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1. What was the first Rap song to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Song?
2. What song did not became a hit until the music reality show "American Idol" started using it as the exit music for singers voted off the show?
3. Who was the first artist to win all four major Grammy awards: Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year?
4. The idea for this song by a southern blond came to her head while she was tapping her acrylic fingernails on a table in between scenes of a movie she was filming and thought it sounded like a typewriter. What is the song and who was the artist?
5. What song, performed by Belgian singer Jeanine Deckers, became the first French-language song to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart?
6. What pop star in 1987, at the age of seventeen, became the youngest person to ever write, produce, and perform a number one hit on Billboard Hot 100?
7. In 1963, what Japanese-language song performed by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States?
8. What recording artist wrote the 1990 hit song "Nothing Compares 2U"?
9. What song, released in 1981, was the first song to reach number one using a drum machine to keep beat?
10. In 1954, a song was released on the Decca Records label called "Novelty Foxtrot". It became a huge hit with the younger generation and the song title was changed back to the band's original title. What was the original title of this smash hit?
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