Triple-Dippers: These 17 Songs Moved to No. 1 Three or More Times
(February 21, 2025). Most of the 1178 songs that have hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 followed a familiar trajectory: they rose, peaked, and eventually faded into chart…
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Always the Runner-Up: The Strange, Unlucky Fate of ‘If This World Were Mine’ and ‘Luther’
(February 15, 2025). If this world were mine… well, actually it kinda was — and wasn’t. That’s the self-eating irony baked into the fate of “If This World Were Mine,”…
Drake’s New Album and Comeback Bid Runs Into One Big Roadblock: Kendrick
(February 14, 2025). Embattled — and I use that word in the most literal sense — rapper Drake released his first album in 16 months to digital and streaming platforms…
Kendrick Just Made Super Bowl History—Now He’s About to Rewrite the Charts
(February 11, 2025). It goes without saying that performers don’t need the NFL to pay them for doing the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the artists’ benefits from the exposure are…
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Moment: The Halftime Show America Needed—But Didn’t Want
(February 10, 2025). Where is Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction when you need it? Kendrick Lamar has now headlined or co-headlined two Super Bowl halftime shows in just four years, first…