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Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap's "Exit" From Billboard's Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

"Just A Friend" screamed POP HIT! The "vocalist," a Long Island, New York MC, deejay and beat boxing jokester, was laughably ...
Forbes

Bon Jovi Scores Its First Top 40 Pop Radio Hit In Nearly Two Decades

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Megan Thee Stallion Brings Rap Back to Top 40 With ‘Lover Girl’

Recent rule changes that led to the departure of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther” from the Billboard Hot 100 left the top 40 ...
Opinion

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.
American Songwriter

Styx’s Last Top 40 Hit Came From a Band in Transition

Styx balanced between the ambition of progressive rock and songs that hit home at pop radio as well as any band of their era. Their pop chart success ranged encompassed three different decades, a ...
American Songwriter

AC/DC Went Anti-Greed on Their Last US Top 40 Hit

AC/DC has always managed to stand out as one of the most uncompromising bands in the world of hard rock. They never attempted to soften their sound for mass consumption. Considering that, it’s a small ...