28 Years Ago, a 17-Year-Old R&B Singer Used a Diana Ross Sample for a Five-Week No. 1 Later Named in a ‘90s Top 100’ List

Monica was 17 when "The First Night" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1998. Built around a sample of Diana ...
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3 90s Hits That Were Barred From the Hot 100 but Are Considered Classics Today

In the 1990s, the Billboard Hot 100 rules were quite different, and one key rule kept these 90s hits from entering the chart. This rule required a song to be commercially released as a physical CD or ...

The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s: ‘Choosin’ Texas’ & More

John's "Physical" flexed 10 weeks at No. 1 in 1981-82, and that smash and Boone's shared the mark for the longest Hot 100 reign for more than a decade, until Boyz II ...
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3 Iconic 90s Groups Who Shockingly Never Earned a No. 1 Hit

Weezer Another iconic 90s band that shockingly never penned a No. 1 hit was Weezer, due to a technicality. Before 1998, Billboard only allowed songs on the Hot 100 that were sold as commercial single ...
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Duncan Sheik's 'Barely Breathing' made him a '90s pop star — but Broadway became his lasting legacy

Duncan Sheik scored a lasting '90s hit with "Barely Breathing," but the late singer-songwriter found an even bigger second act as the Tony-winning composer of Spring Awakening.