On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

Including songs by Bad Bunny, MJ Lenderman and This is Lorelei, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Ryan Davis and the ...

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated July ...

Let’s just first say, we are not surprised by this one but some might be. Take the blinders off and y’all will be alright. Anyways, as Apple Music celebrates a decade in the streaming game, one name ...

Ed Sheeran, the Weeknd and Drake are just a few of the artists topping Apple Music’s Top 500 Streamed Songs list, honoring 10 years of the streaming service. Sheeran’s “Shape of You” is the ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” will spend at No. 1, when Lana Del Rey’s supposed country album ...

Five years ago, a kickoff song to a new Drake era would almost be guaranteed a clear path to a No. 1 debut on the Hot 100. In 2025, following Drake’s reputation taking a hit in his 2024 beef with ...