Tupac Beat Whitney Houston - Jet Mag. Album Chart (9.13.2026)

Story by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikipedia Public DomainBackground Music by: Gail Nobles with AI assistance Keyboard music played by: keyboardist Gail NoblesJet Magazine published its own popular music charts, including the Top 20 Albums.Today, I want to talk about three albums from the 1990s that appeared at the top of the Jet Magazine Top 20 Album chart.Number one was Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me, released in 1996.Number two was Whitney Houston’s Waiting to Exhale, released in 1995.And number three was R. Kelly’s R. Kelly, released in 1995.When I look back at this chart, it’s interesting to see Tupac sitting at number one over Whitney Houston and R. Kelly.Whitney Houston was already one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with more than 220 million records sold worldwide. And on this Jet Magazine chart, Whitney ranked higher than R. Kelly.But there’s another interesting part to the story. In late 1995, Whitney Houston reached a historic moment on the singles chart with “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.So even though Tupac’s All Eyez on Me was number one on this particular Jet Magazine album chart, Whitney Houston was having an incredible chart moment of her own.Looking back, all three artists had massive years—but the Jet Magazine chart gives us an interesting snapshot of how their albums ranked against one another at that time.I’m Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening to Eagle Harp. Tune in again. Until next time, goodbye, folks.About Retro Music.This episode includes AI-generated content.