The biggest hit of each decade since the 1840s—and what it said about the country.

From heartbreak to hope, Landslide, Silver Springs, and Dreams show why Stevie Nicks’ songwriting became the emotional core ...

Back in the 1950s there were one-hit wonders perfect for dances. These are three one-hit wonders from the 1950s made for sock ...

The charts rapidly change, but data aggregatation sites showed "Streets of Minneapolis" was the most-downloaded song in ...

Bruce Springsteen touched down in Minnesota on Friday and performed his protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” a response to ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 30: ...

With the sales from Man Against Machine, Brooks officially dethroned Elvis Presley to become the best-selling solo album ...

This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Hot 100: The week's chart reflects seven full days of holiday listening — streaming, airplay, sales — spanning from Dec. 19 through Dec. 25, with no ...

LOS ANGELES — Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93. Laine died of heart failure at Scripps ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Following their list of the Top 100 Albums of 2025, Rolling Stone have unveiled their Top Songs of the Year. Many of the picks carry over from the album list, but there are also a bunch of artists who ...

We say something like this every year, but now more than ever, a hit song is more than just a song. They’re always the soundtrack for years or moments in our lives, but now they’re also the soundtrack ...