Six Takeaways from Billboard’s 25 ‘Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century’ (so far) List
(December 4, 2024). In about four weeks, we will be a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Twenty-five years down, 75 more to go! Billboard Magazine commemorated the…
Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard
This blog post, updated in January 2024, presents an authoritative listing of all 257 rap and hip-hop albums that have topped the Billboard 200 chart since the first in 1987.…
Mariah, Morgan, Lil Nas X all try to end Shaboozey’s push towards history. Only one may succeed.
(November 17, 2024). It’s that time of year again when holiday cheer fills the air and nicely decorated homes begin to line neighborhood streets. Salvation Army bells are jingling and…
‘You Haven’t Done Nothin’’: Stevie Wonder’s 50-Year-Old Anthem Echoes into High-Stakes Election
(November 2, 2024). See if you can bump to this. Fifty years ago today (Nov. 2, 1974), Stevie Wonder’s fiery single “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” bumped its way to No.…
Longer Gone Than Here: Kurt, Tupac, Aaliyah and 9 others who’ve recently joined this club
(September 26, 2024). If there’s a rock and roll heaven, then there’s a band of artists that have recently joined that dubious distinction of having played in it longer than…