🇺🇸 Music in the United States

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @carlabrat If you remember 1980, this will take you back! Here’s every #1 song from 1980. Queen topped the chart for 7 weeks. What was the biggest surprise to you? #musichistory #learnontiktok #music #oldschool #80smusic #1980 #kcandthesunshineband #rupertholmes #michaeljackson #captainandtennille #queen #pinkfloyd #blondie #lippsinc #paulmccartney #thebeatles #billyjoel #olivianewtonjohn #christophercross #dianaross #barbrastreisand #kennyrogers #johnlennon […]

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @proverbialsunrise FINALLY MADE IT! Every #1 song from 1968. The year that MLK was assassinated and the Civil Rights Act was signed into law was also the year that the first posthumous #1 song topped the Hot 100. Otis Redding’s first and only #1, the landmark (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @unicornkiller_ 2006: the year before the iPhone was invented. 18 singles hit #1 that year, and there was a great deal of diversity in phone design. If these videos are any indicator! Shakira became the first Colombian artist to have a #1 in the US market, and a record-setting eight collabs hit #1

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @ashminyc Every #1 song from 1981. Which one is your favorite? MTV went on the air August 1, 1981 and the artists who had music videos got HUGE exposure. As we move forward, we’ll see higher quality videos. Also, the longest track title to ever hit any Billboard chart held the top spot

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @stephenfrancis78 Continuing this series, here is every #1 song from 1979 on the Billboard Hot 100. #musichistory #LearnOnTikTok #music #oldschool #70smusic #1979 #beegees #chic #rodstewart #gloriagaynor #thedoobiebrothers #amiistewart #blondie #peachesandherb #donnasummer #anitaward #theknack #robertjohn #michaeljackson #herbalpert #m #eagles #commodores #barbrastreisand #styx #rupertholmes #lefreak #iwillsurvive #tragedy #disco #reunited #hotstuff #goodtimes #badgirls #rise #babe #pinacolada

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @thelycheequeen 2000 had a lot more rock songs topping the Hot 100 than most years. Santana held the #1 position for 10 weeks in 1999 and another 12 weeks in 2000. Mariah Carey had a record-breaking 11th consecutive year with a #1 song and *NSYNC had their only #1 record that year. #musichistory

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @evanthe80sdrummer Every #1 song from 1984. 1984 was the year that CDs began being mass produced. With the advances in computing came advances in digital music (and video) production as well. It was also the first year from the MTV Video Music Awards. Prince held the top spot for 7 weeks and was

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @julia…renee Here is every #1 song from toe Hot 100 chart from 1983. This was Michael Jackson’s year! He topped the chart for 14 weeks following the release of the Thriller album in late 1982. It became Jackson’s first #1 album and spawned a record-breaking 7 top-10 singles. Despite contract disputes, Michael Jackson

@yourmusiceducationReplying to @_sanah.khan_ At the beginning of the 2000s, most people had landline phones, dialup internet (or none at all), VHS collections, and cassette players in their cars. There had never been an attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor and the U.S. had never had a Black president. So much changed in American culture