#10. Dreamlover - Mariah Carey: Lol finally this one shows up. Although looking and thinking back, I definitely regret my #80 ranking for this (and ouch me being the lowest ranking of a Mariah song. I'm such a bad fan). I do wish I could have pushed this up a few more spots and rank it higher than "I'll Be There" so shame on me there. With that said, I do still really like this song and think it's one of the many great songs from Mariah's discography. It's just never been a huge favorite of mine. But yeah this is my least favorite of this Top 10 so I'm glad it showed up first.
#9. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis: I am really shocked to see this song making such a huge jump from #39 to #9 here. Usually the Hip-Hop and R&B songs make the big jumps here and it's rare seeing a pure pop song like this making a big jump. I do love all of the songs remaining of this Top 10, though this is one my lesser favorites remaining as this is my #45. So I'm fine with this showing up now.
#8. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica: Ugh I knew the first two reveals went too well for me and I was bound to lose a super high ranking - and I see that it's my #2, ugh. :'( But this is such an iconic, memorable and standout collabo from Brandy & Monica. Love what they both bring to the song and its definitely amongst one of my all-time favorite songs. Happy that this did move up 5 spots from #13 to #8. Happy that there aren't any ranks lower than #76 too.
#7. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears: Ughh dangg, not my #3 showing up right after. That's disappointing and such a bummer there. :'( This is another memorable, iconic and fantastic pop song that put Britney on the map. Truly such a great and legendary song. I always remember my first reaction to hearing the song and seeing the video. Loved the song then and still do now...never got tired of this. On the other hand, I am happy to see this song increase 5 spots from #12 to #7 here.
#6. Vogue - Madonna: This is another iconic standout and memorable song. I do love this despite it being one of my lesser favorites of this Top 10, where I ranked it at #49. I do question myself on my ranking and think maybe I should have ranked this above the Donna Lewis song. I don't really know but still, simply iconic song nonetheless. I'm noticing that ilikemilk is ranking so many of these iconic songs so low.
#5. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey: Lmaoo at 312999 says "team anything but Always Be My Baby" and then this song shows up. How does that work out like that?
Anyway, I really love this song and think this is another one of the many memorable and fantastic songs from Mariah. I love this enough to give it a #22 rank. I wish I could have found room to squeeze this in my Top 20 but sadly didn't. :( I'm also glad that my favorite Mariah song the highest ranked here.
#4. No Scrubs - TLC: Ughh nooo, I just remember I ranked this at #5 and of course it shows up at 4th, grrr. i have the worst luck in trying to get a perfect ranking.
But seriously, this is amazing, outstanding, iconic and yeah absolutely lovee this song. TLC had so many amazing standout singles of the 90s but this always stands out as my favorite. So glad to see this make the Top 5 and move up 4 spots from #8 to #4.
#3. Together Again - Janet Jackson: Wow I am shocked to learn that this song was #30 last time but very nice to see this song improve its ranking from #30 to #3 with a +27 spot jump. Impressive. Ugh I see I ranked this at #41, which I am not liking or here for to see. I wish I could have ranked this higher but struggled to do so. This is a great song from Janet. Though I did expect this to make it to the Top 2 (with the Top 3) but I'm glad with it coming 3rd. Yayy for no Bottom 30 raqnks for this!
Wow I am shocked that the Top 2 is between my #1 and #10 (and with my #10 I also wish I could have ranked higher but now I don't lol).
#2. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio f/ L.V.: Wow it's so incredible to see this song making it all the way to #2. I seriously did NOT expect that at all. I ranked this at #10 so I was just hoping for this to make it to the Top 10. But wow.... #2? Far exceeded my expectations. This is such an amazing song from Coolio and a song that I absolutely love and think is outstanding! Not here for those two super low ranks, but very happy that this made a +14 spot jump here.
#1. Fantasy - Mariah Carey: Yessss at this song being a 2-time winner for this rankdown. So happy about that! So amazing and so totally deserved.
And wow such a runaway winner with 262 points above #2... so here for that! I absolutely LOVE this song a ton, so much so that I just had to rank it at #1! I do think this is another standout, amazing and iconic song with a video to match that. This was the song that helped and made me become a big Mariah fan and her one of my all-time favorites. This song is also quite a game changer of blending pop and hip-hop, which proved to be a winning success in music! Another one of my all time favorite songs. Yayy for this getting 5 #1s and I love that I finally got my long awaited 2nd perfect rank too. Ahh it would have been amazing to see this song get all rankings in the Top 50 but of course ilikemilk gotta come in with that low ranking.
13 Top 5 ranks and 19 Top 10 ranks is also really impressive.
I will take that 18th ranking with a 19.92 score! And yayy happy to get another perfect ra k to have 2 of those, haha.
This was an amazing and such a fun rankdown to be apart of! Thank you so much for hosting this, Lukas! I was sad to not be apart of the original rankdown of this but so glad I could be apart of this one.