... debut at the number-one spot on Billboard' s top pop albums chart In March, Janet Jackson's album Control became the second album ever "after Thriller, recorded by Jackson's brother Michael "to produce five "top-five" hits "songs in the top five places on the chart of best-selling recordings. In January, Madonna's "Open Your Heart" became her 10th ... had 15 in the 1960's. Black Musicians continued to play leading roles in the recording industry in 1987. In addition to the chart successes of Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson's long-awaited album Bad debuted at the numbe...

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