“Endless Love” tops list of biggest duets
Written by admin on February 16, 2011 – 7:29 am - |
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s 1981 smash hit “Endless Love” is the most successful duet of all time on the American charts, according to Billboard.
Billboard has published a list of the 40 biggest duets ever to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, which launched in August 1958. The songs were ranked on a points system that took into account chart placement and weeks on the chart. |
“Endless Love” spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for 27 weeks. The Lionel Richie-penned song was the theme to the Brooke Shields’ movie of the same name. It was also covered by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey in 1994, but that version didn’t make this top 40 list.
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie – “Endless Love”
Paul McCartney appeared three times in the top 40, including twice in the top 10 for his duets on “Say, Say, Say” and “Ebony and Ivory” with Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, respectively. McCartney’s other duet with Jackson, “The Girl Is Mine”, was at number 32 on the list.
Here’s the top 10 biggest duets ever:
- “Endless Love” – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (1981)
- “Say, Say, Say” – Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson (1983)
- “The Boy Is Mine” – Brandy & Monica (1998)
- “Ebony and Ivory” – Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder (1982)
- “Dilemma” – Nelly & Kelly Rowland (2002)
- “I’m Real” – Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule (2001)
- “My Boo” – Usher And Alicia Keys (2004)
- “Baby Boy” – Beyonce & Sean Paul (2003)
- “Islands in the Stream” – Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (1983)
- “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Elton John & Kiki Dee (1976).
The full top 40 list is at Billboard.com
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