Country music: the cicada of the pop charts?
(June 19, 2023). It’s that time again…for country music to infiltrate the top of the pop charts as it has at the beginnings of every other decade—or vicennially—for the past…
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In honor of Black Music Month and Pride Month: the 25 greatest Black LGBTQ+ artists ever.
(June 13, 2023). June is Black Music Month. It’s also Pride Month. What better way to commemorate both than by celebrating the greatest LGBTQ+ musicians of color in modern music…
25 songs that started as ballads and ended up disco: Which of these slow-to-fast dance tunes did it best?
(June 4, 2023). In the heady days of disco, and in the years immediately after, it wasn’t uncommon for a great dance tune to begin as a slow ballad. It…
That week in the ‘80s when Nile Rodgers had a hand in the top three songs (and none were by Chic)
(May 31, 2023). Whether they know it or not, everyone, everywhere (but maybe not all at once) has heard at least one song written, produced or performed on by Rock…
SZA’s ‘Kill Bill’ this week joins an exclusive list of homicidal (and otherwise romantically tragic) No. 1 pop hits
(April 25, 2023). “Hello, 9-1-1? I’d like to report another Number One musical double-murder. “Yes, I know it’s happened before, but that was a long time ago. This one is…