For the first time in 35 years, the Billboard Hot 100 didn’t have a single rap song in its top 40 last month. But rap made a quick comeback, returning to the top 40 chart last week with Megan Thee ...
LAS VEGAS — There’s no Juan Soto in this free agent market, and certainly no Shohei Ohtani. The list is without an all-time great for the first time in three years, but it does contain a clear No. 1 ...
Starting in the late ’70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a breakthrough. Hip-hop and rap tracks began infiltrating the ...
For the past couple of weeks, there’s been a lot of chatter about a lack of rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since the publication changed the rules to promote more movement on ...
It’s going to take some time to rebuild the 35-year streak that was broken when updates to the Billboard Hot 100 rules led to the departure of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther,” leaving the Top 40 ...
For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...
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.
The latest Billboard Hot 100 chart is unlike any other one in recent memory. According to the outlet, for the first time in 35 years, there are no rap songs in the chart’s Top 40. The update comes as ...
For the first time since February 1990 — over 35 years — the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 contained zero rap songs on the chart dated October 25, 2025 The removal of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” ...
The highest-ranked rap song is Cardi B's "Safe" at number 44. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. There are no rap songs listed in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. This has not occurred since 1990, ...
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 ...
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