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50 Years of the Billboard Hot 100: The First Decade (1958-1969)

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Hot 100 50th Anniversary 

It seems like the Billboard Hot 100 chart has been around forever…but in fact, it has only been around for 50 years. Over the next few weeks, I will be commenting about the history of the chart…or at least the songs that became the #1 song on Billboard’s Year-End chart. If Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince can all turn 50 years old…why not the Hot 100? First up will be the first decade, which spans from 1958 to 1969. (more…)

The King of Pop turns 50

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Michael Jackson

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, multiple Grammy winner, and controversy magnet Michael Jackson recently celebrated his fiftieth birthday last Friday (8/29) by just eating cake and watching cartoons with his three kids.  As freaky as I may think that he is, I can’t deny his talent as a singer or a dancer.  In honor of his birthday, I thought I would give you his Billboard chart history.  I’m going to concentrate only on his #1 songs from his ten albums, which are significant. (more…)

Other number ones for the week ending 7/19/08

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The #1 movie over the weekend of 7/4-7/6 was Hancock with $62,603,879 (103,877,446 total since being released on Tuesday, 7/1.) Along with being The Chart Guy, I am also a movie critic, and I personally loved the movie. Other national critics hated it, but I compare it to Ivan Reitman’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend (in a favorable light.) Will Smith does it again!

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