Chartwatchers: For the First Time This Decade…No Drake!
Usually it’s big news in the music industry when the 2010’s biggest hip-hop artist, Drake, releases an album and then watches as all of its songs infiltrate the Billboard Hot…
Can “Despacito” Break The Curse of Mimi And Top Her Hot 100 Record of 16 No. 1 Weeks?
This week, “Despacito,” the highly popular and infectious tune by Latino stars Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring pop’s current it-boy Justin Bieber, spends its 10th-straight week at No. 1…
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“Got to Give It Up” – 40 Facts on the 40th Anniversary of One of the Most Iconic R&B and Pop Songs Ever!
Marvin Gaye would have been 78 years old this past April 2, had he not been shot and killed on April 1, 1984, by his father at 44 years of…
Girls Have No Fun in Top Ten – for First Time in Over 33 Years!
There’s a “No-Girls Zone” around the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 this week, something that hasn’t happened since 1984. A lot can be said musically about the year…
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This is Not Fake News: Nicki Minaj Ties Aretha Franklin…for Most Hot 100 Chart Singles Among Women. And Here’s How It Happened!
Believe me, I didn’t like writing this as much as many of you will probably hate reading it. And it’s likely that there will be a new single record holder…