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.…
History repeating itself: Will Adele’s “Easy On Me” be the last Number One song of 2021?
(October 19, 2021). The year 2021–like 2020–has seen a relatively fast turnover at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Fifteen different new No. 1 songs, not including…
Hip-Hop Perspective
I Don't Get It - or Maybe I Do
Pop Stuff
The Business of Music
Trivia You Can Use
Uncategorized
No. 1 pecking order: Artists should never release albums the same week as other artists above them on this list…
(October 9, 2021). There’s a certain unwritten hierarchy when it comes to superstar musicians and their album release schedules. It’s a status that artists rarely test and sometimes find themselves…
Hip hop ‘hoods: Artists from these cities and states (and boroughs and provinces) have the most No. 1 albums…
(October 6, 2021). With the ascension of NBA Youngboy’s new album Sincerely, Kentrell to Number One on the latest Billboard 200 chart, he remains the only hip-hop artist from Baton…