Pop Culture Songs 1988-1998

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The Boy is Mine
Brandy & Monica, 1998
#1 for 13 weeks & Charted for 27 weeks

Candle in the Wind
Elton John, 1997
#1 for 14 weeks & Charted for 42 weeks and originally charted as a #6 song in 1987 tribute to Marylyn Monroe

Don’t Speak
No Doubt, 1996
#1 for 16 weeks & Charted for 63 weeks

One Sweet Day
Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995
#1 for 16 weeks & Charted for 27 weeks

I’ll Make Love to You
Boyz II Men, 1994
#1 for 14 weeks & Charted for 33 weeks

Dreamlover
Mariah Carey, 1993
#1 for 8 weeks & Charted for 29 weeks

I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston, 1992
#1 for 14 weeks & Charted for 26 weeks and Grammys for Pop Female Vocal and Record of the Year

Everything I Do I Do it For You
Bryan Adams, 1991
#1 for 7 weeks & Charted for 22 weeks and Grammy for Movie Song

Vision of Love
Mariah Carey, 1990
#1 for 4 weeks & Charted for 22 weeks and Grammy for Pop Female Vocal

Like A Prayer
Madonna, 1989
#1 for 3 weeks & Charted for 16 weeks

Don’t Worry Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin, 1988
#1 for 2 weeks & Charted for 26 weeks and Grammy for record and song of the year

Although #1 for only 2 weeks, the song charted for 26 weeks and received

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