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Billie Jean

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"Billie Jean" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson, released in January 1983 as the second single from his sixth album Thriller (1982). [1]

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House (band), CNN, Compact disc, Creative Commons, Dance-pop, Dangerous World Tour, Daryl Hall, David Bowie, David Cook (singer), David Williams (guitarist), Digital Songs, Do It Again (Steely Dan song), Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean, Donna Summer, Dutch Top 40, E-mu Emulator, Eden (musician), Emmy Award, Entertainment Weekly, Epic Records, Eric B. & Rakim, European Hot 100 Singles, Every Breath You Take, F-sharp minor, Fade (audio engineering), Falsetto, Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, Fedora, Flak Magazine, Fox News, Fred Astaire, Funk, George Clinton (musician), GfK Entertainment Charts, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Greg Phillinganes, Groupie, Hall & Oates, Headline Publishing Group, Hi-hat, HIStory on Film, Volume II, HIStory World Tour, Hockey stick, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Houston Chronicle, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song), I'll Be There (The Jackson 5 song), Ian Brown, IGN, Imgur, Institut français d'opinion publique, Irish Independent, It's the Falling in Love, ITV (TV network), Jackson family, Jazz, Jazz hands, Jermaine Jackson, Jerry Hey, Jingle, Jon and Vangelis, Jon Anderson, Justin Timberlake, Kaka Bhaniawala, Kanye West, Kent Music Report, Kontor Records, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, List of best-selling albums, List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983, List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983, List of European number-one hits of 1983, List of number-one hits (Italy), List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.), List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada), List of number-one singles of 1983 (France), List of number-one singles of 1983 (Ireland), List of number-one singles of 1983 (Spain), List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s, Live at Wembley July 16, 1988, Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour, Los Angeles Times, Louis Johnson (bassist), Lydia Murdock, Lyricon, Marvin 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surgery, Recorded Music NZ, Recording Industry Association of America, RELX Group, Revelations (Audioslave album), Reverberation, Rhodes piano, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Rock music, Rockin' Robin (song), Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Rotation (music), RPM (magazine), Sammy Davis Jr., Saxophone, Sequin, Signature (dance group), Single (music), Single Top 100, Slingshot (band), Slip-on shoe, Smokey Robinson, Sony BMG, Soul music, Springbok Radio, St Ives, New South Wales, Staccato, State of Independence, Steely Dan, Steve Barron, Stockholm, String instrument, Stylus Magazine, Sweden, Swiss Hitparade, Synthesizer, Türkiye Top 20, Tempo, Tenor, The Arizona Republic, The Bates, The Gap Band, The Girl Is Mine, The Guardian, The Jackson 5, The Ledger, The Little Prince (1974 film), The Love You Save, The Mercury News, The New York Times, The Official Finnish Charts, The Police, The Ultimate Collection (Michael Jackson album), Thriller (Michael Jackson 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A cappella

A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

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A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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ABC (The Jackson 5 song)

"ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit by The Jackson 5.

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Adult Contemporary (chart)

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.

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African-American music

African-American music is an umbrella term covering a diverse range of musics and musical genres largely developed by African Americans.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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All Media Network

All Media Network (formerly All Media Guide (AMG) and AllRovi) is an American company that owns and maintains AllMusic, AllMovie, AllGame (until its closure in 2014), SideReel and Celebified.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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American Idol

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America.

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American Idol (season 7)

The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008.

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American Music Award

The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired.

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ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

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Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas

Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) (English: Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C.) is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico.

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Atomic Dog

"Atomic Dog" is a song by George Clinton from his 1982 album Computer Games.

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Audio mixing (recorded music)

In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product.

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Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

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Ö3 Austria Top 40

Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3.

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Bad (tour)

Bad was the first solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album Bad (1987).

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bassline

A bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic, traditional music, or classical music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Beat It

"Beat It" is a song written and performed by American singer Michael Jackson from his sixth solo album, Thriller (1982).

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Bhangra (music)

Bhaṅgṛā (بھنگڑ(Shahmukhi), ਭੰਗੜਾ (Gurmukhi)) is a type of upbeat popular music associated with India and the diaspora of southeast Asia into the North America and Europe.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billboard Music Award

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business.

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Billboard Türkiye

Billboard Türkiye was a Turkish language publication in agreement with the American Billboard.

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Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player.

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Blender (magazine)

Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more".

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Bob Fosse

Robert Louis Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, director, screenwriter, film director and actor.

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Bobby Orr

Robert Gordon Orr, OC (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen.

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Bound Brook High School

Bound Brook High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bound Brook, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bound Brook School District.

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Bridge (music)

In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section.

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Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a British talent show competition, and is part of the ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.

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Bruce Swedien

Bruce Swedien is a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer and music producer.

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Carry On (Chris Cornell album)

Carry On is the second solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell.

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Cashbox (magazine)

Cash Box is a music industry trade magazine iconic brand.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.

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CBS Records International

CBS Records International, simply CBS in logo, was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

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CD single

A CD single (sometimes abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a compact disc.

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Cello

The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.

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Charlie's Angels (2000 film)

Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film that is based on the television series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts.

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Chord progression

A chord progression or harmonic progression is a succession of musical chords, which are two or more notes, typically sounded simultaneously.

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Chris Brown

Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.

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Club House (band)

Club House was an Italian house music studio group composed of Gianfranco Bortolotti, Carl Fanini, Hidalgo Serra, and Silvio Pozzoli.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.

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Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s.

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Dangerous World Tour

The Dangerous World Tour was the second world concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Daryl Hall

Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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David Cook (singer)

David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982) is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of American Idol in 2008.

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David Williams (guitarist)

David Williams (November 21, 1950 – March 6, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer.

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Digital Songs

The Digital Songs chart (previously named Hot Digital Songs) ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard.

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Do It Again (Steely Dan song)

"Do It Again" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, performed by American rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill.

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Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean

"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean" is a song by the Italian music project Club House, released in 1983.

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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter.

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Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 (Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.

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E-mu Emulator

The Emulator is the name given the series of digital sampling synthesizers using floppy disk storage, manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1981 until the 1990s.

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Eden (musician)

Jonathon Ng (born 23 December 1995), known professionally as Eden (stylised as EDEN), is an Irish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim are a hip hop duo formed in Long Island, New York, in 1986, composed of Eric B. (born Eric Barrier) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr.). AllMusic wrote that "during rap's so-called golden age in the late '80s, Eric B. & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop." Tom Terrell of NPR called them "the most influential DJ/MC combo in contemporary pop music period," while the editors of About.com ranked them as No.

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European Hot 100 Singles

The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine from March 1984 until December 2010.

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Every Breath You Take

"Every Breath You Take" is a song by English rock band The Police from their 1983 album Synchronicity.

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F-sharp minor

F-sharp minor is a minor scale based on sharp, consisting of the pitches F, sharp, A, B, sharp, D, and E. Its key signature has three sharps.

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Fade (audio engineering)

In audio engineering, a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal.

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Falsetto

Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.

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Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana

The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.

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Fedora

A fedora is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown.

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Flak Magazine

Flak Magazine was an early American online magazine, founded in 1998 by James Norton, Benjamin Fowler, Justin Knoll, Nicholas Coleman and others, mostly alumni and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Fox News

Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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George Clinton (musician)

George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer.

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GfK Entertainment Charts

The GfK Entertainment Charts are the official music charts in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment GmbH (formerly Media Control GmbH and Media Control GfK International GmbH) on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry).

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Greg Phillinganes

Gregory Arthur "Greg" Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed keyboard tracks to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres.

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Groupie

The term Groupie is a slang word in reference to a fan of a particular musician, celebrity, or musical group who follows this person or band around while they're on tour or who attends as many of their public appearances as possible, usually in hopes of getting to know them more.

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Hall & Oates

Daryl Hall and John Oates, often referred to as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo.

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Headline Publishing Group

Headline Publishing Group is a British publishing company.

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Hi-hat

A hi-hat, also spelled hihat or high-hat, is a combination of two cymbals, a foot-operated pedal which moves a rod which in turn moves one of the cymbals, all mounted on a metal stand.

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HIStory on Film, Volume II

HIStory on Film, Volume II is a collection of music videos by Michael Jackson released by Sony Music Video Enterprises on November 1997.

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HIStory World Tour

The HIStory World Tour was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American artist Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.

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Hockey stick

A hockey stick is a piece of sport equipment used by the players in all the forms of hockey to move the ball or puck (as appropriate to the type of hockey) either to push, pull, hit, strike, flick, steer, launch or stop the ball/puck during play with the objective being to move the ball/puck around the playing area and between team members using the stick, and to ultimately score a goal with it against an opposing team.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.

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I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" is a song by the American duo Daryl Hall and John Oates.

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I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song)

"I Know You Got Soul" is a song recorded by Eric B. & Rakim in 1987.

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I'll Be There (The Jackson 5 song)

"I'll Be There" is a soul song written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West, and Willie Hutch.

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Ian Brown

Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English musician.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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Imgur

Imgur is an online image sharing community and image host founded by Alan Schaaf in 2009.

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Institut français d'opinion publique

The Institut français d'opinion publique (IFOP) (French Institute of Public Opinion) is an international polling and market research firm, whose motto is "Connection creates value".

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper, published by Independent News & Media (INM).

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It's the Falling in Love

"It's the Falling in Love" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson with guest vocals by R&B singer–songwriter Patti Austin.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jackson family

The Jackson family is an American family of singers which originated in Gary, Indiana.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz hands

Jazz hands in performance dance is the extension of a performer's hands with palms toward the audience and fingers splayed (this position is also referred to as webbing).

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Jermaine Jackson

Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and member of the Jackson family.

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Jerry Hey

Jerry Hey (born Dixon, Illinois 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings,http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jerry+Hey including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit "Longer".

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Jingle

A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising, podcasts and for other commercial uses.

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Jon and Vangelis

Jon and Vangelis was a collaborative effort between the singer Jon Anderson (the lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Yes) and the Greek synthesiser musician Vangelis.

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Jon Anderson

John Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944), known professionally as Jon Anderson, is a British-American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he co-founded in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire.

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.

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Kaka Bhaniawala

Kaka Bhaniawala (ਕਾਕਾ ਭੈਣੀਆਂਵਾਲਾ); born Santokh Singh Rataurh; (5 April 1971 - 12 April 2009) was a Punjabi singer from a village in India called Bhani, represented within his name, meaning from Bhani (Bhaniawala).

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988.

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Kontor Records

Kontor Records is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Leon "Ndugu" Chancler

Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was a world-renowned American pop, funk and jazz drummer.

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List of best-selling albums

This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music.

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List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1983.

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List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983

This is a list of singles that reached number one on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart in 1983, presented in chronological order.

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List of European number-one hits of 1983

This is a list of the Hitkrant Europarade number-one singles of 1983.

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List of number-one hits (Italy)

This is a list of number-one hits in Italy by year from the charts compiled weekly by the FIMI.

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List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1983.

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List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)

This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles chart of 1983.

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List of number-one singles of 1983 (France)

This is a list of the French Singles & Airplay Chart Reviews number-ones of 1983.

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List of number-one singles of 1983 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1983.

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List of number-one singles of 1983 (Spain)

This is a list of the Spanish Singles number-ones of 1983.

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List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s

The UK Singles Chart is the official record chart in the United Kingdom.

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Live at Wembley July 16, 1988

Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 is a live concert DVD by American recording artist Michael Jackson released on September 18, 2012.

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Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour

Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour is a live concert DVD by American recording artist Michael Jackson released on July 25, 2005.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Louis Johnson (bassist)

Louis Johnson (April 13, 1955 – May 21, 2015) was an American bass guitarist.

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Lydia Murdock

Lydia Murdock is an American pop singer.

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Lyricon

The Lyricon is an electronic wind instrument, the first wind controller to be constructed.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Mary Wells

Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.

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Mashup (music)

A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bootleg and bastard pop/rock) is a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another.

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Maxi single

A maxi single or maxi-single (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song.

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Melody

A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

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Metacafe

Metacafe is a video-sharing website that specializes in short-form video entertainment in the categories of movies, video games, sports, music and TV.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Metro (British newspaper)

Metro is the United Kingdom's highest circulation newspaper, published in tabloid format by DMG Media.

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Michael Boddicker

Michael Lehmann Boddicker (born January 19, 1953), is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 American documentary–concert film directed by Kenny Ortega that documents Michael Jackson's rehearsals and preparation for his concert series of the same name that was originally scheduled to start on July 13, 2009, but was cancelled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25.

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Michael Jackson's Vision

Michael Jackson's Vision is a deluxe DVD box set by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Minor chord

In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth.

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MJ & Friends

MJ & Friends were concerts held by American recording artist Michael Jackson in 1999, with numerous other performers as well.

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Moonwalk (book)

Moonwalk is a 1988 autobiography written by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Moonwalk (dance)

The moonwalk is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is an award-winning 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year (Motown was founded in January 1958).

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Music Business Association

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) (originally established as the National Association of Recording Merchandisers) is a United States not-for-profit trade association based in Marlton, New Jersey that seeks to advance and promote music commerce, whether physical, digital, mobile, or more.

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Music download

A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a home computer, MP3 player or smartphone.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Music video

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes.

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Musical keyboard

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument.

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Nelson George

Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an African-American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Nothing Else Matters

"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica.

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Number Ones (video)

Number Ones is a video album by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Octave

In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts (previously known as the Chart Information Network (CIN) and The Official UK Charts Company) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.

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Ottawa Citizen

The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Outstanding

"Outstanding" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Raymond Calhoun.

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Patrick Stump

Patrick Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Pedal tone

Pedal tones are special notes in the harmonic series of cylindrical-bore brass instruments.

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Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink produced and manufactured by PepsiCo.

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Philadelphia Daily News

The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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Pointe technique

Pointe technique is the part of classical ballet technique that concerns pointe work, in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet within pointe shoes.

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Pop icon

A pop icon is a celebrity, character, or object whose exposure in popular culture is widely regarded as constituting a defining characteristic of a given society or era.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture.

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Post-disco

Post-disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa late 1979–1986, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of house music in the late 1980s.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials.

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Productores de Música de España

Productores de Música de España (Spanish Music Producers) (shortened as Promusicae, sometimes stylised PROMUSICAE) is the organisation responsible for the Spanish Albums Chart and other music charts.

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Prog (magazine)

Prog is a British magazine dedicated to progressive rock music.

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Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, mental health units, mental asylums or simply asylums, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

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Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho is a 1960 American NR psychological-horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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RealNetworks

RealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Reconstructive surgery

Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body; maxillo-facial surgeons, plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.

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Recorded Music NZ

Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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RELX Group

RELX Group (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London.

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Revelations (Audioslave album)

Revelations is the third and final studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave.

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Reverberation

Reverberation, in psychoacoustics and acoustics, is a persistence of sound after the sound is produced.

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Rhodes piano

The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano or simply Fender Rhodes or Rhodes) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rockin' Robin (song)

"Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym of Jimmie Thomas and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone, issue number 963, published in December 2004, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

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Rotation (music)

In broadcasting, rotation is the repeated airing of a limited playlist of songs on a radio station or satellite radio channel, or music videos on a TV network.

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor and comedian.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Sequin

A sequin is a disk-shaped bead used for decorative purposes.

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Signature (dance group)

Signature are English dance duo Suleman Mirza and Madhu Singh.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Single Top 100

The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by MegaCharts.

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Slingshot (band)

Slingshot is a disco/dance music band from Detroit, Michigan.

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Slip-on shoe

Slip-ons are typically low, lace-less shoes.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Sony BMG

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a multinational record label, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann Music Group.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Springbok Radio

Springbok Radio was a South African radio station that operated from 1950 to 1985.

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St Ives, New South Wales

St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

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Staccato

Staccato (Italian for "detached") is a form of musical articulation.

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State of Independence

"State of Independence" is a song written by Jon Anderson and Vangelis.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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Steve Barron

Steven Barron (born 4 May 1956) is an Irish film director, film producer, writer, and music video director.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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String instrument

String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.

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Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Swiss Hitparade

The Swiss Hitparade (Schweizer Hitparade) are Switzerland's main music sales charts.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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Türkiye Top 20

The Türkiye Top 20 (meaning Turkey Top 20) was a music singles chart in Turkey listing only non-Turkish, i.e., foreign-language songs sold in the country.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo ("time" in Italian; plural: tempi) is the speed or pace of a given piece.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix.

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The Bates

The Bates were a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hessen, Germany in 1987.

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The Gap Band

The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s.

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The Girl Is Mine

"The Girl Is Mine" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5, or Jackson Five, currently known as the Jacksons, are an American family music group.

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The Ledger

The Ledger is a daily newspaper serving Lakeland, Florida and the Polk County area.

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The Little Prince (1974 film)

The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.

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The Love You Save

"The Love You Save" is a 1970 number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for Motown Records.

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The Mercury News

The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News, often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Official Finnish Charts

The Official Finnish Charts (Suomen virallinen lista, Finlands officiella lista) are national record charts in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

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The Police

The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977.

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The Ultimate Collection (Michael Jackson album)

The Ultimate Collection is a box set by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Thriller (Michael Jackson album)

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records.

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Thriller (song)

"Thriller" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones.

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Thriller 25

Thriller 25 is the 25th-anniversary edition reissue of American recording artist Michael Jackson's sixth studio album Thriller.

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Tigerstyle

Tigerstyle is a Scottish Folkhop group from Glasgow from a British Punjabi background.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tom Scott (musician)

Thomas Wright “Tom” Scott (born May 19, 1948) is an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Tonic (music)

In music, the tonic is the first scale degree of a diatonic scale (the first note of a scale) and the tonal center or final resolution tone that is commonly used in the final cadence in tonal (musical key-based) classical music, popular music and traditional music.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

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TV Guide

TV Guide is a bi-weekly American magazine that provides television program listings information as well as television-related news, celebrity interviews and gossip, film reviews, crossword puzzles, and, in some issues, horoscopes.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Ultratop

Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.

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Under Pressure

"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song by the British rock band Queen and the British singer David Bowie.

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University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi.

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Usher (musician)

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), is an American singer, songwriter and dancer.

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VH1

VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American cable and satellite television network based in New York City operated by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom Media Networks, a division of Viacom.

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Viacom

Viacom Inc. is an American multinational media conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.

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Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)

The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by Michael Jackson and the Jackson family between July and December 1984.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Video Greatest Hits – HIStory

Video Greatest Hits – HIStory is a collection of Michael Jackson's music videos (excluding "Man in the Mirror" and "She's Out of My Life") relative at the first disc of the double album HIStory released initially on VHS, Video CD (in Asia only) and LaserDisc in 1995 by Sony Music Video Enterprises, and then on DVD in 2001.

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Viral video

A viral video is a video that becomes popular through a viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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Visionary: The Video Singles

Visionary: The Video Singles is a series of 20 hit singles by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

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Vocal range

Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate.

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Walter Yetnikoff

Walter Yetnikoff (born August 11, 1933) is an American music industry executive who was the president of CBS Records International from 1971 to 1975 and then president and CEO of CBS Records from 1975 to 1990.

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Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson recorded for his sixth studio album Thriller (1982).

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WatchMojo.com

WatchMojo.com is a Canadian-based privately held video content producer, publisher, and syndicator.

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Yamaha Corporation

() is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics and power sports equipment.

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12-inch single

The 12-inch single (often simply called 12″) is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time compared to typical LPs.

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26th Annual Grammy Awards

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1984, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television.

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3 (telecommunications)

3 (or Three) is a global brand name under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and Broadband Internet Providers operate in Hong Kong, Macau, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean

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