Hip-Hop Misses Top 40 for the First Time in 35 Years — But Every New Taylor Swift Song Made the Chart

For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart is completely devoid of any hip-hop and/or rap songs.

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent change in threshold for songs to remain in the top 40 of the Hot 100 list booted Kendrick Lamar and SZA's ...
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Billboard Hot 100: Every No. 1 song of 2024

The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the most popular songs every week from Friday to Thursday based on the combination of their sales, online streams (audio and video), and radio airplay.

After months of the same songs on the Hot 100, 'Billboard' tweaks its rules

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

Tom MacDonald’s Charlie Kirk Tribute Track Debuts on Billboard Hot 100 & Tops Digital Song Sales Chart

"Charlie," the tribute song to Charlie Kirk from Tom MacDonald, leads the Digital Song Sales chart amid reaction to the activist's assassination.
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Songs that dominated Billboard charts the longest

Every now and then, a new song releases and dominates radio airwaves, Spotify playlists, and, of course, the esteemed Billboard Hot 100 chart—and in terms of those types of hits, 2024 has been pretty ...
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Sabrina Carpenter Claps Back at Hateful Troll with Screenshots: ‘I’m a Grateful Grateful Grateful Girl’

The ‘Espresso’ singer’s latest single, ‘Please Please Please,’ reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 24 Sabrina Carpenter/YouTube Please, please, please, don’t try to drag Sabrina Carpenter!
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Travis Scott’s ‘4X4’ Is Now The First Song From 2025 To Go No. 1 On The ‘Billboard’ Hot 100

So far in 2025, the top of the Billboard Hot 100 has been dominated by songs from before the current year. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was the year’s first No. 1 song, and then ...
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Billboard's Songs of the Summer Chart Returns, Led by Alex Warren's ‘Ordinary'

What will be the No. 1 song of the summer of 2025? We begin making our way toward the answer, as Billboard's annual Songs of the Summer chart returns to Billboard.com. The 20-position Songs of the ...
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Four consecutive country songs have topped the charts

“I Remember Everything,” a Kacey Musgraves-featuring cut from Zach Bryan’s August 25 self-titled album, has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It marks the fourth consecutive song — ...
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19 songs went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year — here they all are

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For the First Time In 35 Years, No Rap Songs Hit Top 40 On Billboard’s Hot 100

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...