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Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars: The 10 Best Years For Modern Pop Stardom
This Greatest Pop Stars Sidebar looks at the 10 most unforgettable years of the modern pop era.
Katy Perry, Kesha and Rihanna made pop radio exciting again, while Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj worked on building the Young Money empire. And Don’t Forget About: The year of Young M.C., both with his own pop-rap breakthrough smash “Bust a Move” and as writer of Tone Loc’s two top 10 hits “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina.” And Don’t Forget About: Memes becoming rap kingmakers, with both Rae Sremmurd (“Black Beatles” with Gucci Mane) and Migos (“Bad and Boujee” with Lil Uzi Vert) seeing singles go viral late in the year.
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