There were three movie soundtracks from 1998 that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. These are those three albums.
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Peter Gabriel & Paramore have also charted enduring No. 26-peaking songs.
Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).
Fa-la-la-la-la, Christmas is here! There are a lot of ways to get into the holiday spirit: You can decorate a tree, bake Christmas cookies, exchange gifts at a white elephant party—the list goes on.
Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...
Walt Aldridge’s name might not be one most modern country music fans know, but they probably should because there’s a good chance they know his songs. Aldridge, a prolific musician, songwriter and ...
On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...
October was a bust at the box office as big-budget tentpoles and awards contenders like Disney’s “Tron: Ares” and Dwayne Johnson’s “The Smashing Machine” struggled to sell tickets. Overall revenues ...
For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...
Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. Billboard reported today that there are currently no rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard ...
The highest-ranked rap song is Cardi B's "Safe" at number 44. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. There are no rap songs listed in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. This has not occurred since 1990, ...
For the first time since February 1990 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...