Well, THIS has never happened before in Billboard year-end chart history!
(December 3, 2021). On Thursday (Dec. 2), Billboard announced its annual recap of the year’s biggest chart hits and posted the rankings on its website. The 2021 lists cover a…
Two longstanding Billboard chart milestones are toppled in the same week…and both previous record-holders were alive to see it happen
(November 25, 2021). Like dominoes, they both came tumbling down—first “American Pie” and then “The Twist”—two iconic pop songs that have been American institutions for half a century or more.…
There is STILL one pre-pandemic song on the Billboard Hot 100; Oh how the world has changed since its debut (80 weeks ago)!
(June 25, 2021). The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” may be a simple 1980s-retro ditty about the bright streetlights the singer encounters while racing down the highway at night en route to…
The Weeknd extends record for most weeks in top 10 – in stark contrast to Bee Gees setting the same record exactly 43 years ago!
(March 3, 2021). In its 64th week on the Hot 100, The Weeknd’s never-say-die smash hit “Blinding Lights” racks up yet another record-extending week in the top 10 as it…
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” doesn’t get post-Super Bowl No. 1, but breaks “Another” record instead.
(February 18, 2021). The Weeknd’s fans were hoping that the pop superstar’s post-Super Bowl halftime show boost was going to be enough to carry his long-running chart single back to…