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Real Boston Richey’s ‘Help Me’ Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Rising rapper Real Boston Richey completes a career milestone by earning his first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with “Help Me.” The single ascends 12-10 on the list dated Oct. 19 thanks to gains in radio airplay while maintaining its steady streaming results on the multimetric chart, which combines streaming, radio airplay […]

Trump Campaign Accuses Critical Musicians of Trying to Keep ‘Half of the Country’ From Enjoying Their Songs

A day after Rufus Wainwright and Village People co-founder Victor Willis lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for playing their songs during a 39-minute musical interlude at one of his campaign events, the Republican National Committee has responded to the criticism. Related Donald Trump Plays GNR, Sinead O’Connor, Village People Songs During Town […]

Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century Podcast: Adele (No. 10)

On today’s (Oct. 16) episode of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century podcast, we kick off the top 10 of our list with a singer-songwriter who defied pretty much every trend that defined pop music at the outset of the 2010s — and still zoomed past everyone else to become the best-selling artist […]

Ae! Group’s ‘Gotta Be’ Shoots to No. 1 on the Japan Hot 100

Ae! Group’s “Gotta Be” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Oct. 16. The title track of the quintet’s second single launched with 411,052 CDs in its first week to rule sales and also came in at No. 4 for radio airplay. Though the figure didn’t match the previous release, […]