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Taylor Hits an ‘Old Town Road’ Block…again!
(June 25, 2019). It seems Taylor Swift did everything right in promoting the release of the second single from her upcoming album Lover. “You Need To Calm Down,” her LGBTQ-friendly…
Mary J. Blige just killed (and maybe saved) the 2019 BET Awards!
We’re not worthy, Mary! On a night when the annual black cultural fest known as the BET Awards seemed as if it were devolving into a sunken place that no…
History repeats: Madonna and Bruce have the top two albums this week – for the first time simultaneously since 1985!
(June 23, 2019). What year is this anyway? On the new Billboard 200 albums chart dated June 29, 2019, Madonna debuts at No. 1 with her ninth chart-topping set, Madame…
Originals vs. “Originals”: a song-by-song rating of Prince’s originals vs. the versions others recorded.
(June 22, 2019). On Friday, two weeks after what would have been Prince’s 61st birthday – and two weeks after its exclusive release on Tidal – the Prince estate expanded…
That time John “Cougar” Mellencamp channeled James Brown and Mick Jagger…and got an MTV hit!
As part of a private Facebook music group called “Lost Pop Hits (M.I.A.),” I participate in a daily song tournament in which tunes from a given year compete against one…