The Unlikely ’70s Smash Album That Established Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman

Hit Parade Oct 30, 2020 12:00 PM

America Has a New No. 1 Song, and for Once the Reason Isn’t TikTok

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Oct 23, 2020 5:50 AM

The Strange, Globetrotting Story Behind America’s New No. 1 Song

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Oct 16, 2020 6:51 PM

If a Hit Had Operatic Drama—From Meat Loaf to Celine Dion—Chances Are, Jim Steinman Made It

Hit Parade Oct 16, 2020 12:07 PM

What Qualifies as a One-Hit Wonder Is Still Debatable in the 2020s

Hit Parade Oct 02, 2020 12:06 PM

What Makes a Pop Act a One-Hit Wonder, From “Volare” to “Maniac” to “Macarena”

Hit Parade Sept 18, 2020 11:57 AM

Why BTS’s “Dynamite” Is the First K-Pop Song to Top the U.S. Charts

Chris Molanphy

Sept 03, 2020 6:16 PM

Yacht Rock’s Creators Curate Their Smooth-Music Genre

Hit Parade Aug 28, 2020 12:09 PM

How “WAP” Became the Dirtiest No. 1 in Hot 100 History

Chris Molanphy

Aug 20, 2020 5:03 PM

Hit Parade’s Host Offers a Chart Quiz

Hit Parade Aug 14, 2020 2:43 PM

Why Harry Styles Just Scored His First No. 1 Song

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Aug 14, 2020 11:44 AM

Taylor Swift Finally Figured Out the Streaming Era

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Aug 07, 2020 1:47 PM

Why Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, and Toto Are Yacht Rock—and Jimmy Buffett Isn’t

Hit Parade July 31, 2020 10:59 AM

Lilith Fair Broke Music’s Glass Ceiling

Hit Parade July 17, 2020 10:46 AM

How Sarah McLachlan Capped a Decade of Female Chart Dominance by Launching Lilith Fair

Hit Parade June 30, 2020 5:00 AM

What Will Be the Song of Our Pandemic Summer?

Chris Molanphy

June 12, 2020 6:27 PM

OutKast Showed the World That the South Isn’t a Monolith

Hit Parade June 12, 2020 12:23 PM

Atlanta Wasn’t a Hotbed of Hip-Hop Before OutKast Invited Everybody to the Player’s Ball

Hit Parade May 29, 2020 3:00 AM

The Bridge: Piano Man, Everyman

Hit Parade May 15, 2020 12:11 PM

How Billy Joel Became a 20th-Century Pop Zelig, Celebrating His Heroes by Imitating Them

Hit Parade April 30, 2020 11:00 AM