Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.
So, as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.
This week we’ll run it back to 1995 where all four of the 90’s leading ladies – Whitney Houston (‘Exhale’), Madonna (‘You’ll See’), Janet Jackson (‘Runaway’), and Mariah Carey (‘One Sweet Day,’ ‘ Fantasy’) – were all found in the Hot 100’s top 10…
For Carey, who occupied two of the top 5 spots with week 3 of her historic 16 week run at #1 with ‘One Sweet Day’ and ‘Fantasy’ (the first song by a female to debut at #1 on the Hot 100) at #4, the domination had become commonplace as she’d earned a chart-topper every year from her 1990 debut up to that point (and would continue to do so until the decade’s end). For Houston, Jackson, and Madonna the appearances were that much more commendable as their popularity spilled over well from the previous decade with Whitney – boasting 10 years from her debut album – having the shortest tenure among the three.
Their respective grips on charts remained fairly in tact throughout the rest of the decade as each of them nabbing at least two more Hot 100 top 5 hits before the 90’s closed. For this week in 1995, however, they all shared billing in its upper dectet.
Look below to see who joined them this week that year:
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90s leading ladies? hmm…that’s strange i dont see toni braxton or celine dion anywhere on this list
#FAIL
well because she wasn’t charting duh dont you read dumb ass
@tgj’s trash
you’re trash. celine didn’t really “pop off” (so to speak) until 96. yeah she had a few hits and even the beauty and the beast but she wasn’t THE CHART FORCE that put her in the category with whitney and mariah until 96’s fallin into you
#fightme
Celine had huge event albums. Not as many radio hits as these ladies
TLC had a big year in 95
Wow, this is incredible to see! I didn’t realize that the big 4 were on the BB charts so many times together (TGJ did a similar post like this one some time ago)! The only artists absent from this (in the same caliber) would be Celine Dion and Toni Braxton, but these 4 women mentioned did kick off the 90’s decade (right at the start of it)! It’s amazing to see that Janet and Madonna still racking up #1 albums this decade (more 30 years after their debut)! Mariah, being the force that she was on the singles chart, is still placing a song inside the top 10 with her Christmas melody and Whitney’s last studio album was the last album from this group of legendary women to go platinum! These are some truly iconic divas! As for Bey and even Rihanna, I personally think they’ve become special in their own way! I’m not comparing them to the greats or trying to be all mushy about things! lol … but they’re a part of a small group of artists these days that will be remembered and cared about 10 years from now! #Facts
Iconic ladies but the best songs on that chart were “Missing” and “Gangsta’s Paradise”.
Mariah needs to hurry up and discount AIWFCIY so it’ll chart even higher, it’s already projected to peak at #7 next week.
22 years later and Mariah’s still about to leap back into the top 10. The power of Mimi!
MY God the charts than compared to today is sad.
The charts were so legendary once upon a time.
Every single song on this 95 chart is legendary.
and now look at the charts. so sad.
All queens. Madonna and Janet are still slaying the stage better than girls 1/3 their age and Mariah is finally back on track. RIP to Whitney “the voice” Houston. Love Bey, Gaga, Adele and P!nk but today’s artists are never on the level of peak Madonna, Whitney, Mariah and Janet
Peach! But all the girls were bad in the 90’s! Look at this chart, rather you were talking about POP,R&B,Rock/alternative,Country,dance even…. those ladies were all bosses!
….and not basics. You could tell them apart back them..
Word!
When all female artist could rule the charts together and each female had a different sound
Another thought….. no wonder why award shows actually mattered then.. Now, its so useless, I’d rather hear about it in a blogpost.
What an amazing era in music. Those 4 legends were dueling every other month on the charts. Exciting times. Madonna’s “You’ll See” is by far one her greatest ballads. The vocals are phenomenal. The visual was spellbinding. It should have been #1!!! I miss the days when these ladies were being played on the radio and on the charts.
Our charts are so random now! You can have some unknown soundcloud rapper called Yung Xxq having a #1 single just like that. Its now a chart of one hit wonders and thats really sad. 98% of the singers on that list show no promise at all. I mean Camilla Cabello?Seriously people? Lmao music is literaly a joke now. I got palpitations seeing the 95 chart version. 98% of the singers had incredible talent and were true musical icons. Just wow!