Did you know that Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ album was the best-selling album in the US for 2 consecutive years?
Did you know that Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation 1814′ was the 1st album to spawn 7 consecutive top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100?
Did you know that Usher’s ‘Confessions’ album was the top-selling record on both the Billboard Pop chart as well as the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally in 2004?
Did you know that Alicia Keys had the most successful songs on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 3 of the last 10 years?
Did you know that Flo Rida’s ‘Low (Ft. T-Pain)’ was the most successful Hip-Hop song on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 50-year period of 1958 to 2008?
Did you know that Mariah Carey achieved the Song of the Decade titles of the Billboard Hot 100 in both the 1990s and the 2000s?
Did you know that the Black Eyed Peas hold the record for the most consecutive weeks spent at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Did you know that Whitney Houston was the first artist to be given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards?
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