@yourmusiceducationReplying to @virginiagirl2022 Finally getting around to your comment! 1976 had 26 #1 songs and 6 continued the word Love in their title. It was a transitional year from rock 🤘🏻 to disco 🪩, with a smattering of silly love songs ❤️ thrown in for good measure. 15 acts earned their first #1, but of […]
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @proverbialsunrise Well pretend 1965 is “late 60s” even though it seems that the music is a lot more similar to late 50s than late 60s. The British Invasion was in full swing, with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Herman’s Hermits all taking multiple songs to the top of the charts. The Supremes
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @rachy0323 There’s pretty much something for everyone in the list of number ones songs from the from 1991. A total of 27 songs topped the chart that year and in November Billboard began using Soundscan data which provided better sales and airplay numbers. But while the list was dance-heavy, it was not dominated
@yourmusiceducation(Non-voice effect version) As the world approached a new millennium and the fears about Y2K mounted, pop music in the United States was all over the place. Britney Spears’s debut album became the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide (second best in the US), Cher became both the oldest female to hit #1 at
@yourmusiceducationThis will take you back! Here’s every #1 song from 1964, the year The Beatles and The Supremes broke the American pop charts. Louis Armstrong topped the charts for the first time ever and ended a three-song string of The Beatles and became to oldest person to ever hit #1 on the Hot 100 at
This playlist will be continually updated as new songs reach #1
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @denisesmith1974 1992 was technically 30 years ago 🤬 but I’m pretty sure it was only like 5 years ago. Anyway, Boyz II Men had their first #1 song and “End of the Road” broke the record by holding the top spot longer than Elvis Presley did with “Hound Dog”/”Don’t Be Cruel”. Then Whitney
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @fresaxruda Mariah Carey had more weeks at #1 in the 1990s than any other artist, and more of those weeks happened in 1995 than any other year. “One Sweet Day” set the record for 16 consecutive weeks at #1 and Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” was the first song to debut at
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @itsadrianalucas Simon & Garfunkel were surprised to find that their old acoustic song The Sounds of Silence had been rereleased with an added drumbeat. They were surprised even further when the song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of January 1, 1966 and again January 22. It would go
