NFL Sends Taylor Swift a Message…or Was It Vice-Versa?
Who’s the Bigger Get—Taylor Swift or the NFL? Halftime Deal Falls Apart (September 29, 2025) – The prospect of Taylor Swift playing Super Bowl LX carried with it no shortage…
Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard
This blog post, updated regularly, presents an authoritative listing of all rap and hip-hop albums that have topped the Billboard 200 chart since the first in 1987. Significantly, the artists…
Billboard Floats New Top 10 ‘Strip Club’ Songs Chart—Making it Rain Data
Me: What took them so long? (September 26, 2025) – Billboard Magazine is nothing if it isn’t the purveyor of everything that can be charted. After experimenting this decade with…
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Opportunism or Tribute? Tom MacDonald’s Kirk Tribute ‘Charlie’ Cashes In With Hot 100 Debut
Likely Written Before Kirk’s Death Certificate Dried: Tom MacDonald’s ‘Charlie’ Hits Billboard (September 25, 2025) – Opportunism sells, even if only briefly. Just 36 hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s…
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Janet Jackson’s Surprising Credit—and Non-Credit—on Cardi B’s ‘Am I the Drama?’ (And How She Gets Paid for Both)
(September 23, 2025) – Janet Jackson fans thought they were getting a new collaboration on Cardi B’s long-awaited album Am I the Drama?. Instead, they got two samples, one credit…