This is a series that will attempt to Sport(ify) music by creating a 5 member All-Pro/All League/All Star team (Sort of like the NBA first team all-stars) for each year in Music starting with 1964. It will rely heavily on Top 20 Hits from the year but also take into account Concert Tours, Music awards, Music Videos (MTV Crowd-You Tube), TV, Films, Pop Culture etc….
1998
Celine Dion – 3 top 20 hits including the Theme from the Titanic
Monica – 3 number 1 hits including the BOY IS MINE
Will Smith – 3 top 20 hits including no 1 GET JIGGY WITH IT
Spice Girls – 3 top 20 hits
N Sync – 3 top 20 hits
Just Missing
Puffy Daddy – 4 top 20 hits (all collaborations)
Backstreet Boys, Aerosmith
Aerosmith was probably the first group I thought of for the inspiration of these post. I was always fascinated how they were able to have hits in the 1970s, a resurgence in the 1980s (beginning with RUNDMC, Walk this Way), to the theme song in 1998 for the movie Armageddon. Initially when I started this I thought they would have appear on these lists many times including 1998, but they did not - but not many artists can have hits in 3 decades.
1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | 5th Dimension |
4 Seasons | Supremes | Rolling Stones | Monkees | Gary Pucket | 3 Dog Night |
Supremes | Rolling Stones | Frank Sinatra | Supremes | Simon & Garfunkel | Elvis Presley |
Bobby Vinton | Herman Hermits | Beach Boys | Rascals | Aretha Franklin | The Beatles |
Johnny Rivers | Byrds | Monkees | The Doors | Supremes | Rolling Stones |
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
Jackson 5 | Osmonds | 3 Dog Night | Stevie Wonder | Elton John | John Denver |
The Beatles | Marvin Gaye | Michael Jackson | Elton John | John Denver | Elton John |
Simon & Garfunkel | Temptations | 5th Dimension | Paul Simon | Newton John | Eagles |
3 Dog Night | Jackson 5 | Don McLean | Wings | Wings | Sunshine Band |
Guess Who | 3 Dog Night | Moody Blues | Rolling Stones | Chicago | Starship |
1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
Captain Tennille | Fleetwood Mac | Bee Gees | Donna Summer | Blondie | Hall Oates |
Elton John | Eagles | Newton John | Bee Gees | Queen | Rolling Stones |
Aerosmith | Foreigner | Andy Gibb | Michael Jackson | Newton John | Rick Springfield |
Wings | Sunshine Band | Rolling Stones | Commadores | Diana Ross | Journey |
4 Seasons | B. Manilow | Billy Joel | Earth Wind Fire | Kenny Rogers | Foreigner |
1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
Stevie Wonder | Michael Jackson | Prince | Madonna | Madonna | Michael Jackson |
Paul McCarthy | Duran Duran | Cindy Lauper | Springsteen | Janet Jackson | Whit Houston |
Journey | Lionel Richie | Duran Duran | Phil Collins | Genesis | George Michael |
J Geils Band | Police | Madonna | Whit. Houston | Billy Ocean | Madonna |
Newton John | David Bowie | Michael Jackson | Billy Ocean | Prince | U2 |
1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
George Michael | New Kids Block | Janet Jackson | Mariah Carey | BoyzIIMen | Mariah Carey |
Michael Jackson | Madonna | Madonna | Paula Abdul | En Vogue | Paula Abdul |
Gun&Roses | Paula Abdul | MC Hammer | Whit Houston | Madonna | Whit Houston |
Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi | Bryan Adams | Whit Houston | Duran Duran |
Def Leppard | Milli Vanilli | Wilson Phillips | George Michael | Michael Jackson | AeroSmith |
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Mariah Carey | TLC | A Morrisette | Spice Girls | Celine Dion |
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BoyzIIMen | Mariah Carey | LL Cool J | Puffy Daddy | Monica |
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Madonna | BoyzIIMen | Gin Blossoms | Backstreet Boys | Will Smith |
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Janet Jackson | Janet Jackson | Jewel | Notorious BIG | Spice Girls |
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Pearl Jam | Michael Jackson | Keith Sweat | Elton John | N Sync |
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Yeah, that's the trouble with soundtrack hits--they tend to be isolated from your other singles, so that's why Aerosmith didn't have much that year beyond the one big hit.
ReplyDeleteMy only change would be that I'd put the Goo Goo Dolls on the list. Same deal as No Doubt the year before--no commercial singles, so no Hot 100 action, but "Iris" was the biggest hit of the year other than maybe the Titanic song, and "Slide" was a big hit too. As I mentioned, with 1999 they started letting non-singles chart so it's not an issue anymore.