Who has the top-charting hit on pop radio over the past 20 years? By Gary Trust The week of Oct. 3, 1992, Billboard premiered the Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as then-new Nielsen BDS-based ...

I can somewhat agree with that, especially when it comes to the popularity of the power ballad around that time. The glam metal band FireHouse kept the spirit of the power ballad alive in 1992 with ...

A look at the top-charting acts on pop radio over the past 20 years, plus insights from those who've played and promoted the hits. By Gary Trust The week of Oct. 3, 1992, Billboard premiered the Pop ...

Maroon 5 or Ace of Base? Gwen Stefani or Britney Spears? Justin Timberlake or ... Sugar Ray? When it comes to number one music hits, we bet you don't know who has more radio cred. In honor of the 20th ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

The ’80s really did a number on a lot of ’70s bands. Heart and Aerosmith turned into faceless corporate hitmakers. Robert Plant gave us the Honeydrippers and “Tall Cool One.” And funk stalwarts ...

Turns out we’re not the only people with a passion for 1992. As one savvy A.V. Club reader pointed out this morning, there’s already a Tumblr devoted to the music of 1992. While we’ll delve into that ...

When Rage Against the Machine emerged in the early Nineties, there was no other band even remotely like them. They not only fused rock with rap at a time when there was a stark divide between the two ...

Human Touch was created with Los Angeles studio pros like drummer Jeff Porcaro and bassist Randy Jackson, and sounded very much like an overthought studio creation. But Springsteen played nearly ...