After hitting the mainsteram in late 2004, with her debut album Goodies and its Billboard Hot 100-topping title track, Ciara stayed winning all throughout 2005. From peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 ...

If you spent more than 15 minutes on a dance floor in 2005, you've heard Ciara's "Oh," a lethal tune on which the 20-year-old dusts her breathy vocals over a heaving, grinding crunk track. It's the ...

This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2005 Week continues here a discussion of Ciara's dominant 2005, a year full of huge, ...