Section 2: The Top 40
Brandy is ranked at #15 in the decade according to Billboard thanks to 13 weeks at #1 with ”The Boy Is Mine” with Monica and two weeks at the top spot with ”Have You Ever?” In addition she hit the top 40 with ”I Wanna Be Down,” ”Baby,” ”Best Friend,” ”Brokenhearted,” ”Sittin’ Up In My Room,” ”Missing You” and ”Almost Doesn’t Count.”
The Brat Pack hit #36 in 1990 with ”You’re the Only Woman”
Toni Braxton ranks as the 13th biggest artist of the 90s thanks to the double A-Side #1 single ”You’re Making Me High/Let It Flow” and 11 weeks at #1 with ”Unbreak My Heart.” She also hit the top 40 with ”Love Shoulda Brought You Home,” ”Another Sad Love Song,” ”Breathe Again,” ”You Mean the World To Me,” ”I Belong To You,” ”How Many Ways,” and ”I Don’t Want To/I Love Me Some Him.” In the mix was also four Grammy awards.
Breathe’s final two charting songs both hit the top 40 in 1990 — ”Say A Prayer” and ”Does She Love That Man?”
Chad Brock’s first single, ”Ordinary Life” hit #39 in 1999.
”MyBabyDaddy” is perhaps the most forgotten about top 10 hit in the decade. B-Rock & the Bizz took it to #10 in 1997.
Chris Gaines hit #5 in 1999 with ”Lost In You.” That’s right, Garth Brooks’s only trip to the Billboard top 40 was as Chris Gaines. Ain’t that some shit?
Meredith Brooks hit #2 for four weeks in 1997 with ”Bitch.”
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