Posted Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:13pm PST
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Oscar's Best Song category. To mark the occasion, I look back the winners and identify each decade's top hits and misses (and each decade's best and worst choices). 
Posted Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:23pm PST
Three of the biggest winners from last week's Grammy Awards surge into the top 10, but the #1 spot goes to an artist who wasn't even nominated this year. Taylor Swift, who performed on the show with fellow non-nominee Miley Cyrus, returns to #1 with 
Posted Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:53am PST
Eminem is back in a big way. "Crack A Bottle," his new collabo with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, sold 418,000 downloads. That's the third fattest weekly tally ever, and the biggest total outside of Christmas week. 
Posted Wed Feb 4, 2009 10:51am PST
Bruce Springsteen lands his ninth #1 album, which puts him in the top five on the list of artists with most #1 albums. The Beatles lead the pack, but who else is in there? Also: Led Zeppelin turns 40. 
Posted Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:46am PST
Buddy Holly, who was just 22 when he died, holds a unique distinction. He had the shortest lifespan of any artist who has been voted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Sadly, many other recipients also died young. 
Posted Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:52am PST
Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" vaults from #97 to #1 on the Hot 100. That sets a new record for the biggest leap into the top spot. Katy Perry and Rihanna also have reason to celebrate. 
Posted Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:00pm PST
This week's blog name-checks The Notorious B.I.G., Judy Garland, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. What's my theme? If you said "Movie Music," step to the front of the class. 
Posted Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:48am PST
Taylor Swift's Fearless becomes the first album by a female artist in country music history to log six weeks at #1. Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline and Tammy Wynette, who paved the way for Swift, never made the top 20.
Posted Wed Jan 7, 2009 12:01pm PST
Taylor Swift's Fearless tops the album chart for the fifth week. That's the longest that any album has stayed #1 in more than a year. The only bad news: Album sales are way down. It happens every January. 
Posted Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:41am PST
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