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cruz Top 40 Radio’s Top 10 Tracks If you have ever been a teenager (or if you’ve ever acted like one…), then you probably remember being enamored with the Top 40 hits on the radio. But of those 40, the only songs that will matter in the long run are those from number 10 up to number 1. You’ve probably waited through the countdown to hear the song on the number one spot. Secretly you are hoping that it’ll be your favourite song. If it is, you smile to yourself, anticipating the many times the number one song will be played in the next week.

This Week’s Top 10

Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Eminem – Love The Way You Lie (featuring Rihanna )
Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me
Enrique Iglesias – I Like It featuring Pitbull
Katy Perry – California Gurls (featuring Snoop Dogg)
B.O.B – Airplanes (featuring Hayley Williams)
Jason Derulo – Ridin’ Solo
Usher – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (featuring Pitbull)
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Drake – Find Your Love

eminem Top 40 Radio’s Top 10 Tracks The Top Forty or Top 40 is the music industry’s way of determining the most well-known songs whether across all genres. The top 40 list refers to the top selling or the most listened to songs or music from last week; this method of tracking the most popular music started in the 1960s and has continued up to today.

This list of the most popular songs can either be determined through a survey done by a publication or radio station. Of the songs commonly featured in the top 40, the common characteristic is that most of the top songs have just been released or are relatively new.

The top listings are not limited to the number 40. The number of songs on the listing may differ depending on the organization doing the tracking. It can either be “Top 20”, “Top 50” or even “Top 100.” The number does not really matter; all the list does is to determine the most popular songs during the current week.

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Top 5 90s Music Remakes

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The 90’s was decade with some extremely memorable songs. We can say that almost all decades have songs that are worth remembering. Let us look back at the 90’s and relive the Top 5 90’s music remakes.

lou bega Top 5 90s Music Remakes 1. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega

This song was performed by Lou Bega in 1999 in the album A Little Bit of Mambo.

A song originally composed and recorded by Perez Prado in 1949, Bega’s version was a hit in the US, Canada and Australia. It was the number 1 song in Australia in 1999 for eight weeks straight and became the best-selling single for that year. During the same year, it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It was the only top 40 song for Lou Bega.

2. Killing Me Softly – Fugees

A song originally composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel in 1971 and originally titled Killing Me Softly With His Song. The hip hop group The Fugees made a remake of this song in 1996 with a version title of Killing Me Softly. The Fugee’s version became a hit in the US, reaching number two on the US airplay chart. In the UK, it reached number one and became 1996’s best selling single.

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90’s Hip-Hop Music

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public enemy 90’s Hip Hop Music Hip-Hop, also known as rap, is a musical genre that was derived from the hip-hop culture. It originated in the 1970’s in The Bronx, New York. Hip-hop became a famous musical genre because it allowed the urban youth to freely express themselves. The 1990’s were the Golden Age of Hip-Hop in a way, so let’s take a look back at the 90’s and reminisce about this genre’s success during that era.

Hip-hop in the 90’s was all about expressing politically conscious views in a manner that was smooth and effortless and was assisted by soft bass beats and melodic synthesizers.

In the mid-90’s, a rapid change in the hip-hop culture occurred, and some of the purists saw it as degenerating to the hip-hop culture. This rapid change was the transition into “commercial hip-hop”. It was slowly deteriorating what the emcees in the 80’s built – a culture of music, creativity, artistry and dance wherein they expressed themselves and delivered a clear and positive message to the world. page go 90’s Hip Hop Music Continue reading 90’s Hip-Hop Music »

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Country Radio: 10 Great Songs

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Have you ever thought about what ten songs represent the best of country music? If you williams Country Radio: 10 Great Songs will be asked to pick ten songs, which ones would they be? Below are some of the country songs that we think would qualify for the top ten; they range from classic country music to mainstream country music and anything in between.

10: ‘I Fall To Pieces’ (1961)

This is probably one of the greatest country songs of all time. The melody and the timbre of the voice of the singer is what set this song apart from other songs.

09: ‘Folsom Prison Blues’(1955)

Johnny Cash wrote this song while serving overseas in the US Air Force after seeing the movie Inside the Walls of

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Folsom Prison. Cover versions of this song have been recorded by Charley Pride, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard and Brooks & Dunn among others.

08: ‘I Hope You Dance’ (2000)

The greatness of this song is signified by the award it received when this song was released: the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

07: ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’ (1949)

Part of this song’s appeal is that Hank Williams singing style immediately evokes the feeling of loneliness that he’s singing about.

06: ‘The Dance’ (1990)

Aside from the music, the music video, which features a number of American icons that died for a dream, plays a big role in defining this song.

05: ‘Crazy’ (1961)

cline Country Radio: 10 Great Songs Many artists have tried to recreate this song, but none of ever came close to the original. The night Patsy Cline debuted this song she received three standing ovations and the song became an immediate crossover hit, earning hit status on three different charts in the early 1960’s.

04: ‘Stand By Your Man’ (1968)

This is one of the old time classics. As proof of its stature in the country genre, the song has endured over the years and is still continuously played at weddings and country bars across the country.

03: ‘I Cross My Heart’ (1992)

This song has been a sound track of a movie and has been No. 1 on the charts.

02: ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’ (1952)

Written and recorded by Hank Williams and released after his death, this blues ballad is considered one of his greatest songs.

01: ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ (1980)

This song really portrays how a man feels after being betrayed by his lover. George Jones credits this song with winning him the Best Male Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award.

Obviously, not everyone is going to agree on the top ten songs…some of the songs that you like might have made the list and others might not have. The bottom line is that we all have our own preferences. But no matter how different we all may be, country music remains one of the greatest music genres with thousands of great songs to enjoy. Now that you’ve studied up, hop on over to our free Country Music Internet Radio channel and listen to some of these songs you’ve read about!

Top 40 Radio Explained

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In the radio industry, a song’s popularity is measured by the demand for the song based on the volume of requests from listeners and sales. The Top 40 is one of the music metrics that tracks the most popular songs within a current week, month or year. Top 40 playback became a dominant radio format during the 1960’s and was persisted until the 1980’s.

You may be wondering how Top 40 works: what is the process, how does a song make it to the Top 40? I will try to explain it further. Each week, the 100 most popular songs are put into a chart by Billboard. The Billboard chart is based on a national sample of top radio airplay and music sales. The Top 40 songs are then extracted from Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

Airplay is the first process in determining the songs to be included in the Top 40. Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), run by Neilsen, keeps track of the airplay. BDS uses a certain technology called digital pattern-recognition to capture songs that are being played on radio stations and music channels all over the US and Canada. This recognition process is run 24/7 and captures over 100 million songs annually; the data gathered is then used by Billboard in compiling weekly charts.

The second process used in determining the Top 40 songs is monitoring the sales of albums in music stores. To track sales, Billboard then uses SoundScan, another technology developed by Neilsen that keeps track of record sales all over the US and Canada. When we purchase an album, sales data from the barcode is passed to SoundScan; the stored data is compiled and published weekly.

The methodology of Billboard in weighting the compiled data has changed over time. In the past, they were using 90% airplay and 10% sales to determine the top songs. Now, they use 80% airplay and 20% sales because of shifting trends in how many people listen to radio versus how many people actually purchase singles.

Most recording artists’ goal is to sell albums, and for albums to sell, their songs must be popular on the radio. Once a song hits the Top 40 list, a massive rise in album sales is generally guaranteed. Top 40 has been a measuring stick for album sales and the trend will likely continue. Not making the Top 40 does not say that your success rate as an artist will be low; not all musicians are after big sales after all. Some are contented with the money they are making and the little spotlight time they get.

Hip Hop Music: Then and Now

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Hip hop music has been with us since the 1970’s; since its early years, the genre has been an evolving art form spanning a variety of styles inhabited by some interesting characters. Let’s take a look at the significant years in the development and growth of hip hop.

1970-1973

The Grandfather of Hip-Hop; Afrika Bambaataa started to DJ. He is also known to many as the Godfather of Hip Hop culture. As the founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, Afrika is also a visionary, historian and is recognized as the “Master of Records”.
Kool Herc, the Father of Hip-hop also known as Clive Campell DJ’d his first block party.

1974

Graffiti Art became widely visible in around New York’s subway cars.
Caz, Bambaataa, Herc and Flash played at block parties, house parties and were visible all over the Bronx neighborhoods.

1975

The art of “Emceeing” started to evolve in parties.
Kool Herc and the Herculoids was formed and its members Coke La Rock and Clark Kent formed the first emcee team.

1977

Hip hop focused its attention on the MCs while other DJs such as Disco King Mario, Casanova Fly, Disco Wiz and DJ Bam continued to perform around town .
Herc was stabbed three times in his party one night, and his career took a beating from which he never recovered.

1983

Gangsta rap came into play with Ice T as the pioneering artist. His singles “Body Rock” and “Killers” were released in the West coast.

1986

The Geto Boys was formed. It was founded by James Smith who was a native of Houston, Texas. Its original lineup included MCs Raheim, DJ Ready Red, Sir Rap-A-Lot and Jukebox.
The Geto Boys were the authors of the evolution of southern rap.

1993

“36 Chambers” was released by the Wu-Tang Clan.
“The Chronic” by Dr. Dre reached multi-platinum status.

1996

Jay-Z launched his highly-anticipated album, “Reasonable Doubt”. He started the “charismatic rapper” theme thus earning lots of admirers and inspiring many wannabes.
A new award-giving body was formed in the UK. It was called The Music of Black Origin and The Fugees came away with two trophies for that year.

2001

In an MTV show, Puff Daddy announced that he would change his name to P. Diddy.
Eminem pleads guilty to two charges of felony in an incident in 2000 where he caught a man kissing his wife, Kim Mathers. He was charged for pistol-whipping the man.

2005

In a Power 105.1 concert in New York, Jay-Z and Nas ended their long time feud.

There you have it; Hip-hop highlights through the years. It may be the same as before as it is now. But along the way, there are lots of personalities, happenings and events. All of these events helped shape hip-hop, and the hip-hop culture is still growing strong after all these. Listen to 977music’s very own DJ Tremble on demand here, or every weekend on the Hitz station mix shows.

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