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InhonorofBillboardmagazine's120thanniversaryonNov.1,we'rerevealingthetop20BillboardHot100hitsfromeach
decadesincethe1960s(foratotalof120songs).
The'90swerefullofworldconqueringballads,thestuffoffutureAmericanIdolperformances:ToniBraxton's"UnbreakMy
Heart,"WhitneyHouston's"IWillAlwaysLoveYou,"SineadO'Connor's"NothingCompares2U."Notsurprisingly,inaworld
whereballadsofepicproportionwereking,BoyzIIMenhadamajorpresenceontheHot100.Theydecadeendtop20twice
ontheirown,andoncewithassistancefromMariahCarey.
TheTop20BillboardHot100Hitsofthe1960s
The'90swerenotableforseveralotherreasons.Nineofthe20biggest'90shitscamefromwomenmorethaninthe'60s,
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'70s,or'80s.Forthefirsttimeinthreedecades,PaulMcCartneydidnotmakeitontothelist.Anddiscodidnotmakean
appearanceinthetop20either,thoughdanceleaningtrackslike"Macarena"and"Whoomp!(ThereItIs)"enjoyedpopularity,
rankingNos.2and15,respectivelyforthe'90s.
TheTop20BillboardHot100Hitsofthe1970s
Aftermanagingtosqueezejustonetrackontothetop20inthe'60sandoneinthe'80s,countrygotapairinthe'90sone
ofwhich,LeAnnRimes's"HowDoILive,"isthebiggestofthedecade.(DespiteitstoppingatNo.2ontheweeklyHot100,it
reignsforthe'90sthankstoitslongevity:itloggedahefty69weeksonthechart.)Whilecountryearnedincreased
representation,rap'sprominencewasnotyetreflectedonthechart'supperechelon.Cooliowastheonlyrappertomakeit.
TheTop20BillboardHot100Hitsofthe1980s
CheckouttheSpotifyplaylistofthetop20belowandreadontoseewheneachhitpeaked.Don'tmissthetop20fromthe
'60s,'70s,and'80s.
1."HowDoILive"LeAnnRimes
Hot100PeakPosition:2,PeakDate:December13,1997
2."Macarena(BaysideBoysMix)"LosDelRio
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:August3,1996
3."UnBreakMyHeart"ToniBraxton
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:December7,1996
4."FoolishGames/YouWereMeantForMe"Jewel
Hot100PeakPosition:2,PeakDate:April19,1997
5."(EverythingIDo)IDoItForYou"BryanAdams
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:July27,1991
6."I'llMakeLoveToYou"BoyzIIMen
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:August27,1994
7."TooClose"Next
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:April25,1998
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8."OneSweetDay"MariahCarey&BoyzIIMen
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:December2,1995
9."TrulyMadlyDeeply"SavageGarden
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:January17,1998
10."CandleInTheWind1997/SomethingAboutTheWayYouLookTonight"EltonJohn
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:October11,1997
11."EndOfTheRoad"(FromBoomerang)BoyzIIMen
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:August15,1992
12."TheSign"AceOfBase
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:March12,1994
13."TheBoyIsMine"BrandyandMonica
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:June6,1998
14."BecauseILoveYou(ThePostmanSong)"StevieB
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:December8,1990
15."Whoomp!(ThereItIs)"TagTeam
Hot100PeakPosition:2,PeakDate:July31,1993
16."RushRush"PaulaAbdul
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:June15,1991
17."You'reStillTheOne"ShaniaTwain
Hot100PeakPosition:2,PeakDate:May2,1998
18."IWillAlwaysLoveYou"WhitneyHouston
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:November28,1992
19."Gangsta'sParadise"(FromDangerousMinds)CoolioFeaturingL.V.
Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:September9,1995
20."NothingCompares2U"SineadO'Connor
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Hot100PeakPosition:1,PeakDate:April21,1990
ThistopBillboardHot100songsofeachdecadeisrankedbasedoneachtitle'sperformanceontheHot100throughthe
chartdatedNov.1,2014.Songsarerankedbasedonaninversepointsystem,withweeksatNo.1earningthegreatestvalue
andweeksatNo.100earningtheleast.Toensureequitablerepresentationofthebiggesthitsacrossmultipledecades,time
framesareweightedtoaccountforfluctuatingchartturnoverratesduetodifferentmethodologiesutilized.

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