Billboard magazine awarded him their Century Award, their " highest honor for distinguished creative achievement ", in December 1997.

" American Pie " reached number one on the U. S. Billboard magazine charts for four weeks in 1972, and remains McLean's most successful single release.

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 this radio format, disc-jockeys would select one of a set of the forty best-selling singles ( usually in a rack ) as rated by Billboard magazine or from the station's own chart of the local top selling songs.

By 1942, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie Orodenker had begun using the term " rock and roll " in descriptions of upbeat recordings such as " Rock Me " by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term " rhythm and blues " in 1948 as a musical marketing term in the United States.

In 2002, Billboard magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.

Orbison's success was greater in Britain ; as Billboard magazine noted, " In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain.

was given four out of five stars by Rolling Stone magazine, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart, selling 874, 000 in the first week alone.

This prompted an editorial in Billboard magazine questioning whether the act was art or advertising.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked the Rolling Stones at number ten on " The Billboard Top All-Time Artists ", and as the second most successful group in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Billboard magazine named Eminem as the artist with the best performance on the Billboard charts and named Beyoncé as the female artist of the decade.

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( In 2010, Billboard magazine ranked this as the most popular single ever about sex.

Billboard magazine later confirmed the news, quoting Andy Summers ' 2006 statement as to how the band could have continued post-Synchronicity: " The more rational approach would have been, ' OK, Sting, go make a solo record, and let's get back together in two or three years.

In March 2008, Business Wire reported " Janet Jackson is one of the top ten selling artists in the history of contemporary music ; ranked by Billboard magazine as the ninth most successful act in rock and roll history, and the second most successful female artist in pop music history.

While 32 songs reached the summit in Billboard magazine, the band's official website acknowledges 41 of its songs reached the top of the various charts ( which included Cash Box, Gavin Report, Radio & Records, among others ).

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) ( 1991 ), number one in the Billboard magazine, plus several hits around the whole world.

In 1994, Billboard magazine added the " Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year " category to its annual radio awards based on entertainment value, creativity and ratings success.

In the mid-1960s two of Burke's younger brothers, Alex ( born 1948 in Philadelphia ) and Laddie ( born 1949 in Philadelphia ), joined with fellow Germantown High School students, brothers Earl and Timmy Smith to form The Showstoppers, who had a couple of local hit singles in Philadelphia on Showtime Records in 1968, including a # 11 hit on the UK Singles Chart with " Ain't Nothin ' But a Houseparty " b / w " How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me " ( Heritage HE-800 ), which peaked at # 87 on the Billboard chart in 1968, which was later a discothèque hit (# 33 ) in 1971, just before the group disbanded after a series of flops.

In 1961, this collaboration produced " I Like It Like That ", his first and biggest hit, peaking at # 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart ( covered in 1965 by The Dave Clark Five ) and " Something You Got " ( covered by Alvin Robinson, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chuck Jackson, Earl Grant, Maxine Brown, Bobby Womack, Fairport Convention and Bruce Springsteen ).

After spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard Magazine charts, Chandler purchased a cape, a monocle, a top hat and a cane and became " The Duke of Earl ".

He produced, wrote, and had a major hit with " Groovy Situation ", arranged by Richard Evans ( of " Soulful Strings " fame ), Mercury Records ( 1970 ), which reached # 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and # 8 on the Billboard R & B chart, becoming his second biggest hit since " Duke Of Earl ".

* July 28 — With his No. 1 hit " Angel in Disguise ," Earl Thomas Conley becomes the first artist in any genre to have four Billboard magazine chart-topping songs from the same album.

" Duke of Earl " debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 13, 1962, and held the number-one spot for three weeks.

Critics took notice of her voice, and Billboard magazine declared that " Paige succeeds in the nearly impossible task of oozing smouldering sensuality without resorting to typical groans and moans ; instead, she uses her notably flexible vocal range to convey the emotion of the tune.

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.

In April 2006 Billboard reported that the Kirkwood brothers would reunite as the Meat Puppets without original drummer Derrick Bostrom.

However, Billboard reported in early 1978 that Simon filed legal papers to get CBS to delete the album, noting that they were violating their agreement by keeping it in print and stating that it was " not representative of the performer's style.

It debuted at its peak of number two on the Billboard 200 with 63, 000 purchases reported.

In the February 7th 1953 edition, Billboard Magazine reported that Snow's then seventeen year old son, Jimmy Rodgers Snow, had " signed with Victor " ( RCA Victor Records ).

Billboard reported that the younger Snow would " record duets with his father ", as well as cover his own ( presumably ghost-written ) material.

In April 2009, Billboard reported that the Jayhawks have reunited.

Billboard magazine reported that Hubbard died in Sherman Oaks, California.

On January 24, 2007, after much anticipation, Billboard. com reported that David Lee Roth would rejoin Van Halen for a 40-date arena and amphitheater tour in Summer 2007.

In September 2011 it was reported by Billboard. biz that Mendel was dating Sub Pop publicist and director of marketing, Kate Jackson.

Billboard reported in 1954 that " the radio has only four transistors.

In April 2007 Billboard reported that Sanctuary Records would cease to exist as a new release label in the US that summer, though catalog, licensing, and new media operations would continue.

Billboard magazine reported that he charted at no.

Stated in the cited People article, " The buzz about Aiken's exit was fueled earlier this week when his picture disappeared online and Billboard, citing unnamed sources, reported Friday that Aiken, 30, had been dropped by the label.

Billboard magazine in the US also reported the tour before and after.

With regard to marketing singles, Paul Grein of Billboard reported: " 10 or 20 years ago you would have had two singles from an album at the most.

On July 24, 2007 Billboard magazine reported that Lopez and husband Marc Anthony would " co-headline " a worldwide tour called " Juntos en Concierto " starting in New Jersey on September 29.

The Billboard, on the other hand, reported in its January 29, 1944 issue that Jarvis held the contest and Cooley came in fourth in the orchestra section, behind Sammy Kaye, Freddie Martin, and Jimmy Dorsey.

In January 1953 Billboard reported that band leader Spade Cooley played to 192, 000 payees over 52 Saturday night dates at the Santa Monica Ballroom, grossing $ 220, 000.

In November, Billboard reported that Decca was rushing out three more albums in the series, albeit with less of a Western swing flavor.

The tour went smoothly, Beck-Ola was received extremely well, reaching No. 15 on The Billboard Charts, but it was reported that there was now terrible in-fighting within the band.

" Billboard reported in September 1972 that he had produced ten of the Top 30 singles in the UK in the previous 12 months.

In February 1974, Billboard magazine reported that the Beau Brummels had reformed in San Francisco.