Section 2: The Top 40

Blaque hit the top 10 twice with ”808″ and ”Bring It All To Me.”

Blessid Union of Souls cracked the top 40 four times. ”Let Me Be the One,” ”I Wanna Be There” and ”Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)” were moderate hits but ”I Believe” was the track that put them on the map in 1995 going to #8

According to Billboard, Mary J. Blige is the 18th biggest artist of the decade thanks to top 40 hits like, ”You Remind Me,” ”Real Love,” ”Sweet Thing,” ”Be Happy,” ”I’m Goin’ Down,” ”Not Gon’ Cry,” ”I Can Love You” and ”Everything.”

The bee girl helped take Blind Melon to #20 with ”No Rain.”

Blink-182’s biggest hit, ”All the Small Things,” went to #6 in 1999.

Blues Traveler hit the top 40 three times, with ”Run-Around,” ”Hook” and ”But Anyway.”

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Dave Steed is all about music; 80's and metal to be exact. His iPod will shuffle from Culture Club to Slayer and he won't blink an eye. He's never heard Astral Weeks but thinks "Dazzey Duks" by Duice is the bomb. It's an odd little corner of the world he lives in.

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