Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane notch their respective first No. 1 Billboard hit with the track. After being No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week, Rae Sremmurd saw their track jump eight spots to take out The Chainsmokers for the top spot...
Alternative to What? is a recurring feature on 45s and 40s in which Ryan Gibbs explores and rates every number one single on Billboard magazine's Alternative Songs chart. Foreword: Before we go into this year's entries, I'd like to note that the...
On September 10, 1988, Billboard magazine debuted its Modern Rock Tracks chart, which was devoted to a burgeoning radio format and loose genre that had been birthed earlier in the decade. I’m going to leave most of the history of...
Award-winning Canadian folk-rockers, The Strumbellas, have their eyes set on topping the rock charts in the U.S. with the first single off of their third album; a kind of sing-along rock tune that just might help them do that. The single, “Spirits,”...
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, encapsulated listeners across many genres with his soulful approach to his music. Though he released singles on his own, Nate Dogg's most notable hits came as a featured artist as...
