Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Is Running Out of Hot 100 Records to Break
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Earth, Wind & Fire’s Most Frantic Hit Topped the Soul Chart 50 Years Ago Today!
I Know We Can, I Know We Can, I Know We Can, I Know We Ca-an… ‘Getaway’! (August 7, 2026) – Urgent horn blasts. Frenetic drum fills. Intense vocals courtesy…
Country Just Made Hot 100 History – Here are Ten Other Top 5 Charts That Did Too!
For the first time in the Hot 100’s nearly 68-year history, country music owns the entire top five. While this domination is a first for country music, other genres have…
Billboard Ranked the 50 Best R&B Groups Ever. Here’s What They Got Right – and Wrong.
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Thirty Years After a Historic Hot 100 Hip-Hop Moment, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Finally Receive Their Flowers
(July 9, 2026) – Some honors arrive not at the height of an artist’s popularity, but after enough time has passed for history to appreciate just how much they meant.…