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And here we go - bad week, let's just get this over with... Next up... well, folks want me to talk indie, so stay tuned!

...so okay, I was wrong. I made the assumption that given its heavy reliance on streaming I expected Ariana Grande to suffer some major lo...

And this was not good - man, I'm surprised I just had so much content out of it. But heading for something of more quality...

You know, on some level I've always thought it was a cheap thing to judge an act like Florida Georgia Line by their album titles, espe...

Well, the lists start off strong - the Premiere really was fun to hang with y'all, might have to do that again soon... Also, just a...

So I'm not going to mince words or waste your time here: 2018 was not a good year for the Hot 100. Perhaps not as bad as 2016 given how ...

Okay, album bomb, but a solid week regardless... Next up, more Kanye, but with bonus Kid Cudi...

Kanye album bomb. Yeah, I know there are other things going on right now - a new #1, a sizable amount of activity further down the chart, ...

And here we go - but it's not the only video dropping tonight, so stay tuned!

And now we get a cooldown week... whew. Sort of what I was expecting, given that there wasn't really any big crossover releases outsid...

Well, this was a bizarre week - but I'm mostly pleased with it, to be honest. But next up... whoo boy, none of this looks good, so st...

So I've been predicting for some time that the Hot 100 would be hit with a pretty major shift that would knock things loose, really sh...

Okay, so this was... actually a pretty lousy week, not helped by YouTube dicking over my sub box (which apparently happened for multiple ...

So I've been predicting for the past few weeks that the charts are on the verge of something breaking - and thus far, the Hot 100 has ...

Overall not a bad week, and I have to say, it's going to be interesting in the days ahead here, especially given all the coming shake...

This is one of those weeks where I'm increasingly unsure where the hell the Billboard Hot 100 is going, and not just because we've...

Weird week. Busy as hell, but weird all the same, I have to say. Next up, though, is finally Sun Kil Moon - enjoy!

So this was a weird week. I wouldn't call it a bad week - any chart where we get less Future than expected is a net positive - but the...

Man, computer problems couldn't have come at a worse time... goddamn, this has been tough to get out, especially considering I flubbe...

So let me give you all a quick recap of my past few days. I get home from vacation, put up my big recap video, get ready to set up the Tra...