25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Adina Howard “Freak Like Me”
Among Adina Howard‘s three songs to appear on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, only one hit the Top 40, but it would do almost as well as any song could. Exactly 25 years ago, that song...
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25 Years Ago in the Nineties: 2Pac “Dear Mama”
Among his twenty-four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, 2Pac hit the Top 10 twice. Exactly 25 years ago, the first of that pair of hits, “Dear Mama,” rose to a peak position of...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: TLC “Red Light Special”
TLC hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with four songs from their 1994 album CrazySexyCool. Exactly 25 years ago, the second of that quartet of songs, “Red Light Special,” was in its second...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It”
Montell Jordan made seven appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with all seven songs hitting the Top 40 and three reaching the Top 10. Jordan’s biggest hit was his only number one hit, which came...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Real McCoy “Run Away”
Real McCoy hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice, with their first two songs to appear on the chart, both of which reached a peak position of number 3. Exactly 25 years...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: The Notorious B.I.G. “Big Poppa”
The Notorious B.I.G. hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times. Exactly 25 years ago, his first Top 10 hit, the two-sided single “Big Poppa/Warning,” fell from its peak position of number...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Sheryl Crow “Strong Enough”
Sheryl Crow scored her first two Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with a pair of Top 5 hits from her Tuesday Night Music Club album. Exactly 25 years ago, the second of those...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Soul For Real “Candy Rainâ€
Soul For Real hit the Top 20 with both songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The biggest hit of the two was their first hit, “Candy Rain.” Exactly 25 years ago, “Candy Rain”...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Des’ree “You Gotta Be”
Des’ree made two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with a pair of songs in 1994-1995. The biggest, and only Top 40, hit of the two was “You Gotta Be,” which exactly 25 years ago...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Brownstone “If You Love Me”
Brownstone made four appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Their biggest hit came with their first song to appear on the chart, “If You Love Me.” Exactly 25 years ago, “If You Love Me” was...
