In 2004, 12 songs reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and every one was performed by Black artists. It's the only year ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our Music of the Decades series crosses perilously into a new century, as we contemplate the fast-moving, sound-clashing uproar of ...

Think back to when you first heard one of those songs that just seemed to be everywhere. You know the ones. Playing on every radio station, blasting from car windows, stuck in your head for days. The ...

The 12 Best Dancehall Songs of the 2000s - DancehallMag. The 2000s were the decade dancehall stopped knocking on the door of global pop and simply walked in. Riddims built in Kingston studios ended up ...

If one thing has remained the same over the decades, it’s that pop music adores a strong chorus. If you can grip a listener in with a few lines and an earworm hook, you’ve got yourself a pop hit. The ...

Pop-punk isn't dead; just ask any fan of these three songs from the 2000s, each of which sounds amazingly fresh 20+ years ...

What were the best rock songs for each year of the 2000s? It's an interesting journey to see play out as you can see the progression in the dominant styles of rock. The era began with nu-metal ruling ...

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The Best Dancehall Songs of 2000 - DancehallMag. The year 2000 did not arrive quietly in Kingston. Sound systems rang in the new millennium on fresh riddims, Greensleeves was boxing up whole rhythms ...

It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, two Grammy Awards, and three other Grammy nominations, the most awards won by a single rap song in one year. The song is ranked 4th in the 100 greatest ...