“Uncharted Territory” provides an entertaining and empirical look at how the Billboard chart has changed over the decades.

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Fleetwood Mac's 1977 hit, "Dreams," ranked as number 62 on Billboard's Global 200 Songs for the overall year of 2025. The song is off the rock band's 1977 acclaimed album, Rumours.

Santa Can’t You Hear Me” by Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande debuts on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart, doubling Clarkson's ...

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

Music has the power to move us, uplift us, and even haunt us — but sometimes, the stories behind our favorite songs are far more unsettling than we realize. Songwriters and musicians find inspiration ...

These four country songs were big hits in the 90s, even though they surprisingly didn't go all the way to No. 1.

Remember the ’90s? If you do, here’s some news that might make you feel old: We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...