Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

Ella Langley is very close to her first solo No. 1 country radio hit, but “Weren’t for the Wind” is making an impact elsewhere, as well. Is a surge in sales and streaming enough to push her to the ...