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1950's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide
Rock and roll is born from a fusion of electric blues, gospel and country music.
Bill Haley & his Comets - Rock Around the Clock - 1955
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - 1957
Jo Stafford - You Belong to Me - 1952 -
1960's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:
The Beatles - Hey Jude - 1968
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - 1965
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale - 1967
Sixties Genres / Key Artists
Folk Revival: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul & Mary
Girl Groups: The Shirelles, The Chiffons, The Shangri-Las
60's Soul - Stax/Atlantic: Otis Redding, Booker T & The MG's
Bubblegum Rock: The Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Company
Psychedelic Rock- Pink Floyd, 13th Floor Elevators -
1970's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - 1978
John Travolta,Olivia Newton-John-You're the One That I Want-1978
John Lennon - Imagine - 1971
Seventies Genres / Key Artists:
Soft Rock- Elton John, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac
Pop- Abba, Jackson Five, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross
RnB/Urban- Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder
Hard Rock/Arena Rock/ Heavy Metal - Kiss, AC/DC, Queen -
1980's Top 100 Best Selling Singles Worldwide:
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) - 1980
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 1983
Prince - 1999 - 1982
Eighties Genres / Key Artists
Rap/Hip Hop- Salt n Pepa, Run DMC, LL Cool J
RnB/Urban- Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston
Thrash / Speed Metal- Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax
Mainstream Rock- Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Survivor -
1990's Top 100 Best Selling Singles of the Decade Worldwide
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
TLC - No Scrubs
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Nineties Genres / Key Artists:
Grunge- Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains
Pop / Teen Pop- Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC
Contemporary R&B: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, TLC
Hip Hop- Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Tupac Shakur
Hard Rock- AC/DC, Guns N Roses, U2
