For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America.
The last time no rap songs lingered in the top 40 slots was the first week of February in 1990, when Biz Markie ’s hit “Just ...
The news may indicate a dip in rap’s dominance in mainstream music, but the music publication has also changed its ...
"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...
As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...
For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...
Kehlani collects her first Hot 100 top 10 as “Folded” bounds 14-7, with 13 million streams (up 35%), 32.9 million in airplay ...
To date, artists have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 together 17 times, with Swift’s seven such starts ...
"The lack of rap songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 is the latest sign of a recent dip in rap’s commercial dominance," Billboard ...