Post by brownjb81 on May 23, 2020 15:16:46 GMT -5
I was looking at the Billboard Hot 100 from May 17, 1986 the other day and I noticed that Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston all had 3 of the Top 5 songs on the Hot 100 that week.
5. Live To Tell--Madonna
4. What Have You Done For Me Lately--Janet Jackson
3. Why Can't This Be Love--Van Halen
2. West End Girls--Pet Shop Boys
1. Greatest Love Of All--Whitney Houston
That week might have set the stage for Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston that they would dominate the pop charts at the same time during the late 80's and for much of the 90's. Although all 3 of them would dominate the pop charts over the next decade and have long chart runs, their music careers were at different stages at that point back in 1986.
Madonna--By May '86, she already had several hits and 2 hit albums under her belt. She was already in the mist of her chart dominance during the second half of the 80's and even more hits were yet to come as she would go on to have 17 consecutive Top 10 hits from 1984-1989 (including 16 consecutive Top 5 hits).
Janet Jackson--She had just released her breakthough album "Control" in early '86. After her first 2 albums didn't do so well, she changed direction and worked with all new people (including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) on her "Control" album and that album would rocket her into superstar status and the start of her long run of chart hits over the next 2 decades and she would no longer be known as just Michael Jackson's little sister.
Whitney Houston--"Greatest Love Of All" became her 3rd #1 single in a row and her self-titled debut album would be the first debut album in chart history to score 3 #1 hits and would become the biggest selling debut album of all time. Like Madonna, Whitney also would dominate the pop charts during the late 80's and well into the 90's. She would also set the record for the having 7 consecutive #1 hits on the Hot 100.
5. Live To Tell--Madonna
4. What Have You Done For Me Lately--Janet Jackson
3. Why Can't This Be Love--Van Halen
2. West End Girls--Pet Shop Boys
1. Greatest Love Of All--Whitney Houston
That week might have set the stage for Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston that they would dominate the pop charts at the same time during the late 80's and for much of the 90's. Although all 3 of them would dominate the pop charts over the next decade and have long chart runs, their music careers were at different stages at that point back in 1986.
Madonna--By May '86, she already had several hits and 2 hit albums under her belt. She was already in the mist of her chart dominance during the second half of the 80's and even more hits were yet to come as she would go on to have 17 consecutive Top 10 hits from 1984-1989 (including 16 consecutive Top 5 hits).
Janet Jackson--She had just released her breakthough album "Control" in early '86. After her first 2 albums didn't do so well, she changed direction and worked with all new people (including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) on her "Control" album and that album would rocket her into superstar status and the start of her long run of chart hits over the next 2 decades and she would no longer be known as just Michael Jackson's little sister.
Whitney Houston--"Greatest Love Of All" became her 3rd #1 single in a row and her self-titled debut album would be the first debut album in chart history to score 3 #1 hits and would become the biggest selling debut album of all time. Like Madonna, Whitney also would dominate the pop charts during the late 80's and well into the 90's. She would also set the record for the having 7 consecutive #1 hits on the Hot 100.