Beyoncé is busy sweeping the Billboard charts. According to Billboard, the singer’s new country-inspired album has taken the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making the global superstar the first Black woman to lead the list.
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Today in Music’s History
On October 19 1985, A-Ha went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Take On Me’, making them the first Norwegian group to score a US No.1. The video for the song featured the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action which won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Today Music’s History
In March 1st 2019, Country Music Hall of Fame member Fred Foster died age 87. He is credited as producer behind all of Roy Orbison’s biggest hits including ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’, ‘Only the Lonely’, and ‘Crying’ and also produced major hits for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Ray Stevens and Kris Kristofferson.
