"Dust in the Wind" is a song recorded by American #progressiveRock band #Kansas and written by band member #KerryLivgren, first released on their 1977 album #PointOfKnowReturn. The song peaked at No. 6 on the #BillboardHot100 the week of April 22, 1978, making it Kansas's only single to reach the top ten in the US. The 45-rpm single was certified Gold for sales of one million units by the #RIAA shortly after the height of its popularity as a hit single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzF2xBGzzA0

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #157: Music Piracy.
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#Piracy #music #riaa #youwouldntdownloadacar #fail #musicpiracy #bittorrent #limewire #illegaldownloading #didyouknow #trivia #funfacts #facts #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

"Use ta Be My Girl" is a song by R&B vocal group #TheOJays. Released from their hit 1978 album, #SoFullOfLove, it became a crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B #singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard #Hot100 singles chart. "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays. The song has also been certified by the #RIAA as a million-seller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9-y62V3kk

"Cherish" is a song by American #RAndB band #KoolAndTheGang, released in May 1985. It was the third single released from the band's sixteenth studio album, #Emergency. It was certified Gold by the #RIAA and held the number 1 position on #Billboard's #AdultContemporary chart for six weeks running. It would ultimately rank as the biggest Adult Contemporary chart hit of the 1980s. The song is a romantic #ballad that proved to be extremely popular when it was released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4l32yNal9A

"Love Train" is a hit single by #theOJays, written by #KennyGambleAndLeonHuff. Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the #RAndBSingles and the #Billboard #Hot100 in February and March 1973 respectively, and No. 9 on the #UKSinglesChart and was certified gold by the #RIAA. It was the O'Jays' first and only number one record on the US pop chart. The song has been considered one of the first songs of #discoMusic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqFFcNXKc9E

"Key Largo" is the debut single by #BertieHiggins, released in September 1981. It became, in early 1982, Higgins' only #top40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track spent 17 weeks in the top 40 and was certified gold by the #RIAA. In addition, "#KeyLargo" topped the #AdultContemporaryChart for two weeks. In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 60 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2tsT32pHA

"Dust in the Wind" is a song recorded by American #progressiveRock band #Kansas and written by band member #KerryLivgren, first released on their 1977 album #PointOfKnowReturn. The song peaked at No. 6 on the #BillboardHot100 the week of April 22, 1978, making it Kansas's only single to reach the top ten in the US. The 45-rpm single was certified Gold for sales of one million units by the #RIAA shortly after the height of its popularity as a hit single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzF2xBGzzA0

"A Horse with No Name" is a song by American #folkRock trio America. Written by #DeweyBunnell, it was released on the #WarnerBros label in late 1971 in Europe and early 1972 in the United States. The song was met with commercial success and topped charts in Canada, Finland, and on the US #Billboard Hot 100. It reached number 3 in the #UKSinglesChart. It was #certified #gold by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica (#RIAA) on March 24, 1972.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocLCLMZO6dc

"Sexy Eyes" is a song by #DrHook, released as a single in early 1980. It was the second of three singles from their LP #SometimesYouWin. In the United States, the single reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying it with "#SylviasMother" as the highest-charting song for the band, and was certified Gold by the #RIAA. It was also a Top 10 hit in Canada (#8) and the United Kingdom (#4), in the process becoming the band's last top thirty hit in the UK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOrZ-nCp-_U

Latin Music Revenue Hits $1.4B in the U.S., Outpacing Overall Growth
#MusicNews #News #Latinmusic #Music #RIAA

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/latin-music-revenue-2024-growth-riaa-report-1236177659/

100M In the U.S. Are Now Paying For Music Streaming Subscriptions
#MusicNews #News #Music #RIAA

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/paid-music-subscriptions-pass-100-million-1236166958/

"We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band #Queen from their 1977 album #NewsOfTheWorld, written by guitarist #BrianMay. #RollingStone ranked it number 330 of "#The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" in 2004, and the #RIAA it placed at number 146 on the #SongsOfTheCentury list in 2001. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. Other than the last 30 seconds, which contains a guitar solo by May, the song is generally set in #aCappella form.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGbhniTBrU

"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a #powerBallad performed by the American musician #MeatLoaf. It is a track off his 1977 album #BatOutOfHell, written by #JimSteinman. It spent 23 weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 11, and earned a million-selling #GoldSingle from the #RIAA, eventually being certified platinum. It remains his second-highest-charting hit in the US, behind "#IdDoAnythingForLoveButIWontDoThat" (1993).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZPOcO0c7H8

"Use ta Be My Girl" is a song by R&B vocal group #TheOJays. Released from their hit 1978 album, #SoFullOfLove, it became a crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B #singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard #Hot100 singles chart. "Use ta Be My Girl" became one of the biggest and most familiar hits by The O'Jays. The song has also been certified by the #RIAA as a million-seller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBztRe1GJGc

"Bad Blood" is a popular song written by #NeilSedaka and Phil Cody. The song, with uncredited backing vocals by #EltonJohn, reached number one on the #Billboard #Hot100 in 1975, remaining at the top position for three weeks. It was certified Gold by the #RIAA and was the most successful individual commercial release in Sedaka's career. "Bad Blood" was replaced at the number one spot by John's #single "#IslandGirl".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTTVx--i3m0

I can now proudly announce that the Content Mafia has gone full circle.

Amazon Content Services Llc has filed a DMCA complaint against me for infringing the 2024 series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" season 2.

The tweet (from 2020) merely cited the names of "notorious markets" exactly as found in the official public #MPA filing.

"After the Love Has Gone" is a song by #EarthWindAndFire, released in 1979 as the second single from their ninth studio album #IAm on #ARC/#ColumbiaRecords. The song reached No. 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind #theKnack's "#MySharona") and the Billboard #HotRAndBSingles chart, No. 3 on the Billboard #AdultContemporary chart, and No. 4 on the #UKSinglesChart. #AfterTheLoveHasGone was certified gold in the US by the #RIAA and silver in the UK by the #BPI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TC0iH1MmzY

"Jack & Diane" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter #JohnMellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar." Described by critics as a "love #ballad", this song was released as the second single from Mellencamp's 1982 album #AmericanFool, and was chosen by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica (#RIAA) as one of the #SongsOfTheCentury. It spent four weeks at #numberOne on the #Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h04CH9YZcpI