Rap Is Back in Hot 100 Top 40 After Two-Week Absence, Thanks to Megan Thee Stallion

For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...
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The Number Ones: Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, & BTS – “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Where Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks among the last 10 World Series MVPs

Against seemingly all odds, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2025 World Series. Okay, they were the favorites entering the ...

No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100’s top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...