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Home » On the charts

Tag: On the charts

Posted inBlogs

Can the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts separate signal from noise?

by Miles Raymer June 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Billboard and Twitter go halves on a baby.

Posted inBlogs

Paramore against the trolls and psychopaths

by Miles Raymer May 27, 2014August 18, 2021

“Ain’t It Fun” might be the cure for the Internet’s toxicity.

Posted inBlogs

Usher kicks off the summer chart wars

by Miles Raymer May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

“Good Kisser” prepares for chart dominance.

Posted inBlogs

Michael Jackson bounces back

by Miles Raymer May 13, 2014August 18, 2021

A posthumous single that doesn’t feel ghoulish.

Posted inBlogs

Like it or not, 5 Seconds of Summer is rock’s future

by Miles Raymer April 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Pop-punk boy band brings new fans to a fading genre

Posted inBlogs

Iggy Azalea flips the script and goes pop

by Miles Raymer April 22, 2014August 18, 2021

A controversial rapper finds an audience in the club.

Posted inBlogs

The Hot 100 turns disturbingly wholesome

by Miles Raymer April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Kids movies and worship music are taking over the pop charts

Posted inBlogs

Christina Perri does Lana Del Rey

by Miles Raymer April 8, 2014August 18, 2021

A copycat song highlights how Del Rey’s more than a pretty face.

Posted inBlogs

Sam Smith brings UK two-step back to the Hot 100

by Miles Raymer March 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Disclosure’s “Latch” and Naughty Boy’s “La La La” revive a turn-of-the-millennium style.

Posted inBlogs

Young Thug weirds his way onto the Hot 100

by Miles Raymer March 18, 2014August 18, 2021

“Stoner” brings the young rapper’s idiosyncratic style to the mainstream.

Posted inBlogs

The Chainsmokers’ paint-by-numbers virality

by Miles Raymer March 11, 2014August 18, 2021

“#SELFIE” makes a thoroughly engineered attempt at memedom

Posted inBlogs

Pharrell continues to be unstoppable

by Miles Raymer March 4, 2014August 18, 2021

“Happy” breezes to the top of the Hot 100.

Posted inBlogs

Tegan and Sara strike satirical pop gold

by Miles Raymer February 25, 2014August 18, 2021

“Everything Is Awesome!!!” gives Canadian cult act their biggest hit

Posted inBlogs

Getting buzzed on frat country

by Miles Raymer February 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Jerrod Niemann and Jon Pardi want to party with you.

Posted inBlogs

Ratchet king DJ Mustard makes moves on the Hot 100

by Miles Raymer February 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Mustard on the charts

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