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Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman To Top Billboard Country Chart

Beyoncé has officially become the first Black woman to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with her new single, “Texas Hold ’Em.”Billboard revealed Tuesday (February 20), that both the aforementioned track and Bey’s other new single “16 Carriages” made for her first two entries on the chart, with the latter debuting at No. 9.Both songs were released in a surprise drop on February 11 after she announced […]

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Top 50 Songs of 1979

Popular music was splintering in about a dozen directions as the '70s came to an end. The previous years' buildups of pop, rock, new wave, punk, disco, soul and any number of variations on those genres finally collided in a burst of new collaborations and spinoffs as the 1980s loomed.As you'll see in the below list of the Top 50 Songs of 1979 - voted on by the UCR staff - […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Top 10 Valentine’s Day TV Episodes

There is no holiday that's off limits to TV producers and networks looking to create a "very special episode" of your favorite shows.Like the many Christmas, Halloween and Thanksgiving specials before it, Valentine's Day has brought together some of television's finest as they searched for love, found love, struggled with love or completely forgot that Valentine's Day had arrived. While these Valentine's Day episodes have become commonplace in modern times […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024

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Top 10 All-Female Rock Bands

The world of rock has historically been dominated by male machismo, but plenty of women have also left their mark on the genre.We previously highlighted some of the greatest frontwomen of all time, however many of them -- such as Stevie Nicks in Fleetwood Mac and Ann Wilson in Heart --  were backed by band made up mostly of men. So what about groups that were made up entirely ladies?Though […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024 1

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The Top 25 Metal Mascots

Here are the top 25 metal mascots.For so many, heavy metal provides an escape from reality, replete with dramatic imagery often times serving as extensions of a band's lyrical themes and imaginative minds. It's a fun world and we all get sucked into the vortex, pouring over album art, merchandise designs and, often times, mascots!Much like sports teams, numerous metal acts have support from their mascot, though they tend to […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Billboard Power 100 Recap, Flo Milli Tops TikTok Billboard Top 50 – Billboard

Grammy week is in full swing! Billboard’s Power 100 party was a celebration of some of the biggest names in music. NMPA and Billboard teamed up to honor some of this year’s most iconic songwriters. Justin Tranter stopped by Billboard News to talk about their Grammy nomination, the importance of recognizing songwriters and working with artists like Selena Gomez and Reneé Rapp. We share details about how fans can bid […]

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Top 50 Albums of 1979

Fittingly, and not so surprisingly given its preceding years' musical climate changes, the last 12 months of the '70s marked the turning of an era.Just as punk turned to new wave and post-punk, coloring pop music along the way, classic rock started to absorb some of these changes, as veteran artists such as Pink Floyd and Neil Young began incorporating some of these burgeoning styles into their music.As you'll see in the below […]

todayJanuary 30, 2024 1

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Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs

Yacht rock was one of the most commercially successful genres to emerge from the '70s and yet has managed to evade concise definition since its inception. For many listeners, it boils down to a feeling or mood that cannot be found in other kinds of music: Simply put, you know it when you hear it.Some agreed-upon elements are crucial to yacht rock. One is its fluidity, with more emphasis on […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024 1

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Top 40 Blues Rock Albums

Somebody asked Muddy Waters what his blues meant. His reply: "Trouble.""What I meant was that the blues – from the gutbucket, alley blues, which I can offer, right straight up to the sophisticated, drawing room lament fashioned by that master musician Duke Ellington — the blues belong to my people," the legendary bluesman told the Chicago Defender in 1955. "The blues are an expression of trouble in mind, trouble in body, […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024 1

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