Billboard’s top 10 pop songs overlook icons
Billboard staff ranked the top 500 pop songs since 1958, and I disagree with their top picks.
This Week in Number Ones: ‘The Box’ is somehow still at the top
Plus: "Lean on Me" and the curious case of cover songs hitting number one.
This Week in Number Ones: Stay inside with “The Box” for its tenth week on top
Plus: REO Speedwagon ushers in the weepy white guy ballad era.
This Week in Number Ones: “The Box” squeaks along, but for how much longer?
Plus, The Beatles pull off an unmatched chart record.
The history of black people in country music, from DeFord Bailey to “Old Town Road”
Lil Nas X’s trap-country hit is a big deal — but black people are at the heart of country music.