Taylor becomes first artist to Top Billboard song chart in the last 3 decade

[FolkLover1989]

Truly the hitmaker and she did it Solo in all 3 decades. 

 

 

[brainmaniac]

Who else has topped Radio Songs in 3 decades 

[Maneater]

The tweet means those specific 3 decades, not 3 decades in general

[FolkLover1989]

12 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said:

Not the first artist, but the first one who debuted post 90s I guess

 

7 minutes ago, brainmaniac said:

Who else has topped Radio Songs in 3 decades 

 

5 minutes ago, Maneater said:

The tweet means those specific 3 decades, not 3 decades in general

she is the only artist as lead.

 

 

[brainmaniac]

Just now, FolkLover1989 said:

 

 

she is the only artist as lead.

 

 

So who else has done it and not necessarily as lead?

[FolkLover1989]

Just now, brainmaniac said:

So who else has done it and not necessarily as lead?

Christina as featured artist

[brainmaniac]

3 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

Christina as featured artist

Well that’s great for Christina being the only other one besides Taylor who has done it, even if isn’t as lead 

Edited December 27, 2022 by brainmaniac

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Madonna definitely did this in the 80s, 90s and 00s 

[Michael196]

4 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Madonna definitely did this in the 80s, 90s and 00s 

the chart started in december 1990 according to the article...

 

solo 

[wastedpotential]

4 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Madonna definitely did this in the 80s, 90s and 00s 

Radio Songs as a chart didn't come into existence until 1990 (if I'm reading the wikipedia article right) so she didn't, at least not on this chart. 

 

That explains why no one else has done it solo, because no artist was in a position to get a #1 in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (except apparently Christina), since Britney has never gone #1 on this chart and no one else has really been a hitmaker across those three decades, and no one who has gotten a #1 in the 2000s has had a big enough radio hit to get one in the 2020s. 

[brainmaniac]

10 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Madonna definitely did this in the 80s, 90s and 00s 

Not Madonna, Music was her biggest airplay hit of the 2000s and it didn’t go to #1 on Radio Songs

[Hunter_13]

Smash-Hero 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

Radio Songs as a chart didn't come into existence until 1990 (if I'm reading the wikipedia article right) so she didn't, at least not on this chart. 

 

That explains why no one else has done it solo, because no artist was in a position to get a #1 in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (except apparently Christina), since Britney has never gone #1 on this chart and no one else has really been a hitmaker across those three decades, and no one who has gotten a #1 in the 2000s has had a big enough radio hit to get one in the 2020s. 

oh, well im sure there was a 80s equivalent of the chart. and surely rihanna and beyoncé will join the list. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Just now, brainmaniac said:

Not Madonna, Music was her biggest airplay hit of the 2000s and it didn’t go to #1 on Radio Songs

4 minutes probably reached #1. 

[brainmaniac]

2 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

Radio Songs as a chart didn't come into existence until 1990 (if I'm reading the wikipedia article right) so she didn't, at least not on this chart. 

 

That explains why no one else has done it solo, because no artist was in a position to get a #1 in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (except apparently Christina), since Britney has never gone #1 on this chart and no one else has really been a hitmaker across those three decades, and no one who has gotten a #1 in the 2000s has had a big enough radio hit to get one in the 2020s. 

There’s a Wikipedia article on #1s on this chart from the 1980s though 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hot_100_Airplay_number-one_singles_of_the_1980s

 

 

[brainmaniac]

1 minute ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

4 minutes probably reached #1. 

4 Minutes was a smaller hit than Music though.

It was much smaller on radio too, it only peaked at #11 on Radio Songs 

[wastedpotential]

5 minutes ago, brainmaniac said:

There’s a Wikipedia article on #1s on this chart from the 1980s though 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hot_100_Airplay_number-one_singles_of_the_1980s

 

 

The chart was significantly reformatted in 1990 (as in, they went from just asking radio stations what songs they played to actually tracking them), so even Billboard considers pre-December 1990 and post-December 1990 to be different, for records like this

[brainmaniac]

1 hour ago, wastedpotential said:

The chart was significantly reformatted in 1990 (as in, they went from just asking radio stations what songs they played to actually tracking them), so even Billboard considers pre-December 1990 and post-December 1990 to be different, for records like this

Oh I see, so kind of like Billboard separates the The Hot 100 from The Top 100, which was basically The Hot 100 before The Hot 100, but Billboard kind of considers it a different chart even though it was the direct predecessor to it.

 

I was going to say, looking at this 80s list, Janet Jackson also had #1s on this chart, so she had them in the 80s, 90s, and 00s

 

So basically Janet was the first to do it , although it technically doesn’t count for this record 

 

Christina was the first to officially do it 

 

Taylor was the first to officially do it as only a lead artist 

 

Still, they’re in rare company and it’s an amazing accomplishment for all 3 of them!

Edited December 27, 2022 by brainmaniac

[FolkLover1989]

16 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

oh, well im sure there was a 80s equivalent of the chart. and surely rihanna and beyoncé will join the list. 

Did Beyoncé have a song reaching #1 in 2010s?

Yeah Rihanna will join the list 

[UnusualBoy]

Katy & Gaga have done it in 2 but I doubt they will top the chart this decade so Taylor may keep this for a while.

[simmnfierzig]

This thread 

 

 

[wastedpotential]

3 hours ago, FolkLover1989 said:

Did Beyoncé have a song reaching #1 in 2010s?

Yeah, she had:

 

Crazy In Love (2003)

Baby Boy (2003)

Check On It (2006)

Irreplaceable (2006)

Single Ladies (2008)

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Perfect (2017)

[Holiest Dreams]

Hitless and radio poison allegations have officially been beat

 

Even I’m shocked  I expected this era to finally give her another “legit” hit, but even then I predicted it would peak top 3 on overall radio at best.

[1989]

[MingYouToo]

12 hours ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Madonna definitely did this in the 80s, 90s and 00s 

Even if Radio Songs started in the 80s Madge was never gonna get the title simply by virtue of her having no #1 in the 00s. Music was #2 and 4 Minutes was #11 respectively.