History repeating itself: Will Adele’s “Easy On Me” be the last Number One song of 2021?
(October 19, 2021). The year 2021–like 2020–has seen a relatively fast turnover at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Fifteen different new No. 1 songs, not including…
No. 1 pecking order: Artists should never release albums the same week as other artists above them on this list…
(October 9, 2021). There’s a certain unwritten hierarchy when it comes to superstar musicians and their album release schedules. It’s a status that artists rarely test and sometimes find themselves…
Hip hop ‘hoods: Artists from these cities and states (and boroughs and provinces) have the most No. 1 albums…
(October 6, 2021). With the ascension of NBA Youngboy’s new album Sincerely, Kentrell to Number One on the latest Billboard 200 chart, he remains the only hip-hop artist from Baton…
Great Balls of Fire™️, Jerry Lee Lewis really IS the ‘Last Man Standing’ (and yes, that is a trademark symbol)!
(September 30, 2021). More than thirty-five years ago, ten pioneers of rock-and-roll were inducted as the inaugural class in music’s celebrated Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In a ceremony…
Out with the new, in with the old: Nearly two-thirds of the albums on the Billboard 200 are more than a year old! A look at why…
(September 25, 2021). Whatever happened to what’s new is in? One glance at this week’s Billboard 200 Albums chart and music fans will notice a growing trend—one that the word…