America Can’t Decide: The Most Turbulent Year At No. 1 in Nearly 40 Years
Eight exchanges at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year…and it’s only mid-March. (March 13, 2026) – In what is developing as the most volatile year of the…
Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” Returns to No. 1 Dance — 48 Years After Its Disco Chart Reign
(March 6, 2026) – The charts may have changed. The metrics certainly have. But nearly a half-century later, the Queen of Disco and her anthem still reign. Thanks to a…
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Neil Sedaka’s 30 Greatest Song Compositions: A Personal Reflection
(March 2, 2026). As his family and the music world prepare to lay to rest singing and songwriting legend Neil Sedaka — who died suddenly on February 27 at age…
Neil Sedaka’s 1975 Comeback Was One of Rock’s Greatest Second Acts!
(February 28, 2026) – There are many great things that could be said about Neil Sedaka’s extraordinary music career — a largely two-act affair that can be neatly divided into…
Taylor Swift Used an Old-School Trick to Get ‘Opalite’ to No. 1—Could Anyone Else Do It?
Taylor Pulled Out All the Stops to Get That Rare Second No. 1 Hit from One Album (February 27, 2026) – Taylor Swift’s formula for getting her record 14th Hot…