Chris Molanphy

How much do you know about Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Genesis? Quiz yourself here.

The Hit Parade podcast shares trivia on Broadway hits, from The Cher Show to West Side Story to Oklahoma!

Jackson and her producers didn’t have to be so ambitious—but their social-conscience album redefined pop’s future and set hit-making records.

The “novelty” label almost doesn’t apply to Al’s catalog of parody songs with surprising wit and nuance.

For decades, tour promoters and radio programmers thought back-to-back women performers were commercial poison. Lilith gave the lie to that old man’s tale.

“Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” was born of Korea, a Kiwi, TikTok, and Jason Derulo.

The versatile Disney star might be the dying genre’s best hope.

Is anyone surprised that BTS’s newest English-language single became an instant hit?

BTS’s “Butter” is the biggest hit of the year. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

With his latest Billboard Hot 100 record, he’s one step closer to being bigger than the biggest band of all time. Or is he?

Another sulking ballad, another instant hit. But it might not stick.

She’s given The Beatles and Don McLean a 10-minute run for their money.

The DaBaby controversy offered an accidental experiment in what so-called cancellation would do to a very popular song.

Its historic success is less about the song’s greatness than about how the chart works.

It took more than a year for this TikTok hit to break into the mainstream.

Stranger Things gave “Running Up That Hill” the final push, but its unprecedented climb is decades in the making.

In the peak TV era song publishers like Mara Kuge have never had so many venues for their clients’ music—but getting a song placed is complicated.

“About Damn Time” demonstrates a skill that no one else can pull off these days.

McVie could have styled herself as a ’70s singer-songwriter like Carole King, but she gave her songs to Fleetwood Mac, because she thrived in bands.

Olivia Rodrigo is back at No. 1, but this time it’s parents who put her there.