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Passage: The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners. Not many disco or new wave songs were particularly successful on the AC chart during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and much of the hip-hop and harder rock music featured on CHR formats later in the decade would have been unacceptable on AC radio.

Question: In the 1970s, what two genres were not particularly successful on the adult contemporary charts?

Question: What genres, featured on the CHR radio format, were rarely found on adult contemporary radio?

Question: During what decade did hip-hop begin to be featured on the radio?
Passage: Although dance-oriented, electronic pop and ballad-oriented rock dominated the 1980s, soft rock songs still enjoyed a mild success thanks to artists like Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins and Tommy Page. No song spent more than six weeks at #1 on this chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two of these were by Lionel Richie, "You Are" in 1983 and "Hello" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100.

Question: Along with electronic pop, what type of music was the most successful in the 1980s?

Question: What genre did the music of Billy Ocean belong to?

Question: What was the longest that a song spent at #1 on the adult contemporary charts in the 1980s?

Question: In what year did Lionel Richie record "You Are"?

Question: Aside from the adult contemporary chart, on what other chart did Lionel Richie's "Hello" reach the top spot?
Passage: In 1989, Linda Ronstadt released Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, described by critics as "the first true Adult Contemporary album of the decade", featuring American soul singer Aaron Neville on several of the twelve tracks. The album was certified Triple Platinum in the United States alone and became a major success throughout the globe. The Grammy Award-winning singles, "Don't Know Much" and "All My Life", were both long-running #1 Adult Contemporary hits. Several additional singles from the disc made the AC Top 10 as well. The album won over many critics in the need to define AC, and appeared to change the tolerance and acceptance of AC music into mainstream day to day radio play.

Question: What artist issued the album known as "the first true Adult Contemporary album of the decade"?

Question: In what year was the album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind released?

Question: What male singer featured on several songs from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind?

Question: What certification did Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind receive?

Question: Along with "Don't Know Much," what single won a Grammy?
Passage: The early 1990s marked the softening of urban R&B at the same time alternative rock emerged and traditional pop saw a significant resurgence. This in part led to a widening of the market, not only allowing to cater to more niche markets, but it also became customary for artists to make AC-friendly singles.

Question: What decade saw the emergence of alternative rock?

Question: What happened to urban R&B in the early 1990s?

Question: The resurgence of traditional pop was one of the factors that led to what change in the music market?
Passage: Unlike the majority of 1980s mainstream singers, the 1990s mainstream pop/R&B singers such as All-4-One, Boyz II Men, Rob Thomas, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys and Savage Garden generally crossed over to the AC charts. Latin pop artists such as Lynda Thomas, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Selena, Enrique Iglesias and Luis Miguel also enjoyed success in the AC charts.

Question: Mainstream artists from what decade generally did not have success on the adult contemporary charts?

Question: Along with All-4-One, Boyz II Men, Rob Thomas, Christina Aguilera and Backstreet Boys, what 90s artists were notable in the pop/R&B genre?

Question: What genre of music did Lynda Thomas, Ricky Martin, Selena, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Luis Miguel make?
Passage: In addition to Celine Dion, who has had significant success on this chart, other artists with multiple number ones on the AC chart in the 1990s include Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston and Shania Twain. Newer female singer-songwriters such as Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Jewel, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow also broke through on the AC chart during this time.

Question: What milestone did Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston and Shania Twain share on the 1990s adult contemporary charts?

Question: Along with Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow, what female singer-songwriter had chart success in the 1990s?

Question: On what chart did Whitney Houston see success?
Passage: In 1996, Billboard created a new chart called Adult Top 40, which reflects programming on radio stations that exists somewhere between "adult contemporary" music and "pop" music. Although they are sometimes mistaken for each other, the Adult Contemporary chart and the Adult Top 40 chart are separate charts, and songs reaching one chart might not reach the other. In addition, hot AC is another subgenre of radio programming that is distinct from the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart as it exists today, despite the apparent similarity in name.

Question: What was the name of the chart created by Billboard in 1996?

Question: Adult Top 40 represented a midpoint between what two radio formats?

Question: What chart is the Adult Top 40 chart sometimes confused with?

Question: What radio programming genre is sometimes confused with the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart?
Passage: In response to the pressure on Hot AC, a new kind of AC format cropped up among American radio recently. The urban adult contemporary format (a term coined by Barry Mayo) usually attracts a large number of African Americans and sometimes Caucasian listeners through playing a great deal of R&B (without any form of rapping), gospel music, classic soul and dance music (including disco).

Question: Who invented the term "urban adult contemporary format"?

Question: What demographic group is the urban adult contemporary format marketed to?

Question: What style of singing is absent from R&B played on urban adult contemporary format stations?

Question: Along with R&B, gospel and dance music, what type of music is represented on urban adult contemporary stations?

Question: Urban adult contemporary music came into being because of pressure on what previously existing format?
Passage: Another format, rhythmic AC, in addition to playing all the popular hot and soft AC music, past and present, places a heavy emphasis on disco as well as 1980s and 1990s dance hits, such as those by Amber, C&C Music Factory and Black Box, and includes dance remixes of pop songs, such as the Soul Solution mix of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart".

Question: Who performed the song "Unbreak My Heart"?

Question: What is the name of a notable dance artist along with C&C Music Factory and Black Box?

Question: What radio station format plays soft AC, hot AC, disco and dance?

Question: What artist notably remixed "Unbreak My Heart"?
Passage: In its early years of existence, the smooth jazz format was considered to be a form of AC, although it was mainly instrumental, and related a stronger resemblance to the soft AC-styled music. For many years, artists like George Benson, Kenny G and Dave Koz had crossover hits that were played on both smooth jazz and soft AC stations.

Question: What radio station format was sometimes regarded as a type of adult contemporary?

Question: What type of music was predominantly played on smooth jazz stations?

Question: Along with Kenny G and Dave Koz, what artist was featured on smooth jazz stations?

Question: What other format of station were smooth jazz artists sometimes featured on?
Passage: A notable pattern that developed during the 2000s and 2010s has been for certain pop songs to have lengthy runs on AC charts, even after the songs have fallen off the Hot 100. Adrian Moreira, senior vice president for adult music for RCA Music Group, said, "We've seen a fairly tidal shift in what AC will play". Rather than emphasizing older songs, adult contemporary was playing many of the same songs as top 40 and adult top 40, but only after the hits had become established. An article on MTV's website by Corey Moss describes this trend: "In other words, AC stations are where pop songs go to die a very long death. Or, to optimists, to get a second life."

Question: What is Adrian Moreira's job title?

Question: For what company does Adrian Moreira work?

Question: Who wrote, "In other words, AC stations are where pop songs go to die a very long death. Or, to optimists, to get a second life"?

Question: Where was Corey Moss' article published?

Question: When do adult contemporary stations begin to play Top 40 songs?
Passage: With the mixture of radio friendly AC tunes with some rock and pop fare also landing on the pop charts, mainstream songs won over many critics in the need to define AC, and appeared to change the tolerance and acceptance of AC music into mainstream day to day radio play. Part of the reason why more and more hot AC stations are forced to change is that less and less new music fits their bill; most new rock is too alternative for mainstream radio and most new pop is now influenced heavily by dance-pop and electronic dance music.

Question: Who have hot AC format radio stations had to change the music they play?

Question: By what two genres are modern pop songs heavily influenced?

Question: Why is new rock not suitable for mainstream radio?
Passage: A popular trend in this era was remixing dance music hits into adult contemporary ballads, especially in the US, (for example, the "Candlelight Mix" versions of "Heaven" by DJ Sammy, "Listen To Your Heart" by D.H.T., and "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada). Adult contemporary has long characterized itself as family-friendly, but edited versions of "Perfect" by P!nk and "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green showed up in the format in 2011.

Question: What was the name of DJ Sammy's mix of "Heaven"?

Question: Who recorded the song "Listen To Your Heart"?

Question: Who is known for the song "Everytime We Touch"?

Question: What artist performed the song "Forget You"?

Question: What version of P!nk's "Perfect" appeared on adult contemporary radio in 2011?
Passage: While most artists became established in other formats before moving to adult contemporary, Michael Bublé and Josh Groban started out as AC artists. Throughout this decade, artists such as Nick Lachey, James Blunt, John Mayer, Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz, Kelly Clarkson, Adele, Clay Aiken and Susan Boyle have become successful thanks to a ballad heavy sound. Much as some hot AC and modern rock artists have crossed over into each other, so too has soft AC crossed with country music in this decade. Country musicians such as Faith Hill, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood have had success on both charts.

Question: Along with Josh Groban, what notable pop artist started out his career on adult contemporary radio?

Question: What sort of sound does the music of Susan Boyle have?

Question: Along with Faith Hill, Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes, what country artist has had adult contemporary hits?

Question: What genre of music has soft AC found common ground with?
Passage: Since the mid-2000s, the mainstreaming of bands like Wilco and Feist have pushed indie rock into the adult contemporary conversation. In the early 2010s, indie musicians like Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men, The Lumineers and Ed Sheeran also had indie songs that crossed over to the adult contemporary charts.

Question: What genre of music are bands like Feist and Wilco?

Question: Along with Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men, Ed Sheeran and The Lumineers, what indie artist has had adult contemporary success?

Question: In what decade did indie musicians first began getting attention from the adult contemporary audience?
Passage: The consolidation of the "hot AC" format contrasted with the near-demise of most other AC formats: Beginning with the 2005-2007 economic downturn and eventual recession most stations went for the more chart-based CHR, along with the top 40, urban and even Latino formats. Diminishing physical record sales also proved a major blow to the AC genre.

Question: Along with the recession, what broad economic trend marked the decline of adult contemporary radio stations?

Question: Along with CHR, Top 40 and Latino, what format have former AC stations transitioned to?

Question: What AC format is still viable?

Question: Declining sales of what items harmed the adult contemporary genre?
Passage: The "soft" AC format has reinvented in the late 2000s/early 2010s as a result of its declining relevance, adopting a more upmarket, middle-of-the-road approach, with a selection of "oldies" (usually from the 1960s/70s onwards), primarily rock, jazz, R&B and pop music. Newer songs are more often (but not limited to) "easy listening" fare, this amount varying depending on the age of the station's target demographic.

Question: Generally speaking, what is the earliest decade represented by the "oldies" on soft AC stations?

Question: Along with R&B, pop and rock, what genre of music is represented on modern soft AC stations?

Question: What genre of music do new songs on soft AC stations often belong to?

Question: During what period did soft AC stations attempt to reinvent themselves?
Passage: Termed "the acoustic equivalent to Prozac", soft adult contemporary, a more adult-oriented version of AC, was born in the late 1970s and grew in the early 1980s. WEEI-FM in Boston was the first station to use the term "soft rock", with ad slogans such as, "Fleetwood Mac ... without the yack" and "Joni ... without the baloney". The vast majority of music played on soft AC stations is mellow, more acoustic, and primarily solo vocalists.

Question: What radio format was described as being "the acoustic equivalent to Prozac"?

Question: What decade saw the birth of the soft adult contemporary format?

Question: What radio station introduced the term "soft rock"?

Question: Where was the station that introduced the term "soft rock" based?

Question: What processed meat, featured in WEEI-FM's ad slogan, rhymes with Joni?
Passage: Other popular names for the format include "Warm", "Sunny", "Bee" (or "B") and (particularly in Canada) "EZ Rock". The format can be seen as a more contemporary successor to and combination of the middle of the road (MOR), beautiful music, easy listening and soft rock formats. Many stations in the soft AC format capitalize on its appeal to office workers (many of them females aged 25–54, a key advertiser demographic), and brand themselves as stations "everyone at work can agree on" (KOST originated that phrase as a primary tagline, and other soft AC stations have followed suit).

Question: In what country is soft adult contemporary called "EZ Rock"?

Question: Along with MOR, easy listening and soft rock, what format is soft adult contemporary a successor to?

Question: What occupation is stereotypical held by soft adult contemporary listeners?

Question: What advertising demographic is soft adult contemporary marketed towards?

Question: What station first introduced the tagline "everyone at work can agree on"?
Passage: A large portion of music played on this format are either considered oldies or recurrent. It often deals with modern romantic and sexual relationships (and sometimes other adult themes such as work, raising children, and family) in a thoughtful and complex way. Soft AC, which has never minded keeping songs in high rotation literally for years in some cases, does not appear necessarily to be facing similar pressures to expand its format. Soft AC includes a larger amount of older music, especially classic R&B, soul, and 1960s and 1970s music, than hot AC.

Question: Along with romantic and sexual relationships, family and work, what do soft adult contemporary songs sometimes discuss?

Question: Music from what two decades is notably featured on the soft AC format?

Question: Along with classic R&B, what genre is notably featured on soft AC stations?

Question: What radio station format is soft AC often contrasted with?
Passage: The soft AC format may soon be facing the demographic pressures that the jazz and big band formats faced in the 1960s and 1970s and that the oldies format is starting to face today, with the result that one may hear soft AC less on over-the-air radio and more on satellite radio systems in coming years. Much of the music and artists that were traditionally played on soft AC stations have been relegated to the adult standards format, which is itself disappearing because of aging demographics. Some soft AC stations have found a niche by incorporating more oldies into their playlists and are more open to playing softer songs that fit the "traditional" definition of AC.

Question: What radio station formats faced demographic pressures in the 1960s and 70s?

Question: What radio station format is facing demographic pressures in the present day?

Question: What radio station format have many of the former soft AC artists moved to?

Question: Certain soft AC stations have found a niche on the radio by doing what?

Question: Why are adult standards format radio stations declining?
Passage: Artists contributing to this format include mainly soft rock/pop singers such as, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Nana Mouskouri, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Marc Anthony.

Question: Along with Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Nana Mouskouri, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Barry Manilow, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Marc Anthony, what notable artist is featured on the soft AC format?
Passage: Hot adult contemporary radio stations play a variety of classic hits and contemporary mainstream music aimed at an adult audience. Some Hot AC stations concentrate slightly more on pop music and alternative rock to target the Generation Z audience, though they include the more youth-oriented teen pop, urban and rhythmic dance tracks.

Question: Along with classic hits, what type of music do hot adult contemporary stations feature?

Question: What is the primary audience of hot adult contemporary format stations?

Question: What demographic do hot AC stations featuring more pop and alternative rock focus on?

Question: Along with urban and rhythmic dance tracks, what genre is featured on hot AC stations with a younger audience?
Passage: This format often includes dance-pop (such as upbeat songs by Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Kylie Minogue), power pops (mainly by boybands such as Backstreet Boys and Westlife), and adult-oriented soft rock music that are ballad-driven (typically by Aerosmith[citation needed], The Eagles, Sting, Toto and The Moody Blues). Generally, Hot AC radio stations target their music output towards the 18-54 age group and a demographic audience of both men and women.

Question: Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Kylie Minogue are artists in what genre of music?

Question: What type of band are Backstreet Boys and Westlife?

Question: What genre of music is played by Westlife?

Question: What genre of music is played by The Eagles?

Question: What is the target age range of Hot AC stations?
Passage: Modern adult contemporary can be a variation of hot AC, and includes modern rock titles in its presentation. In 1997, Mike Marino of KMXB in Las Vegas described the format as reaching "an audience that has outgrown the edgier hip-hop or alternative music but hasn't gotten old and sappy enough for the soft ACs." The format's artists included Alanis Morissette, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms, Bon Jovi, Train, No Doubt, The Script, The Cranberries, Lifehouse, Sarah McLachlan, Sara Bareilles, John Mayer, Jewel, and Ingrid Michaelson. Unlike modern rock, which went after 18-34 men, this format appealed to women.

Question: What station did Mike Marino work for in 1997?

Question: Where was the radio station KMXB based in 1997?

Question: What age demographic is modern rock radio focused on?

Question: What is the sex of the listeners modern rock radio is geared towards?

Question: Unlike modern rock radio, what sex is adult contemporary radio said to appeal to?
Passage: Urban AC is a form of AC music geared towards adult African-American audiences, and therefore, the artists that are played on these stations are most often black, such as Des'ree, whose album I Ain't Movin' was massively popular amongst both African American audience as well as the wider national audience.

Question: What age group is Urban AC focused towards?

Question: What race is the target demographic of Urban AC radio?

Question: Who is an example of an artist played on Urban AC format radio stations?

Question: What is the name of the popular album released by Des'ree?

Question: What is the ethnicity of artists commonly played on urban adult contemporary radio?
Passage: The urban AC stations resemble soft AC rather than hot AC; they play predominantly R&B and soul music with little hip-hop. This is reflected in many of the urban AC radio stations' taglines, such as "Today's R&B and classic soul", "The best variety of R&B hits and oldies" and "(City/Region)'s R&B leader". Urban AC's core artists include Luther Vandross, Trey Songz, Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Frank Ocean, Craig David and Mariah Carey.

Question: What other adult contemporary radio format is urban AC similar to?

Question: What genre of music is not played frequently on urban AC?

Question: What two genres of music are popular on urban AC?

Question: Along with Trey Songz, Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Frank Ocean, Craig David and Mariah Carey, who is a well-known urban AC artist?

Question: What adult contemporary radio format is urban AC not similar to?
Passage: A more elaborate form of urban AC is the rhythmic oldies format, which focuses primarily on "old school" R&B and soul hits from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Motown and disco hits. The format includes soul or disco artists such as ABBA, The Village People, The Jackson 5, Donna Summer, Tina Charles, Gloria Gaynor and the Bee Gees. Rhythmic oldies stations still exist today, but target African-Americans as opposed to a mass audience.

Question: What radio format is similar to urban AC but features older soul and R&B songs?

Question: What is the earliest decade of music typically featured on the rhythmic oldies format?

Question: What is the most recent decade music from which music can be heard on a rhythmic oldies station?

Question: What is the target demographic of the rhythmic oldies format?
Passage: A format called quiet storm is often included in urban adult contemporary, and is often played during the evening, blending the urban AC and soft AC styles of music. The music that is played is strictly ballads and slow jams, mostly but not limited to Black and Latino artists. Popular artists in the quiet storm format are Teena Marie, Freddie Jackson, Johnny Gill, Lalah Hathaway, Vanessa L. Williams, Toni Braxton, and En Vogue among others.

Question: What radio format consists of ballads and slow jams?

Question: What is the name of the radio format that is a mixture of urban and soft adult contemporary?

Question: At what time of day is the quiet storm format played?

Question: What is the typical ethnicity of artists played on quiet storm stations?

Question: Along with Freddie Jackson, Johnny Gill, Teena Marie, Lalah Hathaway, Toni Braxton, and En Vogue, what artist is popular on quiet storm stations?