This song marked the second No. 1 single for Madonna in 1985. The Queen of Pop also hit the top spot with her 1984 track, “Like A Virgin” from the album of the same name. But she released the 1985 ...

Mariah Carey is famous for topping the charts. In fact, she holds the record for the most number-one hits by a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 (19), and she became the first artist ever to hit ...

Before the pop princesses of the 2020s, Rihanna was at the helm as the absolute queen of the early 2000s and 2010s. It seemed like every year from the time she released her first single in 2005, there ...

The Rolling Stones are often mentioned up there alongside the Beatles when it comes to iconic rock bands. Whichever band you prefer, there is one area wherein the Stones have the Beatles objectively ...

Yes, Drake has tied Michael for the number of top hits as a solo artist with 13, but MJ also has four more with the Jackson 5, which takes his total up to 17. (Apologies in advance. This is the ...

Speaker A: Welcome back to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate Magazine about the hits from coast to coast. Im Chris Melanhy, chart analyst, popc critic and writer of Slates why is ...