Music in 2025 has had it all, from breakout new artists and big stars continuing to top the charts, to AI-generated artists ...

For decades artists and record labels have used the various Billboard charts as a measure of success. While at one time they were indeed needed for keeping track of an artist’s influence in the ...

YouTube is pulling its data from Billboard for use in the publisher’s industry-leading U.S. music charts. The decision is in response to a recent change Billboard made to its ranking formula, which ...

YouTube will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, the company announced this morning. Instead, it will calculate its rankings based only on view counts ...

For decades, music charts have kept track of the most popular albums. Now, researchers in Germany have found that there’s a lot to learn from the ways that these lists have changed over time. Lukas ...

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Rosé, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have emerged atop Apple Music‘s year-end global charts, as the service has revealed the highest-streamed songs of 2025. Rosé and Mars’ “APT.” dominated across ...

Many country musicians could care less about chart success and public reception. However, when a country musician does have a success on the charts it can’t help but feel good. Not only is it ...

IT IS COMMONPLACE for boxing fans to bemoan the senselessness of world titles. With four different governing bodies all anointing champions in each weight class—and one of them naming up to three for ...

The Netflix film’s song, “Golden,” just hit No. 1 on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global Chart and earned seven entries on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor The love for KPop ...

Soompi Music Chart takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea as well as the hottest trending artists on Soompi, making it a unique chart that reflects what’s going on in K-pop ...