Whitney Houston…Haunting a Las Vegas Venue Near You!
(July 24, 2021). Tickets are ranging from $52 to $82 (for the good seats) to see Whitney Houston – that is, the late Whitney Houston – perform in hologram form…
“Patriot” tumble: Aaron Lewis’ “Am I The Only One” disappears from the Hot 100 one week after lofty debut
(July 23, 2021). Last week, Billboard magazine and other news media were all abuzz over the high chart début of “Am I The Only One,” the right-wing, liberal-bashing, country ballad…
Pop Smoke is about to join two iconic rappers as the only artists (of any genre) to have more than one posthumous No. 1 album
(July 18, 2021). Exactly one year ago today, the blog posted an article about how late rapper Pop Smoke (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) was part of chart history when he…
Black History: Biz Markie had the first top-10 rap song of the 1990s; at one point in 1990, he and Shock G were it for pop top 40!
(July 17, 2021). Nowadays it’s hard to imagine a world where hip-hop wasn’t the dominant music genre. Perusing this generation’s Billboard charts is just one indicator of rap’s current ubiquitous…
Black History: How “The Declaration (of Independence)” became a controversial pop song by this iconic group in 1970
(July 4, 2021). Not too many pop groups – or any act for that matter – would consider setting the entire preamble to the “Declaration of Independence” to music and…