Only One Soundtrack Album Has Hit No. 1 in the 2020s—a Historic Low: Here’s a 7-Decade Recap
KPop Demon Hunters is Trying to Make It Two. (July 28, 2025). Nearly six years into the 2020s, only one soundtrack album has reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200…
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Rides Into Sunset—Rock Album Era & Hall of Fame Induction Loom Next
(July 29, 2025) – Beyoncé just wrapped her historic 32-show, 9-city Cowboy Carter tour—now officially Billboard’s highest-grossing country trek in Boxscore history. While not all acts report earnings to Billboard…
Soul Train Hall of Fame—The Artists Who Rode the ‘Hippest Trip in America’ the Most!
July 27, 2025). Before Soul Train became a nationally syndicated cultural phenomenon, it was just a modest local program in Chicago — the brainchild of radio announcer Don Cornelius, who…
Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard
This blog post, updated in January 2024, presents an authoritative listing of all 257 rap and hip-hop albums that have topped the Billboard 200 chart since the first in 1987.…
Chuck Mangione Made Us ‘Feel So Good’—And In 1978, He Almost Broke ‘Fever’ to Reach No. 1
(July 25, 2025) – The top five albums of 1978, according to Billboard, were these blockbusters: 1) Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack – Bee Gees & Various Artists, 2) Grease Soundtrack…