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Decades , presented by Discogs , is a recurring feature that turns back the clock to critical anniversaries of albums, songs, and films. This month, we dial it back to the top 50 songs of Only in the scheme of cosmology, geology, or evolution does 20 years not sound like an awful long time. Some are parents themselves. My parents, god bless them, used to yell at me to turn down a number of the songs on this list. Progress of a kind.
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Some years, though, you can listen to the radio and really feel the ground shifting, if not outright quaking, beneath your feet. The first half of the '90s was largely defined by the fallout from the grunge explosion of Nirvana and Pearl Jam and the rise of West Coast hip-hop, as shepherded by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. As late as '96, alt-rock and G-funk still held serve as the dominant sounds of the moment. But by '97, most of the leading lights for both genres had either faded, gone on hiatus or left the game altogether, creating a void at the mainstream's center that badly needed filling. What came along to fill it was the return of mega-pop: Massive, barnstorming, top geared breakouts from groups like Spice Girls, Hanson and Backstreet Boys -- artists that bore some of the sonic signifiers of decade's beginning, but lacked any connection to the angst of grunge or the edge of G-funk.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot songs of Elton John was 50 years old when his double-sided single topped the chart, which was " Something About The Way You Look Tonight " and the remake of " Candle In The Wind ", although it only debuted in October and was also 1 for two weeks in the calendar year. The song only reached number two for two weeks, but spent twenty-eight consecutive weeks in the top ten then the longest running top ten single of all-time and 65 weeks on the chart then the longest run in history. It is also placed higher than both of the songs that prevented it from topping the Hot Although it wasn't dethroned until November and spent 60 total weeks on the chart, " Macarena " by Los Del Rio, which topped the year-end chart, is only ranked Amber 's " This Is Your Night " despite peaking in the calendar year, and being in the installment, is not displayed in the installment. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved Billboard Year-End Hot singles.