Itâs Official: 2025 Tied for the Second Fewest New No. 1 Songs in Hot 100 History
(January 2, 2026) – Between Jan. 1 and December 31, 2025, ten different songs spent time at No. 1 on Billboardâs Hot 100. Two of them â Mariah Careyâs âAll…
Billboardâs Streaming Overhaul in 2026: What the New Rules Mean for Artists, Charts, and the Industry
(December 18, 2025) – Two major changes are coming to how Billboard factors streaming into its charts beginning January 2026 â and both are already proving controversial. First, YouTube announced…
Music Jeopardy 32: âThatâs So 6-7 of Themâ: Name These Artists Whose Only Hits Peaked at No. 6 or 7
(December 17, 2025) – Welcome to the 32nd edition of Music Jeopardy! As always, the blog provides the clues⌠and you provide the responses. Each clue has point values â…
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What Happened to 2000?  Why Artists from the Turn of the Century Canât Chart 25 Years Later
(December 14, 2025) – Back in the late 1990s, it was common to see artists from a quarter century earlier still having success on the Billboard charts. Huge success even.…
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When a Billboard Rule Change Gave the Beatles One of Their 20 No. 1s â And Why It Still Matters Today
(December 12, 2025) – Billboard has rewritten the rules of the Hot 100 so many times over the past six-plus decades that itâs almost expected. Whether the chart was using…