Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.

If 1982 was the genre’s low point in terms of pop success, by 1985 more than one third of all the hits on the Billboard Hot 100 were of urban radio origin. Even Prince’s “1999” single ...

The 1982 album won five Grammys (including Album of the Year) and produced four hit singles, including "Rosanna" and "Africa." Toto's musical contributions to the era are explored in depth in the ...