In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative ...

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...

The news may indicate a dip in rap’s dominance in mainstream music, but the music publication has also changed its ...

"The lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance," Billboard ...

Some songs don’t just top charts - they rewrite what music can be. They linger long after the last note fades, echoing in ...

The last time no rap songs lingered in the top 40 slots was the first week of February in 1990, when Biz Markie ’s hit “Just ...

Billboard Hot 100 has no rap songs in the Top 40 for the first time since 1990 following rule changes that knocked Kendrick Lamar from the chart.

To date, artists have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 together 17 times, with Swift's seven such starts ...

Tue, October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM UTC Having sold more than 4 million copies of her 12th album in its first week, The Life of Showgirl, Swift naturally claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200, making ...

The Billboard 200 albums chart measures the top releases during the weekly tracking period every Friday through Thursday.

Taylor Swift 's The Life of a Showgirl adds a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 1), with 194,000 equivalent album units earned (down 43%) in the United States in the ...

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as ...