... music scene cannot be denied, with a staggering 28 Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play No.1's, making her the most successful dance artist on the US Billboard charts. Let's have a brief review of the other records she holds: according to Guinness World Records, Madonna is the Most Successful Female Solo Artist. Selling ... The girls who emulated her style and adopted her attitudes during that period were known as "the wannabes". Madonna has not only conquered the pop charts and all those magazine covers, but also the left an indelible impact on music history, paving the way for artists like Spi...

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... OK Computer (released in 1997) managed to reach number 21 on the Billboard Top 100. It was the highest the band had ever gotten on the US charts. They established a wide fan base as well, in the US and in their native soil, the UK. So, in 2000, when they announced they ... a Billboard flop didn't happen at all. Instead, on the first week after its release, Kid A sold 207,000 copies and hit number one on the Billboard charts. Its competition was two rappers, Mystikal and Nelly, and the punk rock band Green Day. It wasn't Radiohead territory at all, and they knew it. "I ... what about yea...

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Pop Rock has been around for decades with different cultural bands across the world. Back in the 1960's a British Pop Rock group from Liverpool hit top charts and number one hit singles with their albums. This band was named The Beatles. They visited many countries and cities on tour all over the world. They put a big impact ... lot of number one hits like "Love Me Do," "From Me To You," and "She Loves You." All of these hit singles went straight to number one on single hit charts. Also their album "Please Please me" went to number one on the top selling album chart. These hit singles and al...

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... the sounds are being produced) taking its place" . Before that, in 1939 John Cage performed "Imaginary Landscape No.1", a piece for two record-player with varying speed, records that play single sine tones, damped piano and a cymbal. "Imaginary Landscape No.1" is very likely to be the first piece of live electronic ever to be composed. b) Dub Music: Around the same time, just ... ...

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... Jones, his producer, with a title called "Starlight Love." In itself, the concept brought forward was touted as an "amazing" song. Disco music was what topped the charts during the 80s. In order to overcome this predominant culture wave, Quincy had strongly suggested creating a new balance between R&B and pop, disco and rock, and funk and ballads. Going back ... , the popularity of disco died in late 1979 and early 1980, making the production of a disco album vilified. On July 21, 1979, the top six records on the US music charts were disco record, but after two months time on September 2...

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... certain that its songs are not used without permission and if they are used without permission compensation is given. In July 2014 music streaming sites started to account to the charts not just the sale of music. The recording industry's global revenues for 2013 came from a number of revenue streams: 51% physical format sales – 39% digital revenue – 7% performance rights ... .8% against 2011. Physical albums were the most popular format of buying an album. Vinyl Record sales increased by 17.7%. In July 2014 music streaming sites started to account to the charts not just the sale of ...

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... form, new country artists began to surface. Overwhelming numbers of females tripled within two decades. Names like Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes top Billboard charts with numerous singles and albums. Even an all girl group known as the "Dixie Chicks " raised to the top as an award winning vocal group. This was a major turning point ... females in country have forever changed the outcome. Women artists have overwhelmed the men in numbers. Women such as: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Kellie Pickler continuously top charts...

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... influence is part of so many musical aspects today. The Beatles were a band that took America by storm. To this day The Beatles still hold the record on the pop charts with five hits simultaneously occupying the top five slots. "The Beatles were shock troops of British pop invasion, blazing a trail that would be followed by youth around the world."(Howell ... due to the fact that their music was simply composed better. If you were going to have a party it wasn't a party without Beatles Records. (Eric Burden) The Beatles dominated the charts for countless weeks on end and nothing else bu...

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... Lake Wobegon, Minn. It was a place, he said, "where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Women Artists burned up the charts in 1987. In June, Whitney Houston's second album, Whitney, was the first album by a female to debut at the number-one spot on Billboard' s top pop albums chart In March ... ' "La Bamba" "from the number-one album La Bamba, the soundtrack from the movie about the life of 1950's rocker Richie Valens "also captured a top spot on the charts. The Grateful Dead, one of the best-loved bands in the 1960's, finally had a to...

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With many hits skyrocketing through the billboard charts, The Beatles had over twenty-six singles and seven number one albums in the top forty. From the name "The Quarry Men- to "Johnny and the Moondogs- they finally simplified ... may have been a little nerdy but to the fans, The Beatles were their idols. Although The Beatles had a few hardships throughout their career they still had hits that climbed the charts. Being their original selves while doing what they loved was what people respected and enjoyed. People enjoyed them so much that they became one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands .....

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... three consecutive albums that went to the billboard top three. Its hard to say that this band has not affected peoples live. Today the band still remains on the billboard charts with their newest album Everyday. And you can bet that you haven't heard the last from the Dave Matthews Band because with their unique sound, their music has touched people ... ...

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... "Cinema Paradiso."" This song can be recognized from a television ad for UPMC. Some people may agree with conductor Daniel Meyer when he said that "Childhood/Manhood- put them on the charts. Also preformed in the first half of the show was Gioachino Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra [The Thieving Magpie]."" This song, like most form this show, was not written for a formal ... ...

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... for. Their debut album, Parachutes, released in July of 2000 was an instant success. Upon releasing Parachutes, Coldplay soared over Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP as number one on the UK charts. "Yellow", the first single released from the album instantaneously was hit throughout Europe and the UK, and later in America. Winning several awards in the UK, Coldplay's debut album was ... ...

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... for the affects that music has had globally is the open-mindedness of the people that have accepted it. For example in 1959, Richie Valens hit the top of the charts with his song "La Bamba". After this large hit, it was forty years before the world excepted another Latin rocker - Santana. With Santana's worldwide success sparked room for artists such ... ...

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... Motown's finest artists, recording a serious of brilliant singles for a solid nine years. Most of were he wrote himself. By the end of the 1960s, he was not only hitting the charts with his own records including: "Uptight," "Castles in the Sand," and "My Cherie Amour" but also by writing for many other Motown artists, including "It's a Shame" for the Spinners, co ... ...

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... the one lucky friend who owned one (not everyone did). Those who could not even do that were able to listen to all the songs of the British and American charts on the radio for free. The Beatles may have had easy to understand lyrics ("Love, love me do" etc) but they were also concerned with the war in Vietnam. Especially ... ...

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... different sounds of vocals. This CD was definitely a success, which is the reason that I probably bought it. Nelly has become a very popular singer; he has been on top of the charts many, many times. He has sold over 8 million copies of this CD alone. Three of the songs on this CD have been #1 singles for weeks. I would probably say that when ... ...

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... Wailers soon found success again after Bob returned from his exile. Their new success was in the album "Exodus" which was released in 1977. "The album remained on the British charts for 56 consecutive weeks." Once again in 1978 the Wailers released another successful album "Kaya." "The band's packed touring schedule in 1978 included a sold-out show at New York City ... ...

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... . Drummer Ringo Starr joined the band in 1962, right before Beatlemania began. This same year the Beatle's first single, "Love Me Do", was released and reached #17 on the British charts. The second and third singles released ("Please Please Me" and "From Me to You") were also successful in England. In 1963 when the single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was ... ...

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... of his most famous songs such as I Got Rhythm, What a Wonderful World, and Jeepers Creepers. His last big hit was What a Wonderful World, which he recorded in 1968 topping the charts. He later died in July 1970, a wealthy and much loved man. Important to Our Country Louis Armstrong was a phenomenal person for American History because he brought so much joy to ... ...

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... , until in 1966 that the newly formed Jimi Hendrix experience quickly became the talk of London. Their first single was "Hey Joe" and spent 10 weeks on the UK top charts. With such success, they made a full-length album "Are You Experienced". This album became one of the most popular albums of all time. It contained hit songs such as, "Purple ... ...

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... for the affects that music has had globally is the open-mindedness of the people that have accepted it. For example in 1959, Richie Valens hit the top of the charts with his song "La Bamba". After this large hit, it was forty years before the world excepted another Latin rocker - Santana. With Santana's worldwide success sparked room for artists such ... ...

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... that introduced electrical instruments in, was his 'Bringing It All Back Home'. In 1965 he released his sixth album 'Highway 61 Revisited'. The single 'Like A Rolling Stone' rose on the charts to number two. In 1967 to 1974 he wrote songs about legends, myth's, bible and ghosts on the album. The album "Blood on the Tracks." It was Dylan's most mature ... ...

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... music purists in the process of changing music forever (Unterberger pg.165). The American band the byrds combined folk and rock which created a number one hit on the billboard music charts. A Band called Buffalo Springfield blended aspects of Rock, Country and western music to create country rock in 1966. American musicians responded to the British musical stimulus by experimenting with new ... ...

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... real." The album did exceptionally well in Pakistan & then got released in India, where it could not even move a dust particle with its sounds. It stayed on the MTV-India charts only for a week, never making it to the top. I think we have discussed a lot on India & Hype so let us continue Junoon did an amazing song-Azaadi" for Jinnah the ... ...

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