Dikutip dari website favorit Ithonx: http://www.mariahjournal.comArtists who define decades, based on not only success, but pop culture impact. Of course, many artists span multiple decades, and perhaps this is subjective. But, to me, Frank Sinatra "is" the '40s, Elvis Presley the '50s, the Beatles the '60s, the Bee Gees the '70s and Michael Jackson the '80s.
So, who "is" the '90s? I'm not sure I can put the face on the decade. Nirvana maybe? Kurt Cobain and company perhaps best define the grunge genre that so took hold that decade, and Cobain's early death put a mysterious stamp on the era. And the '00s? Perhaps Eminem?
Billboard's Gary Trust:
These are some great questions, and what perhaps makes them so fun is that there's no definitive answer.
Joel Whitburn's most recent version of "Top Pop Singles," which chronicles the first 50 years of the Hot 100 (1958-2008), names the following artists as the top performers of each decade:
'60s: the Beatles
'70s: Elton John
'80s: Michael Jackson
'90s: Mariah Carey
'00s: Nelly
In Billboard's 1999 year-end issue, the combined song and album decade placement for the '90s shows as follows:
1, Mariah Carey
2, Janet Jackson
3, Garth Brooks
4, Boyz II Men
5, Celine Dion
While digesting all these rankings, since you asked, here are the artists that come to my mind when I think of each decade's top performers. '50s: Presley. '60s: the Beatles. '70s: John. '80s: Madonna. '90s: Carey. '00s: Eminem.
I choose Carey for the '90s based on her 14 Hot 100 No. 1s during the decade, a run that includes time spent at the top spot in every year in that span. While grunge, and alternative in general, arguably reached a pop culture zenith in the '90s, the genre's biggest hits often did not make the impacts on the Hot 100 that one might expect. (Nirvana's biggest Hot 100 entry, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," peaked at No. 6).
So, who "is" the '90s? I'm not sure I can put the face on the decade. Nirvana maybe? Kurt Cobain and company perhaps best define the grunge genre that so took hold that decade, and Cobain's early death put a mysterious stamp on the era. And the '00s? Perhaps Eminem?
Billboard's Gary Trust:
These are some great questions, and what perhaps makes them so fun is that there's no definitive answer.
Joel Whitburn's most recent version of "Top Pop Singles," which chronicles the first 50 years of the Hot 100 (1958-2008), names the following artists as the top performers of each decade:
'60s: the Beatles
'70s: Elton John
'80s: Michael Jackson
'90s: Mariah Carey
'00s: Nelly
In Billboard's 1999 year-end issue, the combined song and album decade placement for the '90s shows as follows:
1, Mariah Carey
2, Janet Jackson
3, Garth Brooks
4, Boyz II Men
5, Celine Dion
While digesting all these rankings, since you asked, here are the artists that come to my mind when I think of each decade's top performers. '50s: Presley. '60s: the Beatles. '70s: John. '80s: Madonna. '90s: Carey. '00s: Eminem.
I choose Carey for the '90s based on her 14 Hot 100 No. 1s during the decade, a run that includes time spent at the top spot in every year in that span. While grunge, and alternative in general, arguably reached a pop culture zenith in the '90s, the genre's biggest hits often did not make the impacts on the Hot 100 that one might expect. (Nirvana's biggest Hot 100 entry, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," peaked at No. 6).
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