No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100’s top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...

Rap Is Back in Hot 100 Top 40 After Two-Week Absence, Thanks to Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lover Girl' debuts at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing the top 40's two-week rap song drought to an end.

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

The last time no rap songs lingered in the top 40 slots was the first week of February in 1990, when Biz Markie ’s hit “Just ...

After months of the same songs on the Hot 100, 'Billboard' tweaks its rules

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as ...
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2000s song makes Billboard Hot 100 debut 25 years after release

A viral social media trend has helped a song from the 2000s chart on the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 25 years after its release. English singer Imogen Heap earned her first career Hot 100 entry this week ...

Here's What The Alchemist Has to Say About No Rap Songs Being in Hot 100 Top 40 for First Time Since 1990

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.

For the First Time In 35 Years, No Rap Songs Hit Top 40 On Billboard’s Hot 100

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...