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So this was a living hell to get online - and knowing my luck, it'll be copyright claimed within the hour, so catch it while you can....

And so we reached the end of the fourth year of Billboard BREAKDOWN, a weekly series that at the end of every Billboard year I rhetoricall...

So this was... generally pretty okay, I think. Yeah, let's go with that. Next up, Cody Jinks - stay tuned!

You know, I'm always hesitant about saying the charts are back to 'normal' at any point, especially in 2018 where we have albu...

So I don't think people were expecting how harsh I was in this video. Oh well, I'm not going to mince words, and I've alrea...

...you know, it's funny, people were reaching out to me for my reaction when XXXTENTACION posthumously went to #1 this week and all I ...

And here's the episode from today, which... again, it's an episode. Transcripts for a few year-end lists are on their way out soo...

There are only three names that matter on today's Hot 100. Sure, you could talk about how a bunch of old 2017 hits got their final win...

And now I'm finally  caught up on all of my promotion posts. WHEW, that took way too long. Next up, something a bit more current, s...

Here's the question you never want to ask yourself after confronting a mediocre run for a band: were they ever that good to begin with...

Well, this was an interesting week at least... eh, fun stuff all around, enjoy!  Next up, though... whoo boy, I've been waiting for...

So this is one of those weeks where I expected a lot of activity... and I didn't get it. This was supposed to be a week where Harry St...

Well, this episode got a LOT of conversation... huh, a little surprised, to be honest, especially with so many mediocre tracks. Oh well. ...

So I think it's fairly obvious that we live in uncertain times, and while music critics and cultural anthropologists will debate how m...

This was certainly a less excruciating week than last time - more diversity here, for one - and I'm fascinated to see how the Grammys...

So folks, did you have enough of me talking about Big Sean when the review dropped last night? Well, it's not over - because to replac...

This was... well, an interesting week to say the least. I genuinely hope we get a shakeup instead of a summer lull, because I don't h...

So here's the thing about the summer lull period with the charts: you get out of it basically what you put in. If you have good songs ...

I'm fairly certain this might be the longest episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN to date, and that's saying something. Here's bett...

You know, there are some weeks where I wonder why I even bother doing my album reviews, instead just focusing on Billboard BREAKDOWN, beca...