For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...

There was little doubt as to which country song is No. 1 in August 2024. The top hit is No. 1 on sales, streaming and airplay charts to start the month. Fans and critics are also in love with this ...

For the first time since 1990, there are no rap songs in the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "luther," which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, left this week's most recent ...

For at least a decade now – since Billboard started counting music streams in its chart calculations in 2013, and probably before – the sound of pop music has been sharply bifurcated between the ...