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: ...

Popular terms come and go with the times just as style trends do, but sometimes they stick seemingly out of nowhere. One example is the social media obsession with the word “gnarly” as of late. This ...

Duh-duh-duh Duh-duh-duh-duh! You can just hear it. Those big drums, those strings. The onset of the onslaught that is the Led Zeppelin song, “Kashmir.” The song that, in the ’90s, Puff Daddy just had ...

After almost 20 years away, Frasier returned in October 2023. The hit Cheers spinoff got the reboot treatment on Paramount+, and although it was quite different from the original, with almost none of ...

As the clock strikes midnight and the world ushers in 2025, revelers around the globe will sing "Auld Lang Syne," a song about "old acquaintance be forgot" and, well, other lyrics people may not ...

Definition: "6-7" is less of meaningful phrase than a meaningless response.

“Swag,” a relatively subdued and introspective body of work, is Bieber at his most mature, sharing his love for his wife Hailey and son Jack across 21 tracks. It marks a turning point for Bieber, no ...