A historically festive yet morbid week in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 this week.
(December 29, 2020). The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is decorated with a record number of holiday tunes in the top ten, which reflects the growing streaming popularity of such…
Taylor, Sir Paul and Shady combine to create a chart first (kind of)…
(December 28, 2020). There may be prior instances of what this article is about to cover, but this blogger doubts it. Besides, I’m not prepared to do the exhaustive 60-plus…
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Eminem album at No. 3, but a quirk keeps his No. 1 streak alive; Hip-hop albums experience longest No. 1 drought in FIVE years!
(December 27, 2020). The year 2020 hasn’t yet ended, but hip-hop music will likely top all other genres in consumption percentage for the fourth year in a row when the…
R.I.P. Ecstasy: A Dozen Whodini Classics that Changed Hip-Hop Forever
(December 24, 2020). As if we needed any more reminders of the devastating year 2020 has been, Wednesday brought the news of yet another huge loss in the world of…
Year in Review: Every No. 1 Hot 100 song in 2020 made chart history! Here are the facts and figures on each one…
(December 21, 2020). Twenty-twenty was an extraordinary year for many (obvious) reasons, some good but most of which we’d like to forget. The music business wasn’t immune to 2020’s merciless…