List of number-one hits (United States) - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Abba: Encyclopedia - Abba
ABBA (1972–1983) was a Swedish pop music group. They remain the most successful Swedish music act and were one of the most popular grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee Gees: Encyclopedia - Bee Gees
The Bee Gees were a British band, formed in Australia. They are one of the most successful musical acts of all time. The Brothers Gibb, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Midler: Encyclopedia - Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945), is a singer, actress, and comedian. She is named after the legendary actress Bette Davis although ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbra Streisand: Encyclopedia - Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an iconic Jewish American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, and film producer and dir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin: Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sting Musician: Encyclopedia - Sting Musician
Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), universally known by his stage name Sting, is a British musician from Newcastle upon T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alicia Keys: Encyclopedia - Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York) is an American R&B/soul singer, composer, record p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bananarama: Encyclopedia - Bananarama
Bananarama is a British girl group that found worldwide fame with their melodic pop songs. The group was founded in London in 1981 by fri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cher: Encyclopedia - Cher
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of Armenian descent on her biological father's side and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyndi Lauper: Encyclopedia - Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper, is a singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U2: Encyclopedia - U2
U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Bowie: Encyclopedia - David Bowie
David Bowie (born January 8, 1947) is an English rock musician and actor. David Bowie - Overview. He is commonly known as the chameleon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanessa Lynn Williams: Encyclopedia - Vanessa Lynn Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963 in Millwood, New York) is a pop/R&B singer and actress who made history when she became th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whitney Houston: Encyclopedia - Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American Pop, R&B, Soul and Gospel singer, songwriter, re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stevie Wonder: Encyclopedia - Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder (born May 13, 1950) is an African-American singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Althou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will Smith: Encyclopedia - Will Smith
Willard Christopher Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. He is one of few people who have enjoyed success ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beyoncé Knowles: Encyclopedia - Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a popular American Contemporary R&B singer,songwriter, produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britney Spears: Encyclopedia - Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer and dancer, occasional actor and songwriter, most popular in 1999 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jennifer Lopez: Encyclopedia Ii - Jennifer Lopez - Music
Lopez's debut album, On the 6, a reference to the subway line she used to take growing up in Castle Hill, was released on June 1, 1999 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Destiny's Child: Encyclopedia Ii - Destiny's Child - Final Destiny And The Future
On June 13, 2005, it was announced the group will disband after their world tour ends in the fall of 2005. [1] It was decided that the sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth Wind & Fire: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth Wind & Fire - History
Earth Wind & Fire - Early years. Bandleader Maurice White began his recording career as a session drummer, working for Chess Record...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Janet Jackson: Encyclopedia Ii - Janet Jackson - Biography
Janet Jackson - Early life and career. Janet was born the last of ten children in Gary, Indiana to parents Joseph and Katherine Jackson...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tears For Fears: Encyclopedia Ii - Tears For Fears - Discography
Tears for Fears - Albums. The Hurting 1983 Mercury; #1 UK, #73 US, #21 NL Songs from the Big Chair 1985 Mercury; #2 UK, #1 US, #2 NL T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurythmics: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurythmics - History
Eurythmics - Formation In The Garden 1980-1982. The pair had first worked together as members of The Tourists. During this time, they w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jay-z: Encyclopedia Ii - Jay-z - Later Years
In 2003, Jay-Z toured with 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Sean Paul while finishing work on what was announced as his final album, The Black A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludacris: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludacris - Biography
Ludacris - Early years. Ludacris began his music career as a radio DJ personality, Chris Lova Lova, on Hot 97.5, an urban radio station...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hall & Oates: Encyclopedia Ii - Hall & Oates - First Hits 1975-1977
Hall & Oates left Atlantic Records after the release of War Babies to join RCA. Their first album for the new label, Daryl Hall &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Jackson: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Jackson - Solo Career
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall: 1978-1980. In 1978, Michael appeared in The Wiz as the Scarecrow, with former labelmate Diana Ross as D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary J. Blige: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary J. Blige - Biography
Mary J. Blige - Early life. Born in the Bronx, New York to a jazz musician and a schoolteacher as the second of two daughters, Mary was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marvin Gaye: Encyclopedia Ii - Marvin Gaye - Biography
Marvin Gaye - Early life and career. Gaye was born in Washington, D.C. Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.; he later added the "e" to imitate Sam Coo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - Biography
Madonna was born to an Italian-American Chrysler engineer, Silvio "Tony" P. Ciccone, and Madonna Louise Fortin (from a French Canadian f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exposé Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Exposé Band - Discography
Albums 1987: Exposure 1989: What You Don't Know 1992: Exposé Compilations 1995: Greatest Hits 1999: Master Hits 2001: The Encore Coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith Evans: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith Evans - Biography
After several years perfoming jazz standards at clubs and dropping out of college after her freshman year, the daughter of a white rocker...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hot 100 Number-one Hits Of 1958 Usa: Encyclopedia Ii - Hot 100 Number-one Hits Of 1958 Usa - Hot 100
Lists of number-one hits in the United States 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Estefan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Estefan - Biography
Known as the "Queen of Latin Pop", Estefan is one of the most recognized music artists in the world. Billions have heard her, millions ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huey Lewis & The News: Encyclopedia Ii - Huey Lewis & The News - Discography
Huey Lewis & the News - Albums. Huey Lewis & the News (1980) Picture This (1982) Sports (1983) Fore! (1986) Small World (1988)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Michael: Encyclopedia Ii - George Michael - Publicity & Notoriety
Michael was involved in a 1993 court case concerning his record contract after his record company CBS was taken over by Sony. Amongst Mic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enrique Iglesias: Encyclopedia Ii - Enrique Iglesias - Life And Career
Enrique Iglesias album sales currently total forty million, making him one of the best-selling Spanish music artists in the world. Enriqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Janet Jackson Discography: Encyclopedia Ii - Janet Jackson Discography - Albums
Studio album Released: September 23, 1982 Billboard peak position: No. 63 Billboard R&B peak position: No. 6 UK chart peak position...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herb Alpert: Encyclopedia Ii - Herb Alpert - The Tijuana Brass Years
Shortly after A&M's founding, Alpert released his debut album, The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. The Tijuana Brass were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gwen Stefani: Encyclopedia Ii - Gwen Stefani - Biography
Gwen Stefani - Beginnings. Gwen Stefani was born in Anaheim, California. Her father, Denis Stefani, is Italian American, and her mother...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fine Young Cannibals: Encyclopedia Ii - Fine Young Cannibals - Discography
Fine Young Cannibals - Albums. (1986) Fine Young Cannibals US: #9 US sales: Platinum (1989) The Raw and the Cooked US: #1 (7 weeks) US...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human League: Encyclopedia Ii - Human League - Original Line-up
The Human League emerged from the fertile music scene which emerged in Sheffield following the advent of "punk rock" in Britain in 1976. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sting: Encyclopedia Ii - Sting - Biography
Sumner was born in Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne, in North-East England to Audrey (a Protestant) and Ernest Sumner (a Catholic via h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herb Alpert: Encyclopedia Ii - Herb Alpert - The Tijuana Brass Years
Shortly after A&M's founding, Alpert formed a new group, one with a Latin flavor: the Tijuana Brass. In 1962, Alpert and the Brass re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Power Generation: Encyclopedia Ii - New Power Generation - Band Members
Levi Seacer, Jr. Kat Dyson Rev. Michael Scott Tommy Barbarella Renato Neto Rosie Gaines Morris Hayes Sonny T Rhonda Smith Michael Bland 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patti Labelle: Encyclopedia Ii - Patti Labelle - Biography
Patti LaBelle - Early years. Born the youngest of five children including three sisters and a brother, Patti began singing at the age o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U2: Encyclopedia Ii - U2 - History
U2 - Formation and breakthrough 1976 – 1980. The band was formed in Dublin on Saturday, September 25, 1976. Fourteen-year-old Larry M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanessa Lynn Williams: Encyclopedia Ii - Vanessa Lynn Williams - Awards
Vanessa Lynn Williams - 1983. Crowned Miss America 1984 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Prior to the final night of competition, William...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ace Of Base: Encyclopedia Ii - Ace Of Base - Achievements
Throughout their relatively short time recording and performing together, Ace of Base set a number of world records and other achievement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alicia Keys: Encyclopedia Ii - Alicia Keys - Professional Music Career
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor 2001: The Debut. Keys' debut release, Songs in A Minor, was released in the U.S. in June 2001 on Clive D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whitney Houston: Encyclopedia Ii - Whitney Houston - Biography
Whitney Houston - Early years. Whitney's mother (Cissy Houston), first cousin (Dionne Warwick) and Godmother (Aretha Franklin) were al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stevie Wonder: Encyclopedia Ii - Stevie Wonder - Biography
Stevie Wonder - Artist career history. Steveland Judkins was born prematurely in Saginaw. Common belief is that he became blind after b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toni Braxton: Encyclopedia Ii - Toni Braxton - Secrets
Braxton entered the studio in 1995 to start recording her sophomore album, Secrets. The album, released in 1996, is her most successful w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tina Turner: Encyclopedia Ii - Tina Turner - Biography
Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner. Anna Mae Bullock was discovered by Ike Turner, a noted pioneer of rock and roll, whom she later ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sting Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Sting Musician - Biography
Sumner was born in Wallsend, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, in North-East England to Audrey (a Protestant) and Ernest Sumner (a Catholi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seal Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Seal Musician - Music Career
Seal musician - First Album 'Seal'. As the featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", Seal became a hot property when the singl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roberta Flack: Encyclopedia Ii - Roberta Flack - Trivia
Clint Eastwood is a close friend to Flack - he used one of her songs in his first directoral debut Play Misty for Me and collaborated aga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rod Stewart: Encyclopedia Ii - Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment 1969-1975
The US band Cactus offered Stewart a job as lead singer but he decided to join The Faces with Ron Wood. (Wood had played bass guitar with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Will Smith - Biography
Will Smith was born and raised in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second of four children. He is a graduate of O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alicia Keys: Encyclopedia Ii - Alicia Keys - Professional Music Career
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor 2001: The Debut. Keys' debut release, Songs in A Minor, was released in the U.S. in June 2001 on Clive D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Shop Boys: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Shop Boys - Before Pet Shop Boys
Neil Francis Tennant was born in North Shields, Northumberland. While at school, Tennant played in a group in Newcastle called Dust. Thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Ocean: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Ocean - Biography
He was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago and moved to England with his family at the age of eight. In his teenage years, he sung regul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C&c Music Factory: Encyclopedia Ii - C&c Music Factory - Productions As C&c Music Factory
C&C Music Factory's first single was "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", released on Columbia Records in 1990. In 1991, a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paula Abdul: Encyclopedia Ii - Paula Abdul - Singing
In 1988, she released her debut album Forever Your Girl and, after a fairly long time, became a smash hit star. The album spawned five Am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee Gees: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee Gees - 1960s In England
Very soon after their arrival in January 1967, the Bee Gees were signed by Robert Stigwood, and added Australian musicians Vince Melouney...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Gabriel: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Gabriel - Solo Career
Gabriel famously refused to title any of his first four solo albums (they were all labeled peter gabriel using the same typeface, but dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beyoncé Knowles: Encyclopedia Ii - Beyoncé Knowles - Destiny's Child
Beyoncé rose to fame with the then quartet Destiny's Child in 1998 with the Billboard Top 10 hit, "No, No, No"(Part 2)". Even after much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bananarama: Encyclopedia Ii - Bananarama - Discography
US Top data: for singles from The Billboard Hot 100, for albums from The Billboard 200; UK Top data for singles and albums from UK Single...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretha Franklin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aretha Franklin - Biography
Franklin was born in Memphis. The family lived in Buffalo, New York for a short time before moving to Detroit, Michigan when she was seve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barry White: Encyclopedia Ii - Barry White - Biography
Though he was born in Galveston, Texas, he grew up in the high-crime areas of South Los Angeles, where he joined a gang at the age of 10,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beyoncé Knowles: Encyclopedia Ii - Beyoncé Knowles - Destiny's Child
Beyoncé rose to fame with the then quartet Destiny's Child in 1998 with the Billboard Top 10 hit, "No, No, No"(Part 2)". Even after much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Artist: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Artist - Biography
Prince artist - Uptown: Early years. Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Mount Sinai Hospital to John L. Nelson ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jay-z: Encyclopedia Ii - Jay-z - Later Years
In 2003, Jay-Z toured with 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Sean Paul while finishing work on what was announced as his final album, The Black A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Jackson 5: Encyclopedia Ii - The Jackson 5 - History
The Jackson 5 - Early career. The Jacksons were a working-class family from Gary, Indiana. Katherine raised the children as Jehovah's W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kool & The Gang: Encyclopedia Ii - Kool & The Gang - History
The group's main members over the years included brothers Robert Bell (known as "Kool") on bass (b. October 8, 1950, Youngstown, Ohio) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abba: Encyclopedia Ii - Abba - Before Abba
Andersson was a member of the Swedish rock/pop band Hep Stars who were very popular in Sweden during the 1960s. The band was modeled afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cher: Encyclopedia Ii - Cher - Biography
Cher first achieved success as one of the pop music duo Sonny and Cher with her first husband, Sonny Bono (whom she met while working as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - Biography
Madonna Louise Ciccone was the third of six children born to an Italian-American Chrysler engineer, Silvio "Tony" P. Ciccone, and Madonn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Bowie: Encyclopedia Ii - David Bowie - History
David Bowie - 1947 to 1967: Early years. David Robert Jones was born in Brixton, London on January 8, 1947, apparently at his family's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rob Thomas Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Rob Thomas Musician - Solo Career
On April 19, 2005, he released a solo album, Something to Be. This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donna Summer: Encyclopedia Ii - Donna Summer - Career
Summer was a rarity in the 1970s disco scene because her career began before the disco explosion and continued afterward. Even though she...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elton John: Encyclopedia Ii - Elton John - 1970s Success
Elton's self-titled second album was released in the spring of 1970 on MCA, and slowly began to climb the charts. The first single from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diana Ross: Encyclopedia Ii - Diana Ross - Biography
Diana Ross - The Supremes. Main entry: The Supremes Fred and Ernestine Ross had named and christened their daughter "Diane"; however, d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rick Astley: Encyclopedia Ii - Rick Astley - Discography
US Top data: for singles from The Billboard Hot 100, for albums from The Billboard 200; UK Top data for singles and albums is from UK Sin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madonna Entertainer: Encyclopedia Ii - Madonna Entertainer - 1980s
In 1982, Madonna inked a single deal with Sire Records that paid her $5,000. Her first single, "Everybody", was produced by Mark Kamins ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pink Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Pink Musician - Career
Pink musician - Can't Take Me Home. Pink began her career as an R&B artist, signed to the predominately urban label, LaFace Records...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monica Singer: Encyclopedia Ii - Monica Singer - Biography
Hailing from Atlanta, Monica is the daughter of divorced parents and has one brother named Montez. She began singing at an early age in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyndi Lauper: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyndi Lauper - Biography
Cyndi Lauper was born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary J. Blige: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary J. Blige - Biography
Mary J. Blige - Early life. Born in the Bronx, New York to a jazz musician and a schoolteacher as the second of two daughters, Mary was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pink Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Pink Musician - Career
Pink musician - Can't Take Me Home. Pink began her career as an R&B and hip-hop musician. She has complained that because she chose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pink Musician: Encyclopedia Ii - Pink Musician - Career
Pink musician - Can't Take Me Home. Pink began her career as an R&B and hip-hop musician. She has complained that because she chose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbra Streisand: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbra Streisand - Singing Career
Barbra Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all with the Columbia Records label. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut, T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britney Spears: Encyclopedia Ii - Britney Spears - Biography
Britney Spears - Childhood and discovery. Born to Jamie Spears, a building contractor, and Lynne Bridges, a grade school teacher, in Mc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beyoncé Knowles: Encyclopedia Ii - Beyoncé Knowles - Destiny's Child
Beyoncé rose to fame with the then quartet Destiny's Child in 1998 with the Billboard Top 10 hit, "No, No, No (Part 2)". Even after much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Midler: Encyclopedia Ii - Bette Midler - Biography
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii to Jewish parents, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii but got her start singing in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jennifer Lopez: Encyclopedia Ii - Jennifer Lopez - Awards & Nominations
1995 1995 Independent Spirit Awards: nomination for Best Supporting Actress ("My Family") 1997 1997 Saturn Awards: nomination for Best...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tears For Fears: Encyclopedia Ii - Tears For Fears - Discography
Tears for Fears - Albums. The Hurting (1983 ; Mercury) #1 UK, #73 US, #21 NL Songs from the Big Chair (1985 ; Mercury) #2 UK...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will To Power Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Will To Power Band - Present Day
Producer Bob Rosenberg went back into the studio in 2004 and in 2005 created and released "Spirit Warrior" on Straight Blast Records. usi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thelma Houston: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelma Houston - Discography
Thelma Houston - Albums. Dunhill release 1969: Sunshower Motown releases 1973: Thelma Houston 1976: Any Way You Like It 1977: Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelly Rowland: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelly Rowland - Destiny's Child
Rowland rose to fame with the then quartet Destiny's Child in 1998 with the Billboard Top 10 hit, "No, No, No (Part 2)". Even after much ...   » Read the article