| 1984 | Lionel Richie‘s ‘Hello’ went to #1 in the US. |  |
| 1987 | Janet Jackson released ‘The Pleasure Principle’. |  |
| 1995 | The 1995 Essence Awards took place. |  |
| 1998 | Xscape released the ‘Traces Of My Lipstick’ album. |  |
| 1998 | Lenny Kravitz released the ‘5’ album. |  |
| 2001 | Janet Jackson’s ‘All For You’ album went to #1 in the US. |  |
| 2006 | Nelly Furtado released ‘Maneater’. |  |
| 2017 | LeToya Luckett released ‘Back 2 Life’. |  |