Tribute: Irv Gotti Had One of the Most Dominant Runs in Modern Music History
(February 6, 2025). As the new century began, hip-hop was still mourning Tupac and Biggie, its two biggest stars. While DMX, Nas, Jay-Z, and Master P kept the genre alive,…
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This album spent Biden’s entire presidency in the top 50… it debuted the week he was inaugurated
(January 17, 2025). In January 2021, Taylor Swift’s Evermore was unseated at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 by an unlikely contender: a sophomore album by a rising country star…
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One of these old LPs — not the one you think — is on Billboard’s List of the Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century
(January 12, 2025). For the past several days, Billboard has been unveiling its quarter-century rankings of the top artists, songs and albums — based strictly on cumulative chart performance from…
‘Hold On’: Sam Moore, Half of Legendary Sam & Dave, Dies; A Tribute
Sam Moore, 89, Was Once Called the “Greatest Living Soul Singer.” (January 11, 2025). Sam Moore, the high tenor powerhouse of the iconic Miami-based soul duo Sam & Dave, passed…
Highlights and Takeaways from Billboard’s Top 100 Artists of the 21st Century
(January 10, 2025). Late last year, Billboard released its ranking of the 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st Century so far. This week they’ve announced a truer-to-form compilation of…