Written as a love song, Sweet Child O’ Mine evolved into Guns N’ Roses’ most iconic ballad and a defining masterpiece of rock ...

The myth of the “lone genius” singer-songwriter is one of the most persistent illusions in pop culture. We love to imagine ...

These one-hit wonders from the 1960s had more than enough talent to become superstars. Sadly, the charts didn't reflect their talent.

We’ve reached the finale of this year’s #1 hits ranking series, and we’re ending on one of the strongest Top 5s of the whole event. It helps that I lived through all of these songs dominating radio ...

The NFL fined Chicago Bears defensive end Austin Booker over $11,000 for a pair of illegal hits on Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love during Week 16 of the 2025 season. Both plays were ...

There are a lot of ways that “Song Sung Blue” — a film about real Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lighting and Thunder — could have gone awry. The premise alone could be a “Saturday Night Live” ...

Singer and songwriter CKay has reached a historic milestone, surpassing one billion streams on Spotify with his global hit “Love Nwantiti”. This feat made him the first Nigerian artist to achieve 1 ...

This strange little track is such an anomaly in music history, I find myself continuously fact-checking that it actually made it all the way to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart back in 1966.

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...