Monthly Archive: May 2016
British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (also commonly known as OMD) have made six appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between 1985 and 1993. Four of those songs reached the Top 40, with...
Fleetwood Mac‘s 1987 album Tango in the Night produced four Top 20 hits, making it second only to their mega-hit album Rumours in terms of success on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1987, the...
Melbourne, Australia-based Little River Band hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with all three charting songs from their 1981 album, Time Exposure. On this date in 1982, the third of those hits, “Man...
New York-born singer Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with six songs from her 2011 album Born This Way. Four of those songs reached the Top 10, including the album’s first...
Alabama-born singer Percy Sledge made 14 appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with five of those songs reaching the Top 40 and four hitting the Top 20. His only Top 10 hit was also his...
Phil Collins‘ 1982 album Hello, I Must Be Going produced the first Top 10 hit of his solo career, as “You Can’t Hurry Love” reached number 10. Additionally, “I Don’t Care Anymore” hit the Top...
Aretha Franklin and Elton John are two of the most successful pop music artists of all time. In 1989, the two teamed up for the song “Through the Storm,” which was the title track...
Los Angeles-based group Shalamar hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, most successfully in 1980 with their only Top 10 hit, “The Second Time Around.” The last of Shalamar’s four Top...
New York-born pop music superstar Mariah Carey hit number one with all four singles that charted from her self-titled debut album, amassing eleven weeks at the top of the chart among those four songs....
Seattle-based duo Boy Meets Girl are most known for their song “Waiting for a Star to Fall,” which hit the Top 10 in 1988. They did, though, have one other Top 40 hit, which hit...