| 1978 | Ruben Studdard was born. |  |
| 1981 | Jennifer Hudson was born. |  |
| 1987 | Michael Jackson kicked off his ‘Bad’ World Tour in Tokyo, Japan. |  |
| 1995 | Deborah Cox released her debut self-titled album. |  |
| 1995 | Mariah Carey released ‘Fantasy’. |  |
| 1995 | Lenny Kravitz released ‘Circus’. |  |
| 1995 | Ricky Martin released ‘A Medio Vivir’. |  |
| 1995 | Prince released ‘Eye Hate U’. |  |
| 1998 | Lauryn Hill went to #1 in the US with ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’. |  |
| 2000 | Boyz II Men released ‘Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya’. |  |
| 2000 | Christina Aguilera released ‘Mi Reflejo’. |  |
| 2000 | 98 Degrees released ‘Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)’. |  |
| 2004 | Natasha Bedingfield went to #1 in the UK with her debut album, ‘Unwritten’. |  |
| 2005 | The Pussycat Dolls released ‘PCD’. |  |
| 2006 | Lionel Richie released ‘Coming Home’. |  |
| 2010 | The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards took place. |  |
| 2011 | Beyoncé released ‘Love On Top’. |  |
| 2012 | Leona Lewis released ‘Trouble’, featuring Childish Gambino. |  |