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…..
2020
We are now into the Pandemic and all hell breaks loose with the charts (or the charts as we know them or don’t know them)
Drake – 7 Top 10 hits including TOOSIE SLIDE
Justin Beiber – 6 Top 10 hits including HOLY
Ariana Grande – 4 top ten hits including POSITIONS
Taylor Swift – 4 top ten hits including CARDIGAN
The Weeknd – 3 top ten hits including BLINDING LIGHTS
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 | C Aguilera |
BoyzIIMen | Mariah Carey | LL Cool J | Puffy Daddy | Monica | TLC |
Madonna | BoyzIIMen | Gin Blossoms | Backstreet Boys | Will Smith | Backstreet Boys |
Janet Jackson | Janet Jackson | Jewel | Notorious BIG | Spice Girls | Mariah Carey |
Pearl Jam | Michael Jackson | Keith Sweat | Elton John | N Sync | Brittany Spears |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Destiny Child | Destiny Child | Ashanti | 50 Cent | Usher | Kelly Clarkson |
Brittany Spears | Usher | Ja Rule | Jay Z | Destiny Child | Black Eye Peas |
N Sync | Jennifer Lopez | Nelly | Beyonce | Beyonce | Mariah Carey |
C Aguilera | Jagged Edge | Eminem | Outcast | Maroon 5 | 50 Cent |
Jennifer Lopez | Janet Jackson | Jennifer Lopez | Sean Paul | Ciara | Gwen Stefani |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Beyonce | J. Timberlake | Taylor Swift | Lady Gage | Rihanna | Rihanna |
J. Timberlake | Fergie | Chris Brown | Black Eye Peas | Katy Perry | Bruno Mars |
Fergie | Rihanna | Rihanna | Miley Cyrus | Kei$ha | Adele |
Chris Brown | T Pain | Lil Wayne | Flo Ride | Taylor Swift | Katy Perry |
Nelly Furtado | Maroon 5 | Beyonce | Taylor Swift | Tiao Cruz | Brittany Spears |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Taylor Swift | Robin Thicke | Taylor Swift | The Weeknd | Justin Bieber | Ed Sheeren |
Katy Perry | Eminem | Ariana Grande | Taylor Swift | Rihanna | Taylor Swift |
Adele | Katy Perry | Iggy Azzala | One Direction | Chainsmokers | Post Malone |
Gotye | Miley Cyrus | Meghan Trainor | Adele | 21 Pilots | Weeknd |
Carly Rae Jepsen | Lorde | Pharrell Williams | Wiz Khalifa | Selena Gomez | Imagine Dragons |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Drake | Post Malone | Drake |
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Lil Wayne | Ariana Grande | Justin Bieber |
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Ariana Grande | Taylor Swift | Ariana Grande |
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Camilla Cabello | Jonas Brothers | Taylor Swift |
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Eminem | Nas X | The Weeknd |
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Only one of those I know is Blinding Lights, which might be still on the charts 4 years later.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't really know this stuff either. I wonder how much of the change is the pandemic and how much would have been true anyway because of the way people were consuming music (streaming instead of buying).
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