Triple-Dippers: These 17 Songs Moved to No. 1 Three or More Times
(February 21, 2025). Most of the 1178 songs that have hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 followed a familiar trajectory: they rose, peaked, and eventually faded into chart…
The latest music trend: Artists’ new songs are struggling to overcome their old ones (they just won’t leave)
(April 3, 2022). Earlier this year, pop superstar The Weeknd released a new album Dawn FM (featuring his old-man persona on the album cover). It was to mark the end…
When it comes to actual album sales (excluding streaming), women and vinyl dominate!
(January 7, 2022). It’s likely a surprise to no one that Adele and Taylor Swift are among the top-selling artists of the current millennium in any format, whether it’s streaming,…
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Fans anointed “I Drink Wine” before its time, but a different tune is REALLY the best one on Adele’s ‘30’…
(November 20, 2020). Adele’s new album 30 is finally here. And, as expected, the critics (and fans) are raving. They’re calling 30 her most personal, self-revelatory project yet…the first to…
Quick burnout: “Let’s Go Brandon”…the anti-Biden songs have a short fuse, flame-out on the charts.
(November 10, 2021). Just two weeks ago, Bryson Gray’s “Let’s Go Brandon”—one of several new anti-Biden songs bearing that title—was the darling of right-wing conservative media and Donald Trump fans…