In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, " The Next Time I Fall ".

Amy Grant scored her first Billboard No. 1 song in 1986 with " The Next Time I Fall ", a duet with former Chicago singer / bassist Peter Cetera.

It peaked at # 5 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified with a gold album by the RIAA.

Flatt and Scruggs subsequently cut their own version of the theme ( with Flatt singing ) for Columbia Records ; released as a single, it reached # 44 on Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and # 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart ( the lone country chart-topper for the duo ).

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

For a very brief period in 1944 the Wills band included 23 members., and around mid year he toured Northern California and the Pacific Northwest with 21 pieces in the orchestra. Billboard reported that Wills outgrossed Harry James, Benny Goodman, " both Dorsies, et al.

At one point in 1945 – 46, Doris ( as vocalist with the Les Brown Band ) had five Top Ten Hits on the Billboard Hall of Fame.

She had signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, earning only one national-chart single, " Happy, Happy Birthday Baby ", which did not crack the Billboard Hot 100.

Parton's soundtrack album from her own 1992 film, Straight Talk, however was less successful, though her 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon won critical acclaim, and did well on the charts, reaching No. 4 on the country albums charts, and No. 16 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.

Kaye teamed with the very popular Andrews Sisters ( Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne ) on Decca Records in 1947, producing the number-three Billboard smash hit " Civilization ( Bongo, Bongo, Bongo )".

The success of the pairing prompted both acts to record repeatedly through 1950, producing such rhythmically comical fare as " The Woody Woodpecker Song " ( based on the frisky bird from the Walter Lantz cartoons, and another Billboard hit for the quartet ), " Put ' em in a Box, Tie ' em with a Ribbon ( And Throw ' em in the Deep Blue Sea )," " The Big Brass Band from Brazil ," " It's a Quiet Town ( In Crossbone County )," " Amelia Cordelia McHugh ( Mc Who?

The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single " Whip It ", and has maintained a cult following throughout its existence.

Montreal singer Nancy Martinez's 1986 single " For Tonight " would become the first Canadian freestyle single to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the Montreal girl group 11: 30 reached the Canadian chart with " Ole Ole " in 2000.

Although it received enthusiastic reviews, the release failed to chart ; his next album, Grievous Angel ( released posthumously in 1974 ) met with a similar reception, and peaked at number 195 on Billboard.

The album peaked at # 9 on Billboard magazine's Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums and at # 14 on the Billboard 200, spawning several singles including " Gotta Lotta Love ", " I Ain't New To This " and " 99 Problems " – which would later inspire Jay-Z to record a version with new lyrics in 2003.

The duo scored an impressive sixteen Top 40 hits on the Billboard and Cash Box magazine charts, with a total of twenty-six chart hits over an eight-year period ( 1958 – 1966 ).

In 1996, fellow rapper Nas debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover version of the song.

Each of their nine studio albums reached the top 10 of the Billboard album chart in the US, with six reaching the number-one spot.

* 2012 – Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debuted at # 1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing

The second – and more guitar-heavy — version appeared on the double A-sided single with " Jackson ", though the Bond theme stalled at # 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Also in 2011, Staind's self-titled album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, with first sales week of 47, 000 copies, making the fifth consecutive top-five album for the band.

Her six number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 tie her with Diana Ross for sixth among the female solo performers who have reached # 1 there.

The album's title song received some pop radio airplay and crossed over to No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100, and " 1974 ( We Were Young )" and " Saved By Love " also charted as Adult Contemporary songs.

Other songs written by McLean for the album included “ Dreidel ” ( number 21 on the Billboard chart ) and “ If We Try ” ( number 58 ), which was subsequently recorded by Olivia Newton-John.

Strangeways, Here We Come peaked at number two in the UK and was their most successful album in the US, reaching number 55 on the Billboard 200.

Among their most popular songs are I'll Be Good to You ( Billboard Hot 100 # 3 in 1976 ), Strawberry Letter 23 ( Hot 100 # 5 in 1977, originally recorded by Shuggie Otis ), Ain't We Funkin ' Now ( 1978 ), and Stomp!

Those songs that went the distance on other charts, but not Billboard ( although all were top five hits on the Billboard chart ), are " Here We Are " and " Then Again " ( 1991 ); " Born Country " and " Take a Little Trip " ( 1992 ); " Once Upon a Lifetime " ( 1993 ); " Give Me One More Shot ," " She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl " and " In Pictures " ( 1995 ); " Sad Lookin ' Moon " ( 1997 ); and " How Do You Fall in Love " ( 1998 ).

All of his studio albums and EPs charted on the Billboard 200, and many of his singles —" Eazy-Duz-It ", " We Want Eazy ", " Real Muthaphuckkin G's ", and " Just tah Let U Know "— also charted in the U. S. On March 30, 1995, four days after Eazy-E's death, Tom Elerwine, a Daily Arts editor for The Michigan Daily covered Eazy's career in a feature story.

The album's most successful single was the title track, " How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye ", a Warwick / Vandross duet, which peaked at # 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Released October 23, 2001, it was his fourth album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, featuring the singles " Who We Be ", " We Right Here ", and " Shorty Was The Bomb ".

In addition to extensive national radio coverage and critical acclaim from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, and other national press, three songs from Ever Since have been used in television shows and films: Better Angels, in CSI: Miamis fourth season premiere episode, " Words We Don't Say ", in an episode of The L Word, and " It's Gone ", in the Jeff Lipsky-directed film Flannel Pajamas.

He became the first solo artist to have three singles on the Billboard top five in the same week with " Candy Shop ", " Disco Inferno ", and " How We Do ".

Stevens ' We the People CD made its Top-10 debut on the Billboard Comedy Album chart for the week ending June 26, 2010, and it moved into the Top-5 for the week ending July 3, 2010.

Y & T's sixth studio album, In Rock We Trust, released in 1984, became the band's highest charting and selling album, reaching No. 46 on the Billboard 200.

Billboard named " The Way We Were " as the # 1 pop hit of 1974, and it was the title track of a Streisand album that also reached # 1.

" Up Where We Belong " later became the number one song on the Billboard charts.

The most successful song was " Why Can't We Be Lovers " (# 9 Billboard R & B ).

The Hooters ' 1985 Columbia Records debut album, Nervous Night, achieved platinum status around the world, selling in excess of 2 million copies and included Billboard Top 40 hits " Day By Day " ( No. 18 ), " And We Danced " ( No. 21 ) and " Where Do The Children Go " that featured accompanying vocals from Patty Smyth ( No. 38 ).

On the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 1982 Joan Jett's I Love Rock ' n ' Roll at # 3 and the Go-Go's We Got the Beat at # 25 sent a strong message out to many industry heads that females who could play could bring in money.

The album included a blues song written by Sylvia, " You Were On My Mind ", which was subsequently recorded by both the California group We Five ( a 1965 # 1 on the Cashbox chart, # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 ) and British folk-rock singer Crispian St. Peters (# 36 in 1967 ).

In 1999, the Freestylers enjoyed success in the U. S. with track " Don't Stop " reached the top 40 of the Billboard dance charts and the video for " Here We Go " becoming hit on a MTV.

We Rock Hard sold well in the US, selling over 150, 000 and reaching the top 30 of the Billboard Heatseeker chart.

The first U. S. single " We Can Get Together " peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.