These living VIPs were the first solo women to top the Hot 100… 60 years ago!
(January 2, 2020): Move over Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande. Eat your heart out Lizzo and Billie Eilish. Yeah, Mariah Carey, you may own the record for most No. 1…
Billboard just released its Top 125 GOAT list; We sliced and diced it for you…
(November 22, 2019). Last week, in a release that flew under most folks’ radars, Billboard magazine unleashed its 125 Greatest Of All Time artists ranking, to commemorate the trade publication’s…
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Billboard mysteriously releases its decade-end charts; These are the top 10 artists of the 2010s…
(November 16, 2019). On Thursday (11/14) Billboard announced the top artists of the decade…that is, they announced the artists ranked from No. 100 to No. 11, keeping some of the…
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I Can’t Believe That Song (or Album) Is 40!
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All Hail the ‘King’: The First Charting Rap (Hip-Hop) Record was THIS one – not ‘Rapper’s Delight’; a 40th anniversary tribute.
(October 4, 2019). “You just clap your hands then you stomp your feet, ‘Cause you’re listenin’ to the sound of the sure shot beat. “I’m the K-I-N-G, the T-I-M…King Tim…
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Being great: Lizzo (finally) reaches No. 1 with historic “Truth Hurts,” but highlights a sad stat for the ‘10s…
(September 2, 2019). This week, alternative hip-hop singer Lizzo completes her amazing ride up the charts with the ultimate peak: a No. 1 ranking on Billboard’s main singles chart, the…