America Can’t Decide: The Most Turbulent Year At No. 1 in Nearly 40 Years
Eight exchanges at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year…and it’s only mid-March. (March 13, 2026) – In what is developing as the most volatile year of the…
Music Jeopardy 43: “Woman’s” History Week; Guess These Clues Based on Songs with “Woman” in Their Titles
(March 12, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 43! It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses. Each clue has point values…
Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” Returns to No. 1 Dance — 48 Years After Its Disco Chart Reign
(March 6, 2026) – The charts may have changed. The metrics certainly have. But nearly a half-century later, the Queen of Disco and her anthem still reign. Thanks to a…
Neil Sedaka’s 1975 Comeback Was One of Rock’s Greatest Second Acts!
(February 28, 2026) – There are many great things that could be said about Neil Sedaka’s extraordinary music career — a largely two-act affair that can be neatly divided into…
Taylor Swift Used an Old-School Trick to Get ‘Opalite’ to No. 1—Could Anyone Else Do It?
Taylor Pulled Out All the Stops to Get That Rare Second No. 1 Hit from One Album (February 27, 2026) – Taylor Swift’s formula for getting her record 14th Hot…