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Home » On the charts » Page 4

Tag: On the charts

Posted inBlogs

Ariana Grande channels Mariah Carey on “The Way”

by Miles Raymer April 23, 2013August 19, 2021

90s nostalgia finally hits the pop charts.

Posted inBlogs

Future, Drake, Lil Wayne, and pop’s fluid identity

by Miles Raymer April 16, 2013August 19, 2021

How features, collaborations, and various team-ups are reshaping the pop charts

Posted inBlogs

Hadouken! brings cheeseball rock into the 21st century

by Miles Raymer April 9, 2013August 19, 2021

How dubstep’s helping to save rock ‘n’ roll.

Posted inBlogs

Demi Lovato makes weird noises

by Miles Raymer April 2, 2013August 19, 2021

What the distinctly average “Heart Attack” can tell us about pop in 2013

Posted inBlogs

Nelly returns to the charts via “Porsche”

by Miles Raymer March 26, 2013August 19, 2021

An unrelentingly commercial musician aims for crossover again.

Posted inBlogs

Fall Out Boy bails on alt-rock

by Miles Raymer March 5, 2013August 19, 2021

The pop-punk group’s new single steers far away from pop punk.

Posted inBlogs

One Direction brings an obscure punk classic to the charts

by Miles Raymer February 26, 2013August 19, 2021

“Teenage Kicks” finally makes it to America.

Posted inBlogs

The lightweight pleasures of Drake’s “Started From the Bottom”

by Miles Raymer February 19, 2013August 19, 2021

It may not have much nutritional value, but it tastes great.

Posted inBlogs

Florida Georgia Line and the new rap country

by Miles Raymer February 12, 2013August 18, 2021

A seemingly impossible genre hybrid is coming to life on the Hot 100.

Posted inBlogs

On the Lumineers’ commercial appeal

by Miles Raymer February 5, 2013August 18, 2021

Why listeners might like “Ho Hey” because they like Blue Moon beer.

Posted inBlogs

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake reunite in the top ten

by Miles Raymer January 29, 2013August 18, 2021

Two pop megastars resume their battle for the dance floor.

Posted inBlogs

Macklemore screws with the charts

by Miles Raymer January 22, 2013August 18, 2021

The chart-topping rap song that you won’t hear on rap radio.

Posted inBlogs

On the charts: A mixtape rapper looks to prove his worth

by Miles Raymer November 13, 2012August 19, 2021

A$AP Rocky tests the waters with “Fuckin’ Problem”

Posted inBlogs

On the charts: We will never be free of Train

by Miles Raymer October 30, 2012August 19, 2021

Bland adult-alternative everybros continue to dominate with “50 Ways to Say Goodbye”

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