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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Music Jeopardy Puzzle 2: Guess the Clues AND the Mystery Category
(April 17, 2025). The second of this week’s Music Jeopardy puzzles comes with a twist of melancholy and magic. Each of the five Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees…
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Half of the Most-Played Songs On Contemporary Radio Are 6+ Months Old; See Worsening Trend
Stuck on Repeat: How Radio’s Fear of the New Is Freezing the Charts (April 7, 2025). If it feels like radio hasn’t changed its playlist since you pulled out your…
From Aaliyah to Zayn (and everything between): These First Names Have Been Shared the Most by No. 1 Hot 100 artists
(March 26, 2025). There have been nearly 500 artists — 470 to be exact — whose first names have been given lead credit on a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1…
A Tale of Two 33-1/3s: The Billboard Hot 100 Reaches Major Historical Tipping Point
(March 24, 2025). Billboard Magazine inaugurated its Hot 100 singles chart in the issue dated August 4, 1958, just three years into the rock-and-roll era. It was a weekly tabulation…