1000 No. 1s Video Series Day 30:
Boyz II Men Talk About Topping the Hot 100
2011 was the year that Billboard celebrated the 1000th No. 1 song on the Hot 100. As we look back on this year in music, we're celebrating that milestone with a month-long series of videos --- one for each day of December -- chatting with 31 of the hitmakers who rocketed to the top of the chart since its inception in 1958. SEE THE FULL CHART HERE. [1]
Think 13 weeks is amazing? Almost exactly two years after "Road," the group's "I'll Make Love To You" managed to top that streak. "Love" was No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a whopping 14 weeks beginning Aug. 27, 1994. [6]. But that wasn't all. "On Bended Knee" returned Boyz II Men to the top soon after "Love" ran out of steam, capping 1994 with six weeks at No. 1 beginning Dec. 3, 1994 [7]. Just a year later, "One Sweet Day," which was a collaboration with Mariah Carey [8], sent the Boyz back to the top for 16 weeks (!) beginning Dec. 2, 1995 [9]. That wasn't all, either. They returned to the top for a fifth time on Oct. 4, 1997 with "4 Seasons of Lonliness.:
Be sure to come back tomorrow (Dec. 31) for grand finale of the 1000 No. 1s video series, featuring a special, very Billboard-related artist.
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