On May 09 1970, Guess Who started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘American Woman’, it was the group’s sixth Top 30 hit and only chart topper. The song was born by accident when guitarist Randy Bachman was playing a heavy riff on stage after he had broken a string, the other members joined in on the jam. A fan in the audience who had recorded the gig on tape presented it to the group after the show and they developed it into a full song.

On April 27 1985, USA For Africa started a three-week run at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Are The World’. The US artists’ answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer’s of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

Kelly Clarkson has announced the title of her upcoming ninth studio album, Chemistry. In a video shared to Instagram on Sunday, the Since U Been Gone singer revealed details behind the album’s title and assured fans it would drop soon. This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship. The singer previously shared in a September 2022 interview with Variety she was working on an album centring on her split from husband Brandon Blackstock. Though Kelly did not name a specific release date for Chemistry, she insisted the album was “coming out soon” and singles from the record would be “coming out even sooner”.