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What America’s Favorite Song Says About America—and the World’s Favorite Song Says About the World

While the World Embraces the World Cup Theme Song, America is Still “Choosin’ Texas.

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It’s time for a new Music Jeopardy! The 61st edition’s theme: “Chick-Fill, Eh?” Can you guess this week’s clues about songs with “chicks” in ‘em? Click and play along!

Music Jeopardy 61–Chick-Fill, Eh?  Guess these ‘chick’-related clues in music.

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Who Is the Greatest R&B Group of All Time? My Complete Rankings After Billboard’s List

Billboard Ranked the 50 Best R&B Groups Ever.  Here’s What They Got Right – and Wrong.

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It’s time for Music Jeopardy 60! This edition’s theme is “Diamond Jubilee!” Think you know your music trivia and this week’s clues? Click and play along! #musictrivia #musicjeopardy #CanYouSolveIt #Billboard #Diamonds

Music Jeopardy 60 — Diamond Jubilee! Guess Clues Associated with Diamonds!

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Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince Achieve Rare Billboard Hot 100 Feat for First Time Since 2004. See Their History of Charting Together Here.

Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince Achieve Rare Billboard Hot 100 Feat for First Time Since 2004

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Walk of Fame Star Marks the Anniversary of a Historic Hip-Hop Chart Handoff

Thirty Years After a Historic Hot 100 Hip-Hop Moment, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Finally Receive Their Flowers

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A Tribute to the Late Bonnie Tyler, Her Three Top 40 Hits, and Their Uniquely Associated Billboard Feats Her Biggest Hits Became Unlikely Players in Billboard History!

Bonnie Tyler’s Three Top 40 Hits…and Their Unique Billboard Feats: A Tribute

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Building a Musical Time Capsule for America’s 500th Birthday: These Are the Songs/Albums I’d Place in a Time Capsule Representing What America Sounded Like in 2026

America’s Musical Time Capsule: Six Music Artifacts That Explain 2026 to America in 2276

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It’s time for Music Jeopardy 59! This edition’s theme is “Red, White and Billboard” Think you know your music trivia and this week’s clues? Click and play along! #musictrivia #musicjeopardy #CanYouSolveIt #RedWhiteAndBlue #Billboard

Music Jeopardy 59 - Red, White & Billboard: Guess Clues About Music Fitting This Week’s Theme!

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Much has already been written about David Clayton-Thomas’ remarkable career. But one chapter of his legacy—a Billboard chart achievement unlike any other—has received surprisingly little attention.

Remembering David Clayton-Thomas: The Blood, Sweat & Tears Chart Feat No One Has Matched

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Victor Willis Dies as Pride (and Black Music) Month Ends: A Symbolic Farewell to Village People’s Frontman

Black Music Month and Pride Month Ends… and So Does the Life of Village People Frontman Victor Willis

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It’s time for a new Music Jeopardy! The 58th edition’s theme: “Class of 1958!” Can you guess these clues about artists born in 1958? Click and play along!

Music Jeopardy 58 - Class of 1958!  Guess Clues About Famous Musicians Born That Year

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Clive Davis changed music forever. Whether history ultimately remembers him as a visionary, an opportunist, or something in between is a far more complicated question. Here’s my attempt to reconcile both sides of his remarkable legacy.

How Will History Remember Clive Davis?  How Should I Remember Him?

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Questlove’s EWF Documentary Shows Maurice White’s Genius—and His Flaws

(June 25, 2026) – Turns out the brilliant man whose vision was responsible for the band Billboard recently named the “best R&B group of all time” was not always a sympathetic figure.   Instead, Maurice White is revealed to be a complicated man — far more complex than the astrologically focused, Afrocentric, pop-minded music hero that I and millions of others came to love over decades of…

Questlove’s EWF Documentary Shows Maurice White’s Genius—and His Flaws

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Music Jeopardy 57: 57 Varieties! Guess these completely unrelated clues associated with the number 57!

(June 24, 2026) – Welcome to Music Jeopardy 57!  It’s the weekly music challenge where the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses.  Each clue has point values — no dollars!  The player(s) with the most points gets bragging rights. This round’s category — “57 Varieties!” — is a mixed bag of clues associated with the number 57.  We provide the clues, you guess the correct…

Music Jeopardy 57: 57 Varieties! Guess these completely unrelated clues associated with the number 57!

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STFU: Every Song in This Week’s Top 10 Is By a Woman—or Named for One

(June 23, 2026) – Not since Taylor Swift’s album-release blitzes temporarily monopolized the Billboard Hot 100’s upper reaches has the chart’s top ten been so thoroughly dominated by women.  But this week’s chart accomplishes something more impressive than those Swift takeovers where just one artist dominates. Every song in the June 27 top ten is either performed by a woman or named for…

STFU: Every Song in This Week’s Top 10 Is By a Woman—or Named for One

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Historic Chart Collapses and Where Lizzo’s Stands Among Them

(June 22, 2026) – Four years after scoring a No. 1 hit and establishing herself as one of pop music’s most relevant stars, Lizzo is confronting a commercial downturn so severe that her latest album failed to reach the Billboard 200 and has produced no Hot 100 singles.  For an artist who recently seemed untouchable, the speed and scale of the collapse – likely due to a combination of factors –…

Historic Chart Collapses and Where Lizzo’s Stands Among Them