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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…
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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…
Teddy Swims Reaches 100 Weeks; But An Equally Historic First Is Brewing on the Hot 100
(July 24, 2025). It’s been well documented — including on this blog — how stale the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart has been with roughly a half dozen…