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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 ...

So bit of an overstuffed week, but it happens - I'm frankly amazed I just managed to get it out on time. But next up... again, as I...

And here I was thinking this week was going to be easy. Well, okay, all of that has to be put in perspective - we were going to see the co...

So I thought I was going to be ahead of schedule getting this up last night... and then goddamn WMG claimed a clip and blocked it in all ...

And now we have round two, the second record-breaking album bomb in as many weeks and one from an arguably worse record... and yet somehow...

So yeah, this was actually a pretty decent week. What will come next... I'm honestly not sure, will need to check the schedule - so s...

This is one of those weeks where I'm not really sure how to evaluate things, where I had a big prediction that came true faster than I...

Well, this was... awful, actually. Can only hope what's coming up next will be better... eh, we'll see. Stay tuned!

So we're now starting the fourth year of Billboard BREAKDOWN, and the plan - at least for me - was that we'd start off with a bang...

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...

Man, I'm really proud of this episode. Long one, but a damn great one. Next up, though... finally getting to Jason Eady, and I'...

There will be people who won't appreciate what this week means. Hell, I'd put money on the fact that there are plenty of people wh...

Well, this was an absolutely miserable week to get through... sorry, folks, but Migos is crashing hard and Sam Hunt is somehow getting wo...

To say I have some mixed feelings about this week would be understating it. On the one hand, I'm reasonably happy with a few shifts in...

Well, this was an interesting week. I wouldn't quite call it a great one, but overall pretty solid. Next up, we hit Chicago with Dr...

And just like that, the summer lull gets burst wide open, and there's a part of me that couldn't be happier. Yeah, I could definit...

Well, this was an interesting episode to make. Took a little longer than I expected, but overall a better week, I think, especially befor...

I have mixed feelings about the Hot 100 this week. On the one hand, our new entries look pretty promising for the first time in a while, ...