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Just thought I would share with you some info about the music charts the past few years. Can you believe some of these songs were five and TEN years ago?!
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The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 1-25 / 26-50 Positions / Issue Date:October 31, 1998
1 1 23 The First Night, Monica
2 2 20 One Week, Barenaked Ladies
3 3 20 How Deep Is Your Love, Dru Hill Featuring Redman
4 5 25 Crush, Jennifer Paige
5 4 20 I Don t Want To Miss A Thing, Aerosmith
6 10 27 Lately, Divine
7 8 20 Because Of You, 98 Degrees
8 7 48 This Kiss, Faith Hill
9 6 24 I ll Be, Edwin McCain
10 9 14 My Little Secret, Xscape
11 11 26 Touch It, Monifah
12 13 15 Come And Get With Me, Keith Sweat Featuring Snoop Dogg
13 12 16 Westside, TQ
14 16 19 The Power Of Good-Bye, Madonna
15 14 26 When The Lights Go Out, Five
16 18 53 Too Close, Next
17 23 29 Nobody s Supposed To Be Here, Deborah Cox
18 15 20 I Still Love You, Next
19 20 19 Never Ever, All Saints
20 19 24 My Way, Usher
21 17 16 Time After Time, Inoj
22 22 42 You re Still The One, Shania Twain
23 21 11 Just The Two Of Us, Will Smith
24 24 27 The Boy Is Mine, Brandy
25 40 16 Love Me, 112 Featuring Mase
26 25 17 Daydreamin , Tatyana Ali
27 29 52 Truly Madly Deeply, Savage Garden
28 33 16 All The Places (I Will Kiss You), Aaron Hall
29 27 18 I Can Do That, Montell Jordan
30 28 27 Adia, Sarah McLachlan
31 32 14 Splackavellie, Pressha
32 34 20 So Into You, Tamia
33 26 16 Thinkin Bout It, Gerald Levert
34 30 19 Lookin At Me, Mase Featuring Puff Daddy
35 31 13 Still A G Thang, Snoop Dogg
36 36 23 Make It Hot, Nicole Featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
37 35 36 All My Life, K-Ci
38 37 20 Movin On, Mya Featuring Silkk The Shocker
39 39 13 SuperThug (What What), Noreaga
40 49 16 Wherever You Go, Voices Of Theory
41 43 23 Still Not A Player, Big Punisher Featuring Joe
42 45 56 I Don't Want To Wait, Paula Cole
43 38 20 Friend Of Mine, Kelly Price
44 42 31 Say It, Voices Of Theory
45 41 21 Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are), Pras Michel Feat. Ol Dirty Bastard
46 47 52 How s It Going To Be, Third Eye Blind
47 50 46 Together Again, Janet
48 - 19 Pushin Weight, Ice Cube Featuring Mr. Short Khop
49 46 18 Intergalactic, Beastie Boys
50 44 10 I Had No Right, P.M. Dawn
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The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 1-25 / 26-50 Positions / Issue Date:October 30, 1993
1 1 29 Dreamlover, Mariah Carey
2 3 22 I d Do Anything For Love (But I Won t Do That), Meat Loaf
3 4 36 All That She Wants, Ace Of Base
4 2 21 Just Kickin It, Xscape
5 5 27 The River Of Dreams, Billy Joel
6 8 24 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane
7 7 45 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team
8 6 22 Right Here (Human Nature)/Downtown, SWV
9 15 23 Again, Janet Jackson
10 10 20 Anniversary, Tony Toni Tone
11 13 26 What Is Love, Haddaway
12 9 27 If, Janet Jackson
13 11 26 Another Sad Love Song, Toni Braxton
14 12 20 Two Steps Behind (From "Last Action Hero"), Def Leppard
15 14 26 Cryin , Aerosmith
16 17 25 Sweat (A La La La La Long), Inner Circle
17 16 25 I Get Around, 2Pac
18 33 25 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa
19 41 35 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton
20 21 23 No Rain, Blind Melon
21 19 20 Reason To Believe, Rod Stewart
22 20 25 Baby I'm Yours, Shai
23 22 20 Soul To Squeeze (From "Coneheads"), Red Hot Chili Peppers
24 35 26 Can We Talk, Tevin Campbell
25 24 20 Boom! Shake The Room, Jazzy Jeff
26 23 26 Runaway Train, Soul Asylum
27 25 24 Lately, Jodeci
28 18 29 Can t Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver"), UB40
29 27 22 Hey Jealousy, Gin Blossoms
30 52 20 Gangsta Lean, DRS
31 31 20 Everybody Hurts, R.E.M.
32 26 20 Will You Be There (From "Free Willy"), Michael Jackson
33 40 20 Come Inside, Intro
34 34 21 Come Baby Come, K7
35 28 20 Hopelessly, Rick Astley
36 30 20 Insane In The Brain, Cypress Hill
37 42 20 Better Than You, Lisa Keith
38 36 18 Let Me Ride, Dr. Dre
39 29 22 One Last Cry, Brian McKnight
40 32 20 Rain, Madonna
41 38 24 I Don t Wanna Fight (From "What s Love Got To Do With It"), Tina Turner
42 37 20 Very Special, Big Daddy Kane Feat. Spinderella, L. Williams
43 48 19 Something In Your Eyes, Bell Biv Devoe
44 56 20 Wild World, Mr. Big
45 71 30 Hero, Mariah Carey
46 65 28 Please Forgive Me, Bryan Adams
47 43 20 Break It Down Again, Tears For Fears
48 44 20 Ooh Child, Dino
49 45 21 If I Had No Loot, Tony Toni Tone
50 39 20 Ruffneck, MC Lyte
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I feel old. So old. I'm in one of those sentimental, "I wanna be 12 again" moods and I swear the thing that brings me back most is MUSIC. Music has been so important for me that just a list of songs from 1993 cause everything to flood back.
I really think music was a lot better 10 years ago, to be honest. And I'm not just saying that in a nostalgic way. There was so much variety then! You've got R&B (Xscape), pop (Ace of Base), dance (Haddaway), alternative (RHCP), reggae (Inner Circle), rap (Tag Team), etc. all in the top 10! And on that list you've got a great variety of all the popular acts, too - Madonna, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Meat Loaf, 2Pac. Have you SEEN the charts lately? I'll show you:
The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 50 Positions /Issue Date: November 1, 2003
1 1 12 Baby Boy, Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul
2 4 9 Stand Up, Ludacris Featuring Shawnna
3 2 27 Get Low, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins
4 5 13 Damn!, YoungBloodZ Featuring Lil Jon
5 3 19 Shake Ya Tailfeather, Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
6 6 10 Here Without You, 3 Doors Down
7 9 7 Holidae In, Chingy Featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg
8 7 25 Right Thurr, Chingy
9 10 10 Rain On Me, Ashanti
10 8 15 Why Don't You & I, Santana Featuring Alex Band Or Chad Kroeger
It's ATROCIOUS! 8/10 songs are rap. EIGHT OF TEN! Even the would be R&B songs like Beyonce require featured rappers these days. Now I like some rap but 8/10 is ridiculous and that has been VERY typical the past 2 years. 3 weeks ago the ENTIRE top ten was rap. Plus who the fuck has heard YoungBloodz or Lil Jon?! I listen to top 40 radio very frequently and I haven't heard either artist, nor have I heard this new Ludacris song, nor the Ashanti song. And very established artists like Madonna, Dido, Christina, and Coldplay have BOMBED on the singles chart (despite selling tons or albums, thus proving they are still very popular).
Whatever. Music today sucks. If you don't have the Neptunes and a guest rapper on your record (or you aren't an established rock act who gets EXTREMELY overplayed and overplayed and overplayed at the rock stations) you cannot make an impact. And thus so many artists are getting fucked on radio and having trouble selling albums because of it. Also why music these days is nearly 99% American when back in the 80's and 90's we'd get great acts from around the world.
But yea. Again. Music today sucks so much. Someone get me a I time machine, I miss 1993 :-(
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The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 1-25 / 26-50 Positions / Issue Date:October 31, 1998
1 1 23 The First Night, Monica
2 2 20 One Week, Barenaked Ladies
3 3 20 How Deep Is Your Love, Dru Hill Featuring Redman
4 5 25 Crush, Jennifer Paige
5 4 20 I Don t Want To Miss A Thing, Aerosmith
6 10 27 Lately, Divine
7 8 20 Because Of You, 98 Degrees
8 7 48 This Kiss, Faith Hill
9 6 24 I ll Be, Edwin McCain
10 9 14 My Little Secret, Xscape
11 11 26 Touch It, Monifah
12 13 15 Come And Get With Me, Keith Sweat Featuring Snoop Dogg
13 12 16 Westside, TQ
14 16 19 The Power Of Good-Bye, Madonna
15 14 26 When The Lights Go Out, Five
16 18 53 Too Close, Next
17 23 29 Nobody s Supposed To Be Here, Deborah Cox
18 15 20 I Still Love You, Next
19 20 19 Never Ever, All Saints
20 19 24 My Way, Usher
21 17 16 Time After Time, Inoj
22 22 42 You re Still The One, Shania Twain
23 21 11 Just The Two Of Us, Will Smith
24 24 27 The Boy Is Mine, Brandy
25 40 16 Love Me, 112 Featuring Mase
26 25 17 Daydreamin , Tatyana Ali
27 29 52 Truly Madly Deeply, Savage Garden
28 33 16 All The Places (I Will Kiss You), Aaron Hall
29 27 18 I Can Do That, Montell Jordan
30 28 27 Adia, Sarah McLachlan
31 32 14 Splackavellie, Pressha
32 34 20 So Into You, Tamia
33 26 16 Thinkin Bout It, Gerald Levert
34 30 19 Lookin At Me, Mase Featuring Puff Daddy
35 31 13 Still A G Thang, Snoop Dogg
36 36 23 Make It Hot, Nicole Featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
37 35 36 All My Life, K-Ci
38 37 20 Movin On, Mya Featuring Silkk The Shocker
39 39 13 SuperThug (What What), Noreaga
40 49 16 Wherever You Go, Voices Of Theory
41 43 23 Still Not A Player, Big Punisher Featuring Joe
42 45 56 I Don't Want To Wait, Paula Cole
43 38 20 Friend Of Mine, Kelly Price
44 42 31 Say It, Voices Of Theory
45 41 21 Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are), Pras Michel Feat. Ol Dirty Bastard
46 47 52 How s It Going To Be, Third Eye Blind
47 50 46 Together Again, Janet
48 - 19 Pushin Weight, Ice Cube Featuring Mr. Short Khop
49 46 18 Intergalactic, Beastie Boys
50 44 10 I Had No Right, P.M. Dawn
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The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 1-25 / 26-50 Positions / Issue Date:October 30, 1993
1 1 29 Dreamlover, Mariah Carey
2 3 22 I d Do Anything For Love (But I Won t Do That), Meat Loaf
3 4 36 All That She Wants, Ace Of Base
4 2 21 Just Kickin It, Xscape
5 5 27 The River Of Dreams, Billy Joel
6 8 24 Hey Mr. D.J., Zhane
7 7 45 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team
8 6 22 Right Here (Human Nature)/Downtown, SWV
9 15 23 Again, Janet Jackson
10 10 20 Anniversary, Tony Toni Tone
11 13 26 What Is Love, Haddaway
12 9 27 If, Janet Jackson
13 11 26 Another Sad Love Song, Toni Braxton
14 12 20 Two Steps Behind (From "Last Action Hero"), Def Leppard
15 14 26 Cryin , Aerosmith
16 17 25 Sweat (A La La La La Long), Inner Circle
17 16 25 I Get Around, 2Pac
18 33 25 Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa
19 41 35 Breathe Again, Toni Braxton
20 21 23 No Rain, Blind Melon
21 19 20 Reason To Believe, Rod Stewart
22 20 25 Baby I'm Yours, Shai
23 22 20 Soul To Squeeze (From "Coneheads"), Red Hot Chili Peppers
24 35 26 Can We Talk, Tevin Campbell
25 24 20 Boom! Shake The Room, Jazzy Jeff
26 23 26 Runaway Train, Soul Asylum
27 25 24 Lately, Jodeci
28 18 29 Can t Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver"), UB40
29 27 22 Hey Jealousy, Gin Blossoms
30 52 20 Gangsta Lean, DRS
31 31 20 Everybody Hurts, R.E.M.
32 26 20 Will You Be There (From "Free Willy"), Michael Jackson
33 40 20 Come Inside, Intro
34 34 21 Come Baby Come, K7
35 28 20 Hopelessly, Rick Astley
36 30 20 Insane In The Brain, Cypress Hill
37 42 20 Better Than You, Lisa Keith
38 36 18 Let Me Ride, Dr. Dre
39 29 22 One Last Cry, Brian McKnight
40 32 20 Rain, Madonna
41 38 24 I Don t Wanna Fight (From "What s Love Got To Do With It"), Tina Turner
42 37 20 Very Special, Big Daddy Kane Feat. Spinderella, L. Williams
43 48 19 Something In Your Eyes, Bell Biv Devoe
44 56 20 Wild World, Mr. Big
45 71 30 Hero, Mariah Carey
46 65 28 Please Forgive Me, Bryan Adams
47 43 20 Break It Down Again, Tears For Fears
48 44 20 Ooh Child, Dino
49 45 21 If I Had No Loot, Tony Toni Tone
50 39 20 Ruffneck, MC Lyte
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I feel old. So old. I'm in one of those sentimental, "I wanna be 12 again" moods and I swear the thing that brings me back most is MUSIC. Music has been so important for me that just a list of songs from 1993 cause everything to flood back.
I really think music was a lot better 10 years ago, to be honest. And I'm not just saying that in a nostalgic way. There was so much variety then! You've got R&B (Xscape), pop (Ace of Base), dance (Haddaway), alternative (RHCP), reggae (Inner Circle), rap (Tag Team), etc. all in the top 10! And on that list you've got a great variety of all the popular acts, too - Madonna, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Meat Loaf, 2Pac. Have you SEEN the charts lately? I'll show you:
The Billboard Hot 100TM
Top 50 Positions /Issue Date: November 1, 2003
1 1 12 Baby Boy, Beyonce Featuring Sean Paul
2 4 9 Stand Up, Ludacris Featuring Shawnna
3 2 27 Get Low, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins
4 5 13 Damn!, YoungBloodZ Featuring Lil Jon
5 3 19 Shake Ya Tailfeather, Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
6 6 10 Here Without You, 3 Doors Down
7 9 7 Holidae In, Chingy Featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg
8 7 25 Right Thurr, Chingy
9 10 10 Rain On Me, Ashanti
10 8 15 Why Don't You & I, Santana Featuring Alex Band Or Chad Kroeger
It's ATROCIOUS! 8/10 songs are rap. EIGHT OF TEN! Even the would be R&B songs like Beyonce require featured rappers these days. Now I like some rap but 8/10 is ridiculous and that has been VERY typical the past 2 years. 3 weeks ago the ENTIRE top ten was rap. Plus who the fuck has heard YoungBloodz or Lil Jon?! I listen to top 40 radio very frequently and I haven't heard either artist, nor have I heard this new Ludacris song, nor the Ashanti song. And very established artists like Madonna, Dido, Christina, and Coldplay have BOMBED on the singles chart (despite selling tons or albums, thus proving they are still very popular).
Whatever. Music today sucks. If you don't have the Neptunes and a guest rapper on your record (or you aren't an established rock act who gets EXTREMELY overplayed and overplayed and overplayed at the rock stations) you cannot make an impact. And thus so many artists are getting fucked on radio and having trouble selling albums because of it. Also why music these days is nearly 99% American when back in the 80's and 90's we'd get great acts from around the world.
But yea. Again. Music today sucks so much. Someone get me a I time machine, I miss 1993 :-(