For first time in 50 years Black stars dominate Billboard's Top 10 chart for

Jet, Oct 27, 2003

For the first time in the 50-year history Billboard's single charts, all top 10 songs are by Black recording stars.

Billboard, the trade magazine for the music industry, compiles charts of the nation's best-selling recorded music in all genres. With the exception of superstar Beyonce's No. 1 song, Baby Boy, featuring Sean Paul, the other nine songs are by rappers, demonstrating hip hop's dominant popularity.

The tunes are on The Billboard Hot 100 (Oct. 11 issue), which measures the popularity of songs from every pop format and is compiled from a national sample of sales reports and radio playlists.

THE TOPE 10 SONGS ON BILLBOARD ARE:

1 BABY BOY                           Beyonce (featuring Sean Paul)
2 SHAKE YA
  TAILFEATHER                         Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
3 GET LOW       Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz (featuring Ying Yang
                                                            Twins)
4 RIGHT THURR                                               Chingy
5 FRONTIN'                              Pharrell (featuring Jay-Z)
6 DAMN!                           YoungBloodz (featuring Lil' Jon)
7 P.I.M.P.                                                 50 Cent
8 INTO YOU                   Fabolous (featuring Tamia or Ashanti)
9 STAND UP                            Ludacris (featuring Shawnna)
10 WHERE IS
  THE LOVE?                                        Black Eyed Peas