One thing I forgot to do at the start of this year was the next in the series of 20th Century in the 20s posts. To recap, this is listing all acts who had a Top 40 hit in the 20th Century and an original Top 40 hit in the 2020s. As we've since had further acts scoring Top 40 hits in 2023 I thought I may as well include them too.
The first to do so in 2022 was Mariah Carey. It came 9 years after her last original hit in the Top 40. The record was "Big Energy" which in reality was a record by Latto and DJ Khaled that sampled "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey.
Next up was Metallica with "Master of Puppets". It was never a Top 40 hit the first time round in 1986 but it's inclusion in the TV series "Stranger Things" helped it into the Top 40 and giving Metallica their first Top 40 hit since 2008.
Elton John's Top 40 career had looked to be finished in 2009 until he returned to top the charts by rehashing his older tunes EDM style with a modern artist. He did the same in 2022 with "Hold Me Closer" but this time his collaborator was another 20th century artist in 1999 debutant Britney Spears who was in the Top 40 for the first time since 2015.
Blink 182 just about qualify as a 20th century act with their debut "What's My Age Again?" making number 38 in October 1999 before it fared better in the charts in the year 2000. Original singer/guitarist Tom Delonge rejoined the band and they made the Top 40 with their new single "Edging".
Finally for 2022 Nat 'King' Cole overtook Vera Lynn for having the longest Top 40 career. Like Vera Lynn he was in the first ever chart and he was back in the Top 40 with "The Christmas Song" which was originally recorded in 1946 before the charts even existed.
Into 2023 we had Missy Elliot back in the Top 40 for the first time in a decade as featured artist on "Fly Girl" by girl group Flo. The previous time Missy Elliot had been in the Top 40 it was with girl group Little Mix, you have to go back to 2006 for the last time she was in the Top 40 as the sole artist.
The latest 20th century act to have a Top 40 hit is Kylie Minogue with "Padam Padam", her first Top 40 hit in 5 years.
Here's the full list:
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