Here's What The Alchemist Has to Say About No Rap Songs Being in Hot 100 Top 40 for First Time Since 1990

The Alchemist has added his two cents on the topic that had Rap Twitter in a frenzy this week.
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Hits that topped Billboard Hot 100 & Hot Country Songs

Reaching the top of any chart is no easy feat, and while topping genre-specific charts such as the Hot Country Songs may be ...
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The Alchemist Says Rap's Top 40 Absence Isn't Because of This One Thing

The Alchemist has weighed in on rap's historic absence from the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40.
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Pop Goes Hip-Hop: Take Rap's "Exit" From Billboard's Top 40 With A Grain Of Salt

The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Shot Callin," at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was ...

Can Joji, Tame Impala or Chris Brown & Usher Make Waves on the Hot 100 Next Week? | The Contenders

Our Billboard chart experts break down whether Joji's "Pixelated Kisses," Tame Impala's "Dracula," or Chris Brown and Usher's recent remix collab on "It Depends (Remix)" can make big moves on the ...

For The First Time in 35 Years, There Are No Rap Songs in the Hot 100 Top 40

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...

This Day in History: Taylor Swift sweeps Billboard Top 10

Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim the entire top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. All the songs were from her album, ‘Midnight’.
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3 Country No. 1 Hits From the 1970s That Beat Out Some of the Decade’s Biggest Players

Back in the 1970s, these three iconic country singles beat out three other iconic singles for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The Billboard Top 40 Now Contains Zero Rap Songs for the First Time in Decades

As both Billboard and People magazine noted, one reason for rap's lack of inclusion in the top 40 may have had to do with ...

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

The news may indicate a dip in rap’s dominance in mainstream music, but the music publication has also changed its ...

13 Rap Songs That Sample Tame Impala

Billboard rounded up 13 rap songs that have sampled or interpolated Tame Impala, in order of newest to oldest. Travis Scott ...

Rap music just vanished from the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

Last week's Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, after Kendrick Lamar and SZA 's "Luther" - a 13-week No. 1 hit - dropped off the chart. With that departure, the genre that ...