Let's look back at three one-hit wonders from 1990. These are three you forgot but need to remember all over again.

If you were a 90s kid, these tear-jerker songs from the 1990s might make you feel some pretty big (and nostalgic) emotions.

The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's "Just a ...

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.

With Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s 13-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Luther” falling off the Hot 100 dated Oct. 25, 2025, there were officially no rap songs in the chart’s top 40 last week. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Yearbook for Traditional Music is a refereed scholarly journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area of ...