Billboard Hot

Despite new album, will.i.am looks past pop charts

15 days ago

Three songs from his new album, "(hash)willpower" - featuring Justin Bieber, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus - are now in the Billboard Hot 100.

Remembering Kris Kross' Chris Kelly, and the power of 'Jump'

16 days ago

He tightly weaved oft-sampled funk standards from the Honey Drippers ("Impeach the President"), Ohio Players ("Funky Worm") and the Jackson 5 classic "I Want You Back" over innocuous rhymes he...

Akron, Ohio, honors Ruby and the Romantics

99 days ago

On Feb. 9, 1963, a bossa nova-based, lovelorn, pop tune, "Our Day Will Come," recorded by an Akron vocal group, entered the Billboard Hot 100.

For Carly Rae Jepsen -- a Grammy, maybe?

102 days ago

The song had a nine-week arc on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold more than 6.7 million tracks in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

A Grammy maybe? Carly Rae Jepsen heads for gold

102 days ago

The song had a nine week-arc on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold more than 6.7 million tracks in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis score unlikely hit

106 days ago

"Thrift Shop" sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 radio airplay chart, the Nielsen SoundScan Digital Songs chart and is the No. 1 song on Spotify for two consecutive weeks.

Justin Timberlake to perform at Grammys on Feb. 10

108 days ago

The song is a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

What a year: 2012's biggest news

142 days ago

"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen marks its ninth week on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and sparks hundreds of covers and parody videos online.

Benny Blanco strikes a balance between comfort, weirdness to make hits

148 days ago

When Benny Blanco discovered that "Diamonds," the single he co-wrote and produced for pop diva Rihanna, had claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this month, the...