The Hot 100 chart measures success across genres. Drake has the most No. 1 song debuts in history, followed by Taylor Swift ...

Taylor Swift earned her 13th No. 1 hit with "The Fate of Ophelia," tying Michael Jackson and Drake for the fifth-most in ...

For many, “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking” is simply one of Blake Shelton’s 30 #1 hits, being released during the height of his popularity in 2010 before he joined The Voice. What many don’t realize ...

The R&B world has been rocked by tragedy in 2025, and another legendary singer has now joined the list of those lost. From ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

PBS.org and the PBS app - is a deep dive into the story of the scrappy label founded by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati in 1943, as ...

In 2016, legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature, the first time in the 115-year history of the prestigious award that it was bestowed to someone primarily seen as a ...

Sixty-seven years ago today, a singer and songwriter who would forever change country music was born in a small Georgia town.

What were the top radio hits the year you were born? Do you know what the big summer radio hits were the year you were born?

In a recent exclusive interview with American Songwriter, Joe Bonamassa discussed how impressed he was by Paul Rodgers' contribution to the new B.B. King tribute album he helped oversee.

It has been a half-century since the ship sank on Lake Superior, and a pop single memorialized its fate. Now museums are ...