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And that's the vacation series covered. Twenty five records in two weeks... whew. Okay, now it's time for Billboard BREAKDOWN, ...

So yeah, another pretty rough week here... but on the plus side, I've got an interesting record on the docket next (in fact, a fair f...

Do you ever have the feeling looking at the Hot 100 that no matter what happens, it's not going to be a good week? Yeah, that was my g...

So this happened... awful songs on a pretty horrible year-end list, but hey, it happens. Next up, though, is the best hits of 2016 - ma...

I'm going to try and maintain a level composure for as long as possible with this list. I know so many of you will want me to get good a...

So this video was longer than usual... and actually really great, I dug the hell out of this! Two good weeks in a row... man, if only I h...

So this week was a little weird. Not just because we started getting tracks from The Weeknd earlier than expected - I'm imagining next...

Well, not a great week, but you can get by on stuff like this. Plus 'False Alarm' came back and that song rules. Next up, D.R...

Well, it couldn't last. The past few weeks on Billboard BREAKDOWN, while not perfect, have at least shown a little more potential, but...

Yeah, I know, I've been a tad late on videos over the past few days. Part of that is getting into the groove of vacation, part of it ...

So last week was one of the worst I'd seen on the Billboard Hot 100 in a long time - it was genuinely disheartening trying to put that...

Well, this was... well, certainly controversial, but I stand by it.  Next up, Car Seat Headrest, and then probably Lacuna Coil, since B...

And here we go again. I think there are a few misconceptions that linger from the last time I covered Fifth Harmony and their debut albu...

Ugh, this week really blew. God, I hope that next week gets better with Kendrick, 'cause this was rough . But speaking of Kendrick....

So remember last year when there was a major push behind songs that were linked to the Academy Awards and John Legend and Common rode ...

Bit late getting to this, but with a week this underwhelming, it kind of fits that it's this late. Next up, I was  going to cover V...

Okay, we've got another busy week on Billboard BREAKDOWN here - multiple new entries into the top ten, a whole load of songs shufflin...

And so ends my streak of great albums. Gah, figures. Next up, Billboard BREAKDOWN! Stay tuned!

Let's talk a little bit about competition in music. In some cases, it's been there since certain genres' inception - hip-hop...

And there we go. Lot of upload problems getting this online - which is odd, considering the editing went so quickly, but eh, it happens. ...