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When you think of songs associated with a special event on the calendar, you’ll probably think of Christmas most of all, and maybe some patriotic offerings around the Fourth of July. But there are...
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Songs about America run the gamut from celebrations to acerbic criticism and everything in between. Maybe the best example of exercising your First Amendment rights is singing about the U.S.A. To...
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The 25 recording artists who show up again and again on the Billboard Hot 100 all have appeared on the hallowed singles chart in at least 22 different years. Four of them have had songs on the Hot...
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Perhaps the most celebrated – and poignant – collaboration ever between a legacy performer and a newer musical star came to an end on Sept. 30, 2021, with the release of “Love for Sale,” the...
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The artists with the longest streaks on the Billboard Hot 100 combine prodigious output with a loyal following that keeps their music appearing on the singles chart published weekly by the music...
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For 65 years, the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart has ranked the most popular songs of each week. In 1958, Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” became the first song to ever top the Hot 100. (Read...
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For 65 years, the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart has ranked the most popular songs of each week. In 1958, Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” became the first song to ever top the Hot 100. (Read...
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It’s never been easy for an artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. So many things have to go right for a performer to reach the summit, such as airplay, timing of the song’s release, and...
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Some 47.5% of all recording artists who hit the Billboard charts for the first time between 1955 and 2005 never charted again, according to a University of Colorado Denver analysis. That means that...
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