This Day in Music History: November 30
2012 – Rihanna was at No. 1 on the UK album chart with her seventh studio album ‘Unapologetic’. 1985 – Wham! were at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “I’m Your Man”, a No. 3
This Day in Music History: November 29
1980 – ABBA scored their ninth and final UK No. 1 single with “Super Trouper”, the group’s 25th Top 40 hit in the UK. 1969 – The Beatles reached the top spot on the US singles chart
This Day in Music History: November 28
2000 – Madonna played her first British show in more than seven years at London’s Brixton Academy. 1992 – Whitney Houston started a record-breaking fourteen-week-run at No. 1 in the US with her hit single “I Will
This Day in Music History: November 27
2003 – Figures released by The Rolling Stones showed that the band had made over $1 billion from 1989-2002 from royalties, album sales, and tour revenue. 1982 – Lionel Richie was at No. 1 on the US
This Day in Music History: November 26
1994 – Boyz II Men started their 14th and final week at No. 1 on the US album chart for ‘I’ll Make Love To You’. 1976 – The Sex Pistols released the single “Anarchy in the UK”.
This Day in Music History: November 25
2005 – Madonna achieved her sixth No. 1 album in the US with ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’, her third consecutive album to top the charts in America. 1995 – Whitney Houston went to No. 1 on
This Day in Music History: November 24
1976 – Chicago started a three-week-run at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “If You Leave Me Now”, the American band’s only UK No. 1. 1973 – Ringo Starr went to the top spot of
This Day in Music History: November 23
2015 – Taylor Swift dominated the American Music Awards winning three prizes, including album of the year and song of the year. 2008 – 15 years after their last album, Guns N’ Roses released ‘Chinese Democracy’ in
This Day in Music History: November 22
2010 – After one week of availability on the iTunes store, The Beatles music sold more than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs. 2005 – Poems written by Bob Dylan during his college days at the
This Day in Music History: November 21
2004 – Eminem was at No. 1 on the US alum chart with ‘Encore’, his third US No. 1 album. 1988 – Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page made the first appearance on his first solo tour in
This Day in Music History: November 20
2015 – Justin Bieber set the record set a record in the UK when he became the first living artist to have eight songs in the top 40 of the singles chart after the release of his
This Day in Music History: November 19
2000 – The Beatles began an 11-week stay in top of the UK album chart with ‘The Beatles 1’, a greatest hit album that feature almost every single from the band that reached the No. 1 spot
This Day in Music History: November 18
2001 – Britney Spears scored her second US No. 1 album with her release of ‘Britney’. 1983 – R.E.M made their first appearance outside the US when they appeared on Channel 4 UK TV show The Tube.
This Day in Music History: November 17
2007 – The Eagles were at No. 1 on the US album chart with ‘Long Road Out of Eden’, their first studio album since 1979. 2003 – 21-year-old Britney Spears became the youngest singer to get a
This Day in Music History: November 15
2015 – Trumpeter Miles Davis was voted the greatest jazz artist of all time by listeners of UK stations BBC Radio and Jazz FM. 2007 – Jay-Z went to No. 1 on the US album chart for
This Day in Music History: November 14
1987 – George Michael went to No. 1 om the UK album chart with his debut solo album, ‘Faith’. The album won several awards and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. 1975 – Queen played the
This Day in Music History: November 13
2015 – Adele’s comeback single “Hello” achieved platinum sales status in the UK just three weeks after it was released. 1982 – Men At Work started a 15-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart
This Day in Music History: November 12
2016 – Robbie Williams broke the record for the most No. 1 albums by a British solo artist. The singer’s latest album, ‘The Heavy Entertainment Show’, was his 12th to reach the top and put him one
This Day in Music History: November 11
2011 – The four original band members of Black Sabbath announced they were reuniting and recording an album followed by a world tour in 2012. 1999 – Britney Spears won four MTV Awards; Best Female Singer, Best
This Day in Music History: November 10
1990 – Vanilla Ice started a 16-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with ‘To the Extreme’. 1979 – The Eagles went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with “Heartache Tonight”. It
This Day in Music History: November 9
2002 – Viewers of the music channel VH1 voted “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston as the most romantic song ever. 1991 – Prince and the New Power Generation started a two-week run at No.
This Day in Music History: November 8
1980 – Kiss kicked off their 11-date Unmasked Tour of Australia and New Zealand playing two nights at Perth Entertainment Center in Australia. 1975 – David Bowie made his US TV debut performing the song “Fame” on
This Day in Music History: November 7
1987 – Bruce Springsteen went to No. 1 on the US album chart with ‘Tunnel of Love’. His eighth studio album went triple platinum in the US. 1981 – Hall and Oates started a two-week run at
This Day in Music History: November 6
2014 – Taylor Swift debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart with the release of ‘1989’. The album sold 1.287 million copies in its first week. 2003 – Metallica began their 137-date Madly in Anger