Albums that spawned several "Hits"...

Like I Love You
Cry Me A River
Rock Your Body
Señorita

 

Seven Top 10's

Born in the USA ....peaked #9
Cover Me ...... peaked #7
I'm on Fire ...... peaked #7
I'm Goin' Down ..... peaked #9
Glory Days ...... peaked #5
Dancing in the Dark ...... peaked #2
My Hometown ...... peaked #6

 

Sexyback
My Love
What Goes Around
Lovestoned
Summer Love

 

That's The Way Love Goes
If
Again
Because Of Love
You Want This
Any Time Any Place

 

Invisible Touch
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Land Of Confusion
In Too Deep
Throwing It All Away



Sussudio
One More Night
Don't Lose My Number
Take Me Home

 

Missed this post earlier in the thread. Pretty amazing that Phil Collins had 11 top 10 hits in 1985-1986. With these five, plus the four singles from NJR, and then his duets with Phillip Bailey and Marilyn Martin, "Easy Lover" and "Separate Lives," he was on fire during those two years.

 

No mention of Whitney Houston yet (or did I miss it?)? Her first two albums, from 1985 and 1987, featured numerous hit songs.

 

The '80s were full of blockbuster albums. I just thought of another classic: Lionel Richie "Can't Slow Down." Don't think that has been mentioned yet, but it has All Night Long, Penny Lover, Running With The Knives , Stuck On You, and Hello.

 

Someone mentioned Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)

As per US Top 40 in 1989/90:

Miss You Much (#1)
Rhythm Nation (#2)
Escapade (#1)
Alright (#4)
Come Back To Me (#2)
Black Cat (#1)
Love Will Never Do (Without You) (#1)

 

More '80s albums in case they weren't mentioned:

Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel (title track, Every Little Step, Rock Wit'cha, Roni, My Prerogative)

INXS - Kick (Need You Tonight, New Sensation, Never Tear Us Apart, Devil Inside)

Heart s/t (These Dreams, Never, Nothin' At All, What About Love)

 

Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983)

As per the US Top 40:

Church of the Poison Mind (#10)
Karma Chameleon (#1)
Miss Me Blind (#5)
It's a Miracle (#13)

 

Sting's first solo effort - The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)

As per US Top 40:

If You Love Someone, Set Them Free (#3)
Fortress Around Your Heart (#8)
Love Is The Seventh Wave (#17)
Russians (#16)

 

She has a pretty impressive body of work.

What Have You Done For Me Lately
Nasty
When I Think of You
Control
Let's Wait Awhile
Miss You Much
Rhythm Nation
Escapade
Alright/ Alright (Remix)
Come Back to Me
Black Cat
Love Will Never Do (Without You)
That's the Way Love Goes
If
Again
Because of Love
Any Time, Any Place
You Want This
Runaway
Together Again
I Get Lonely / I Get Lonely (Remix)
Doesn't Really Matter
All For You
Someone to Call My Lover
Call on Me
Feedback

 

One of THE greatest albums of all time spawned 3 top ten hits!



What's Going On (#2 U.S Pop/#1 R&B)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (#4 U.S Pop/#1 R&B)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (#9 U.S Pop/#1 R&B)

 

One of the most successful protest albums of all time. Those songs sound much better in context of the album.

 

U2 - Achtung Baby

The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Even Better Than The Real Thing
One
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Remix) - was released separately to the above in UK/Ireland
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
Until The End of The World (released in some territories)

 

I was surprised it took so long for someone to mention Madge.

 

It was also from probably the greatest period for soul albums IMO. In a short period alone (say 1970-1973) you'd have the likes of:
Curtis Mayfield: Curtis, Roots, Superfly,
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On' & Let's Get It On
Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On & Fresh
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book, Innervisions
Al Green: Let's Stay Together, I'm Still In Love With You & Call Me
Bill Withers: Just As I Am & Still Bill
Gil Scott Heron: Pieces of a Man
Isley Brothers: 3+3

and thats not even getting to the the likes of Baby Huey, Aretha, Ann Pebbles... I mean, DAMN!

 

Hootie and the Blowfish had 4 top 20 US hits

 

Also: Green Day's Dookie
Longview
Basket Case
When I Come Around
She

 

Don't forget these 70's classics...

Curtis Mayfield: Curtis Live!,Back to the World,There's No Place Like American Today
Marvin Gaye - I Want You, Here My Dear
Isley Brothers - Brother Brother Brother,The Heat is On,Harvest For the World
Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs in the Key of Life
Al Green: Livin' For You
Barry White: Stone Gon',Can't Get Enough,Just Another Way to Say I Love You
Isaac Hayes: ....To Be Continued,Black Moses
James Brown: Black Caesar,Slaughter's Big Rip-Off,The Payback

 

Also released in the 1980s, Richard Marx's "Richard Marx" from 1987 and "Repeat Offender" from 1989 each featured a raft of radio-ready hits.

"Richard Marx" included: "Don't Mean Nothin' "; "Should've Known Better"; "Endless Summer Nights" and "Hold On To The Nights."
"Repeat Offender" included: "Satisfied"; "Right Here Waiting"; "Angelia"; "Too Late To Say Goodbye" and "Children of the Night."

 

The Beatles Let it Be (1970) only had three singles released from it but all three reached the Number 1 in the US.

"Get Back" #1 Billboard Hot 100
"Let it Be" #1 Billboard Hot 100
"The Long and Winding Road" #1 Billboard Hot 100

 

Counting Crows 'August and Everything After'
Mr. Jones. 2
Rain King. 31
Round Here. 10
A Murder of One. Hmm, maybe this isn't the 4th. Wiki days 17 but that is for Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
Well, it's close!

 

It only had three big hits. The last two hit on the Rock charts but did nothing overall.

Ed