #LearnOnTikTok #music #oldschool #80smusic #1982 #olivianewtonjohn #darylhall #johnoates #hallandoates #thejgeilsband #joanjett #vangelis #paulmccartney #steviewonder #thehumanleague #survivor
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @calsgn_jager In 2010, Bruno Mars, will.i.am, and Drake each earned their first #1 hit, and Snoop Dogg got his third (and last so far…) when he collaborated with Katy Perry. Perry, Eminem, Ke$ha, and Bruno Mars all had two chart topping entries that year. Far East Movement earned the first #1#1y Asian-American artists
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @s.lly_ally 2007 continued the slow shift from R&B to pop-oriented songs, though the R&B/hip-hop influence was still very strongly felt at the top of the US charts. Beyoncé kicked off the year with a 10-week run (that started in 2006) of Irreplaceable, but was soon replaced at #1 by a Nelly Furtad, followed
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @pacmanpat We we’re listening to alternative (“modern rock”) music like the rest of the cool kids. #musichistory #learnontiktok #music #oldschool #yourmusiceducation #nostalgia #throwback #alternativemusic #grunge #greenday #live #betterthanezra #soulasylum #u2 #alanismorissette #silverchair #bush #googoodolls #thepresidentsoftheunitedstatesofamerica #redhotchillipeppers #oasis #whenicomearound #good #misery #holdme #yououghtaknow #tomorrow #comedown #name #handinmypocket #lump #myfriends #glycerine #wonderwall Tiktok failed to
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @snewsie So many #1 songs on the US Hot 100 in 1987! If you like this, you will definitely want to follow @cantbuyme80s. This year had back-to-back Tommy James and the Shondells covers. Hits by George Michael, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Huey Lewis and the News, Bon Jovi, and U2. Can you
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @___beck716 Yoooooo you like 80s music? I got some 80s music for ya! #musichistory #learnontiktok #music #oldschool #yourmusiceducation #throwback #nostalgia #80smusic #1980 #1981 #1982 #1983 #1984 #1985 #1986 #1987 #1988 #1989 #mtv #moonwalk #madonna #prince #u2 #michaeljackson #philcollins #brucespringsteen #queen #thepolice #direstraits #billyjoel #georgemichael #anotherbrickinthewall #flashdance #everybreathyoutake #billiejean #ijustcalledtosayiloveyou #wearetheworld #carelesswhisper #eyeofthetiger #likeaprayer
