Older chart rules held back many of Dolly Parton’s hits on the pop charts, but the streaming era is rectifying that for modern country stars.

Nevermind that cowboy at the bar.

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Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" both hit the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, following her passing.

The decade’s 20 most notorious Hot 100 #1 blocks, ranked by infamy: fanbase battles, razor-thin margins and massive hits denied the top spot.

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Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the longest-running No. 1 of all time, but another song is poised to take its title.

“Here Comes the Sun” inspired countless cover versions. (George preferred James Brown’s.)

Celine Dion’s soaring vocals turned flop songs into hits, made a boat movie a blockbuster, and soundtracked your mom’s car.

The Hit Parade host on what better data revealed about hit songs, why country radio guards its gate, and his refusal to believe in guilty pleasures.

The 2013 Daft Punk track was uncannily evocative of the late nineteen-seventies, when I was young and dancing was my creed.

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

He may have created rap’s Blueprint, but female collaborators were key to Hova’s formula for chart success.

Whether it's Hozier or Blue Öyster Cult, Gloria Gaynor or Paula Cole, certain artists surpass the one-hit wonder curse with a second smash.

Would country music ever welcome back Taylor Swift? We finally have the answer.

From intimate whispers to soaring glory notes—plus a wicked guitar solo—the everlasting reign of the power ballad.

“We Are Family,” “Wild World” and “Tiny Dancer” are signature songs of the ‘70s that fell just shy of No. 1, the Top 10, and the Top 40.

His punk look was unmistakable, but Billy Idol's sound was ever-changing as he explored new wave, glam metal, even club music in his quest for pop stardom.

The Hot 100 has never been more accurate than it is today.

What makes a person want to track these rankings? Why do we care about what—or who—is No. 1?

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The latest Hot 100 chart-topper announces the arrival of a new country-music superstar.

Megan Moroney's and Ella Langley's simultaneous success is breaking traditional country rules about only woman thriving in the mainstream at a time.

Can you believe she was magic? Music journalist David Cantwell on Olivia Newton-John’s trailblazing country-pop crossover campaign.

It’s harder than ever for albums to produce multiple chart-topping singles. Taylor Swift just did it anyway.

Long after the right-wing freak-out, the Puerto Rican superstar is getting the last laugh.

Long before Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen, Olivia Newton-John and John Denver took country roads to pop superstardom.