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Kendrick Lamar’s new ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ has this in common with two of the greatest albums ever!
(May 13, 2022). Anyone paying attention knows that Kendrick Lamar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning voice of a generation, dropped his first album in five years at midnight EDT Friday morning. The…
Tribute: The late Mickey Gilley’s impact on country music’s early ‘80s pop success was undeniable (these numbers don’t lie)
(May 9, 2022). Many a tribute has been written for the late country music legend Mickey Gilley, who passed away Saturday, May 7, at the age of 86. The superstar…
Tribute: This pop brotha’s ode to country’s Naomi Judd (1946-2022)
(May 5, 2022). In the post-Thriller, post-Second British Invasion, MTV-driven world of the mid-1980s, there wasn’t much room for country music on pop radio. The late-‘70s/early-‘80s heyday of country acts…
Pusha T proves No. 1 isn’t just for babies; becomes second-oldest rapper to get his first No. 1 album.
(May 3, 2022). During the 2020s until this week, nine rappers achieved their very first No. 1 albums. The MCs (and their ages) at the time they first crowned the…
‘Grown folks’ music: Kem and Maxwell just tied Charlie Wilson for the most No. 1s by a male artist on this key Billboard chart!
(April 17, 2022). If I were king for a day, i.e., Billboard’s Editor-in-Chief or at least the Director of its Charts Department, I’d change the name of the trade magazine’s…