No April Fools: Future is in tenth place among acts with the most No. 1 albums in history…
(April 1, 2024). This is no April Fools Day joke, unless you see a punchline in the fact that someone considered a pioneer in the hip-hop sub-genre of “mumble-rap” now…
No. 1 songs in ‘24 are doing something that hasn’t happened since Billboard adopted modern technology in 1991
(March 28, 2024). There’s something to be said for longevity. And then there’s something to be said when longevity isn’t happening, like right now at the top of the Billboard…
Forbes recently declared Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin” the “biggest” song all time, using a dubious metric. But is it?
(March 27, 2024). When Journey released their album Escape in 1981, Columbia Records issued four singles from it: “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms” and “Still They Ride,”…
I just realized my favorite song by Diana Ross is a palindrome (btw, happy 80th, Diana).
(March 26, 2024). Diana Ross turns 80 today (March 26). I commemorated by playing my favorite tune by her, 1980’s sublime “Upside Down,” written and produced by Nile Rodgers and…
“Carnival” is Kanye West’s viral moment; but don’t confuse that with a comeback
(March 20, 2024). Some people are calling Kanye West’s recent return to the top of the charts a “comeback,” noting the artist’s near cancellation and self-imposed hiatus after making antisemitic…