Stephen Thompson
Stories
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Country music superstar Morgan Wallen's highly anticipated album coming in May
Country music superstar Morgan Wallen is the first artist to have five Top 10 singles from an album that hasn't even been released yet. His highly anticipated album "I'm the Problem" drops in May.
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Songs that make the movies and vice versa
There are some songs that are synonymous with - or are perhaps more famous than - the movies they accompany.
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A preview of Sunday's Grammy Awards
This Sunday's Grammy Awards feature some of the biggest pop stars in the world — as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and others compete for the top prizes in music.
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Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard's biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)
Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.
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After nearly two years, SZA's 'SOS' rockets back to the top of the album chart
No album in the history of the Billboard album chart has ever had a longer gap between stints at No. 1. Elsewhere, Christmas music dominates for one last week.
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Remembering Alfa Anderson, the voice behind 'Le Freak' and 'Good Times'
Alfa Anderson sang on some of Chic's most memorable hits, including "Le Freak," "Good Times," and "My Forbidden Lover." She died on Dec. 17 at 78.
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The season of Christmas songs is here. Will the classics make room for anything new?
'Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.
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Will a song ever again become a holiday fixture like 'All I Want for Christmas is You?'
This year marks 30 years since the release of Mariah Carey's hit, "All I Want for Christmas is You." But have any other pop singles been able to enter the holiday music canon since?
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Black Friday sends Taylor Swift back to the top of the charts
Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.
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When Kendrick Lamar claimed the top-5 spots, it sent Shaboozey down to No. 6
Kendrick Lamar's new album "GNX" is not only No. 1 in the country, five of its songs hold down the top-five spots on the singles charts.
