This Week in Billboard Chart History: 25 Years Ago, Paula Abdul Led the Hot 100 Again — billboard.com

Your weekly recap celebrating significant milestones from more than seven decades of Billboard chart history Feb. 9, 2008 The Juno soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The set from the quirky Ellen Page/Michael Cera film spent nearly a year (48 total weeks) on the tally. Feb. 10, 1990 Twenty-five years ago today, Paula Abdul and her cartoon pals the Wild Pair began a two-week reign atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Opposites Attract," the fourth No. 1 from her debut album Forever Your Girl. Almost exactly a year earlier (Feb. 11, 1989), "Straight Up" had become the set's first leader.

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