Two Nuns Beat Four Popes: Billboard Chart Stats for the New Papacy
(May 10, 2025). There’s a new pope at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church, from Chicago of all places. And while his papacy marks a bunch of firsts —…
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Tour Mates SZA and Kendrick Lamar Just Pulled Off a Billboard 200 First!
(April 28, 2025). With the return of SZA’s blockbuster album SOS to No. 1 (from No. 3 last week) on the new Billboard 200 chart dated May 3, and with…
From Elvis to Whiskey: Billboard Revives a 1950s Chart — And Today It’s Mostly About Drinking
(April 27, 2025). How did I miss this one? Last July, Billboard reinstated a chart it hadn’t published in nearly 70 years — well, kinda — and it didn’t hit…
DJROBBLOG PRESENTS: GUESS THE ‘MUSIC JEOPARDY’ CATEGORY! Vol. 1
(April 15, 2025). Periodically, about once or twice a week, DJROBBLOG will feature a hypothetical Music Jeopardy category rooted in pop trivia. You’ll get five answer-style clues, and your challenge…
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Will Smith’s Rap Comeback: 20 Years, One Album, Zero Billboard Charts
The Album Will Smith Didn’t Want You to Ignore — But You Did (April 11, 2025). Once upon a time, the embattled Hollywood superstar Will Smith was the beloved Fresh…