In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Imagine, for a moment, an alternate universe in which Kanye West has decided that Carly Rae Jepsen is a musical genius of Beyoncé-like proportions. Some guitar-toting songwriter beats Jepsen at an ...