🎶 Your Music Education on Instagram: "2005 was BANANAS! R&B/Hip-Hop was at its peak in the US following a decade of increasing popularity. Mariah Carey released her album The Emancipation of Mimi, and was the only artist to top the chart twice that year. Mario, Olivia, Gwen Stefani, Chris Brown, and Carrie Underwood (who won American Idol) all got their first #1s that year. Kanye West got his first solo #1 as well. Along with Mariah Carey, 50 Cent was the only other returning artist that year."