Did Motown Confusion Cause Biggest Single Leap into the Top 10 of the 1980s (and of Diana Ross’ Career)?
Even Billboard called the 49-10 move of “Upside Down” on Aug. 9, 1980, “startling.” (August 10, 2025) – Forty-five years ago this week, Diana Ross flipped the Billboard Hot 100…
Music Jeopardy 19 – Grammar Check That Hit Song Title!
(August 8, 2025) – Welcome to the 19th edition of Music Jeopardy! As always, the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses. And since last time’s update, every…
Music Jeopardy 18 — What’s in a (Sub)title? Guess the Songs Hidden In Other Songs’ Titles
(August 1, 2025) – Welcome to the 18th edition of Music Jeopardy! As always, the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses. For the first time, the clues…
Only One Soundtrack Album Has Hit No. 1 in the 2020s—a Historic Low: Here’s a 7-Decade Recap
KPop Demon Hunters is Trying to Make It Two. (July 28, 2025). Nearly six years into the 2020s, only one soundtrack album has reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200…
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Rides Into Sunset—Rock Album Era & Hall of Fame Induction Loom Next
(July 29, 2025) – Beyoncé just wrapped her historic 32-show, 9-city Cowboy Carter tour—now officially Billboard’s highest-grossing country trek in Boxscore history. While not all acts report earnings to Billboard…