Section 2: The Top 40
Arrested Development hit the top 40 with ”Tennessee,” ”People Everyday” and ”Mr. Wendel.” ”Tennessee” won them a Grammy for best Rap Group.
Rick Astley hit the top 40 twice in the decade, with ”Cry For Help” ”Hopelessly”
Atlantic Starr hit #3 with ”Masterpiece” in 92
AZ had one top 40 hit with ”Sugar Hill”
AZ Yet had two top 10 hits with ”Last Night” and ”Hard to Say I’m Sorry”
Babyface is ranked as the #32 artist of the decade according to Billboard due in part to eight Top 40 singles. ”Whip Appeal,” ”My Kinda Girl,” ”Give U My Heart,” ”Never Keeping Secrets,” ”And Our Feelings,” ”When Can I See You,” ”This Is For the Lover In You” and ”Every Time I Close My Eyes” were those tunes, with ”When Can I See You” taking home a Grammy for best R&B Male Vocal.
Tal Bachman hit #14 in 1999 with his only hit, ”She’s So High.”
Billboard says the Backstreet Boys are the 35th highest charting artist of the decade thanks to their five Top 40 singles. ”Larger Than Life” hit #25 while ”Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” ”All I Have To Give,” and ”I Want It That Way” all hit the top 10 and ”Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)” spent two weeks at #2.
Bad Company’s ”If You Needed Somebody,” ”Walk Through Fire” and ”How About That” all hit the top 40.
Bad English hit #21 with ”Possession” in 1990.
Erykah Badu hit the top 40 with ”On&On” which won her a Grammy for best R&B Female Vocal.
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