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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2017
Love songs made up a third of the songs on the year-end chart, but only one was by a black artist
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2016
Black artists are all over the year-end chart, but Rihanna and Drake were among the few black artists singing about love
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2015
Love songs make up more than a third of the year-end chart, but only five are by black artists
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2009
10 years ago, love songs by black artists become harder to find on the year-end chart
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1999
20 years ago, chart-toppers from Whitney, Brandy and Mariah Carey meant nearly half the songs by black artists were love songs
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1989
30 years ago, the popularity of Milli Vanilli meant more than half the songs by black artists on the pop chart were for lovers
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1979
40 years ago in the Earth, Wind & Fire era, about half the black artists on the year-end pop chart were singing love songs
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1969
50 years ago, love songs made up the majority of titles by black artists on the pop charts
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