For the chart's 35th anniversary, we review all of the chart's year-end No. 1 winners. By Trevor Anderson Since Billboard first began its national survey of song sales in the 1940s, the ever-changing ...

From a few bold innovators comes an explosion of new sounds, each branching into subgenres that push the parent genre into uncharted territory.Shoegaze took off with My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus ...

Although “Rapper’s Delight” undeniably helped popularize rap as a genre, the jury’s still out as far as what the first actual rap song was. The Fatback Band’s “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” ...

History was made when these legendary artists released an album that became the first rap album to go platinum. It has the greatest rock/rock collab ever. Run-DMC's 1986 album "Raising Hell" proved ...

In 1979 the rap group Sugarhill Gang was formed, and in that same year, they became one of the most talked about groups in the genre of hip-hop. Their hit song “Rapper’s Delight” was released that ...

Just one rap hit has won record of the year – Childish Gambino's "This Is America." Will Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" become the second? Place your bets. By Paul Grein Kendrick Lamar was just three ...

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What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

YouTube is 21 years old, and since its founding, literally nothing has been the same as far as content. After its launch in February of 2005, countless videos were uploaded daily, creating a new wave ...