Smack That - Akon featuring Eminem 82. While I agree with you about pure number of albums sold, I think the albums released earlier in the decade before the digital age of acquiring music were at a distinct advantage. These songs were the background music to your life in the 80s — the music in the car on the way to school and sports practice, the music in the stores where you shopped, the music on the soundtracks of your favorite movies, and the music you danced alone to in your bedroom. In our 1980s list based on the 1. If you find anything interesting tell us about it. I think Prince even released an album during every year of the 80s. I'm aware that all the record company twats, all the so called 'producers' and pretty much everyone in the business really need to be punched in the face, maybe shot in the knee, possibly even nuked, but I didn't think it would ever get this bad.
If I survive what I'm doing, I will check your lsit out. Furthermore, globally 9 out of the 10 original tracks were number one in one country or another. In this list Michael Jackson has an entry at number 2, his next album is at number 47. Baby Boy - Beyonce featuring Sean Paul 39. The point system for the old Billboard Top 100 worked as follows…….
Tell us which data is wrong or which alternate metric should be used, then we'll take your comments seriously. How many lists are in this thread? You should check my list out first! So all of those aforementioned acts certainly have less years of absence from the music scene than the late Michael Jackson. Have a look around and enjoy! Due to the early state of the music industry and Billboard magazine itself. A list of the that is the hits that only charted in one place has been calculated. I'm aware that the whole music industry today is in it's shittiest era ever. Single Ladies Put A Ring On It - Beyonce 2 98. However, if you were to claim Michael Jackson had the most worldwide chart success of the 1980s we would disagree, and have numbers to back us up.
But I've started the quest to familiarize myself with '00s music and there's no turning back now may God have mercy on my musical soul. Songs from the 1980s Songs from the 1980s Search this site with Google This page lists the top songs of the 1980s in the. Just becuase other artists have more chart entries, doesn't mean they were more successful. Feel free to challenge this information. However until you do that we have to continue to conclude that Michael Jackson did not have the largest number of chart hits in the 1980s.
Outside of publishing several industry standard charts every week and at the end of every year, it publishes the Billboard Top 100 of that particular year. Today Billboard magazine and its charts are the industry standard for measuring the success of musical works all over the world. Here no one gets to vote. This list has also been compared to the results for. Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve featuring Gwen Stefani 1 94.
On a hip-hop station, the top song may get 100 plays in a week while on an adult top 40 station, the top song may get 50 plays in a week. There are no numbers to adjust, there are no factors to estimate, everything is driven by the chart data we have. Have used it to do a rundown of songs that were being sung over the decades for my Grandmother's 90'th birthday coming up in December I think they will love it! Lollipop - Lil' Wayne featuring Static Major 48. Since his 1978 debut, Prince has only been absent from the music scene in 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2010 so far. However that doesn't matter, the clue is in your last sentence, the rankings at this site are a measure of chart success.
Thanks As it mentions in the text this ordering is by total success not just songs , the album success has been given three times the weight of single success, so the top artists here are those with both albums and singles in the charts. Great list and great website! Billboard has been since 1946. Try Again - Aaliyah 1 97. Smooth and highly-produced was a common path into the top 20. Always On Time - Ja Rule featuring Ashanti I know there's a lot more than that on this list you're not going to like, but, I'm trying to save you time and your ears. Michael Jackson should be the most successful artist of the 1980s having produced the most successful albums of all time. No need to be rude.
So, we will continue to measure success by the number of hits in charts round the world, and by that measure Michael Jackson will continue to be below Prince for the 1980s. For those who don't know, Billboard combines radio airplay, audience size, digital downloads and retail singles sales to rank songs on the Hot 100. By looking at the number one hits in consecutive order throughout the 80s, you get an immediate sense of how music and culture evolved over those 10 years. While I thoroughly understand the arguments of the Michael Jackson fans which I am also , your ranking system also makes complete sense. No, despite your outburst, by our metrics Michael Jackson was not the most successful artist of the 1980s. People like to do this as soon as a decade ends.