Billboard celebrates best AC artists and songs

[marc-02]

19. Celine Dion

 

Dion is the artist on this list that made the most recent first appearance on the AC chart, having arrived with the No. 2-peaking "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" in October 1990. Her 87 weeks combined spent at No. 1 mark the highest total among all artists and her 11 No. 1s are tied for fourth-most in the chart's archives.

 

http://www.billboard.com/#/features/the-50...22.story?page=4

 

 

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80 IF YOU ASKED ME TO Celine Dion (1992)

 

As the youngest of 14 children, Dion has long since figured out how to get attention. She's fought her way to the upper echelon of AC divas with 11 No. 1s. "If You Asked Me To," first a No. 11 AC hit for Patti LaBelle in 1989, was Dion's first format leader, and the first of her three AC No. 1s written by songwriting icon Diane Warren; follow-up "Nothing But My Broken Heart" reigned later in 1992 and "Because You Loved Me" ruled in 1996.

 

http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbea...52.story?page=2

[amelie]

shouldn't A new day has come be somewhere in there? how did they choose the songs?

+ you'd expect her to be higher on the artist list with all the achievements they mention...

Edited July 16, 2011 at 08:54 AM by amelie

[wjd]

Billboard use an inverse points system, that benefits songs with longer chart runs than time spent at the top - Because You Loved Me, My Heart Will Go On & A New Day Has Come spent combined 50 weeks at the top of the AC chart, not one of them features in the list though higher than If You Asked Me To.

 

Its silly. If it credited each act how they should be, Celine would be much higher. If it looked at just the last 20 years, Celine would be #1.

[Prince Whiskers]

IYAMT as her biggest AC hit?! No one's stupid enough to believe that.

 

And she should be in the top 10-15.

[anewdayhascome]

it's sth wrong with this chart

[volleyceline]

Just news.

[I Love You]

This is dumb, she should be int top ten. What a bunch of Bull.

[duri]

As it´s best AC charts EVER, Céline position after 20 years in american music industry is not so bad, if we compare with artist which are 40 years in bussiness, but of course she should be TOP10 or at least TOP 15, but older songs and older interprets have bigger chance.

[Sofie]

What's up with that list? You would expect that someone with a total of 87 weeks at the no. 1 spot should be higher on this list but what do I know...

[genbidi1]

Celine should be number 1 but, its greats shes in the top 20s.

[marc-02]

i also expected either BYLM or ANDHC to be there somewhere too... but oh well... IYAMT as her biggest AC hit of all time?....

[ghazal]

Soooo funny, but any way thx the news...!!!!!!

[divaceline]

yes, i was appalled when i went through these charts. i had to look twice for bylm, andhc, and mhwgo. did i miss them? they weren't even there. and she should definitely be higher considering she has the most weeks at no. 1.

[wjd]

For god's sake, will you people please read the posts before yours, and maybe you'll find the answer to your questions.

 

Billboard used an inverse points system, that benefits songs with longer chart runs than time spent at the top - Because You Loved Me, My Heart Will Go On & A New Day Has Come spent combined 50 weeks at the top of the AC chart, not one of them features in the list though higher than If You Asked Me To.

 

Its silly. If it credited each act how they should be, Celine would be much higher. If it looked at just the last 20 years, Celine would be #1.

[dj4celine]

^

 

Wayney, if they did, those posts wouldn't have come up

[PopMusicBoy]

I'm surprised that of all her hits, "If You Asked me To" is the one that makes the all-time. Granted it was her first #1 on the format, but these kind of lists tend to surprise me all the time. "A New Day has Come" and "Because You Loved Me" both broke the longevity record for most weeks at #1, yet neither one is listed and both songs lasted over a year on the chart. Edited July 20, 2011 at 02:10 PM by PopMusicBoy