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Janet Jackson: “Rhythm Nation 1814” at 37

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

Released: 1989

A CNN news feed, a sampled Sly Stone riff, and a joke about the national anthem: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 became the only album with seven Top 5 singles.

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Sly and the Family Stone: “There's a Riot Goin' On” at 55

Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

Released: 1971

Recorded mostly alone in a Bel Air attic on tape worn thin from overdubs, using a lounge drum machine after his own drummer quit, Sly Stone turned the wreckage of '60s optimism into a No. 1 album.