25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Madonna “Take a Bow”
Madonna has hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times. The longest run at number one among those dozen hits came with “Take a Bow,” which exactly 25 years ago climbed to the...
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25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Hootie & The Blowfish “Hold My Hand”
Hootie & The Blowfish hit the Top 40 with all six songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with the first three of those songs reaching the Top 10. Both runs began with “Hold...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: 4 P.M. “Sukiyaki”
4 P.M. made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, though that one song, a cover of Kyu Sakamoto’s “Sukiyaki,” hit the Top 10. Exactly 25 years ago, 4 P.M.’s “Sukiyaki” was in its...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Tom Petty “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
Tom Petty hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart sixteen times, starting with his first song to appear on the chart, “Breakdown,” which squeaked into the Top 40 in 1978. Exactly 25 years...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: TLC “Creep”
TLC hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times. Exactly 25 years ago, the first of those four songs, “Creep,” rose to the top of the chart to begin a four-week reign.
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Melissa Etheridge “I’m the Only One”
Melissa Etheridge has made ten appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with six of those songs reaching the Top 40. Exactly 25 years ago, her biggest hit and her only Top 10 hit, “I’m...
DEF: 20 Fingers “Short Dick Man”
20 Fingers made just one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1995, that song, “Short Dick Man” (which also had a radio-edited version called “Short Short Man”), was in its second...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Blackstreet “Before I Let You Go”
Blackstreet hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, with two of those songs reaching the Top 10. The group’s first Top 20 and first Top 10 hit was “Before I Let...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Brandy “I Wanna Be Down”
Brandy has made eighteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with thirteen of those songs hitting the Top 40 and seven reaching the Top 10. Brandy’s run of success at each of those levels began...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Janet Jackson “You Want This”
Janet Jackson hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with six songs from her 1993 album janet. Exactly 25 years ago, the last of those six songs, “You Want This,” rose to a...
