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.

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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.

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