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Hip-Hop Drops Out Of Top 40 On Billboard Hot 100 Chart

The last time Hip-Hop wasn't in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 1990, marking a significant change ...

No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990

As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending ...
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Hip-Hop Locked Out of Billboard Top 40: First Time Since 1990

The week of October 25, 2025, marked an unprecedented setback for hip-hop: according to The AV Club, no rap songs made the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. The long-running hit “Luther” by SZA and Kendrick ...
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Chart Rewind: In 1999, ‘Genie in a Bottle’ Granted Christina Aguilera Her First Hot 100 No. 1

“For us, this is the launch of a signature artist,” then-RCA Records marketing vp Nick Cucci mused in the July 24, 1999, Billboard issue of Christina Aguilera, whose eponymous debut album arrived a ...