Napster is the final nail in the coffin of the Pop single as the Airplay and Sales charts diverge, but Post-Grunge bands are scoring major Hot100 hits and Alternative is the new Mainstream in Rock. Meanwhile, Mary J. Blige and Janet Jackson are single again and ready to hit the club and get crunk, Ja Rule’s J.Lo “Murder remixes” are completely different songs and Alicia Keys sweeps the Grammys her first year on the charts.
The Chartcrush Top Ten Countdown Show is a one-hour deep-dive into a year in Pop music and pop culture history, viewed through the prism of the ten songs that were most popular. Chartcrush's rankings are compiled from the ground-up using Billboard's weekly charts, counting every song's full chart run and applying the exact same point ranking system for all years.
Transcript (and other goodies!): www.chartcrush.com/2001-main/2001-podcast/
