MUSIC FIRSTS
The first K-pop group to top the Billboard 200 chart with their album "Love Yourself: Tear" in 2018
BTS
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Lady Gaga
Enrique Iglesias
Spain
The Wilson brothers, Mike Love & Al Jardine, surfin' over '60s high notes
Beach Boys
Jessie J, Avril Lavigne, Billie Eilish
Avril
She deserves a lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T for being the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, back in 1987
Aretha
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Eminem
United States
Alessia Cara
He was the first artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his song "You Are Not Alone" in 1995.
Michael Jackson
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
The Weeknd
Sean Paul
Jamaica
In an R.E.M. 90s hit, "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" doing this
Losing My Religion
Miranda Lambert, Shania Twain, Kacey Musgraves
In 1998 this Cher song became the first hit record to use auto-tune to distort the music
Believe
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Lorde
Sia
Australia
Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Frenchmen giving robotic performances
Daft Punk
Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, David Guetta
Deadmau5
In 1987 Los Lobos took this Ritchie Valens hit to No. 1, the first Spanish language song to top the Hot 100 chart
La Bamba
Real name Scott Mescudi, this rapper was just 24 when he released his hit debut single "Day 'N' Nite"
Kid Cudi
Tove Lo and Zara Larsson
Sweden
Pioneers in female hip-hop with hits like "Push It" and "Shoop."
Salt N Pepa
Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes
AF