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You know, normally Billboard is a bit more organized when they delineate when their tracking year begins and ends - not this year. A lot o...

And we're back on somewhat normal schedule. I do have a few reviews that will be shot in vacation format, but I think I might get to ...

Not to get hyperbolic about it, but it seems like the entire purpose of the Billboard Hot 100 charts this year has been to get me to look ...

Kind of crappy episode here, to be honest - not a lot to really be said with these, unfortunately.  Now time to tidy up some old busine...

I get the funny feeling that a lot of folks are going to forget this week pretty quickly, the sort of Billboard BREAKDOWN probably more no...

Man, quick rendering time helps me get these out so much faster... shame it was a rough week, though. Okay, next up... I think it's...

This week feels more transitional than I think it actually is. Sure, we have a new #1 and a sizable number of new arrivals and it's no...

Oh man, this was a messy damn week.. but eh, I'll take it... Anyway, now for something better - stay tuned!

This was a weird week. A pretty busy one, to be sure, and some things did turn out as I had predicted, but overall... it's not often y...

Can't believe I nearly forgot to post this... but still, it was a pretty rough week overall, and I really have no idea what's com...

I'm not sure how to evaluate what happened on the Hot 100 this week. Obviously there was going to be some slide towards conventionalit...

And it's out... and that means I might be able to go to bed on time on a Tuesday... nice. Anyway, looks like it's Beach House n...

So I've said a number of times that the most interesting weeks on the Hot 100 are not those of the album bombs, but the week right aft...

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...

This week took entirely too long to edit... and it sucked. Go figure. Next up, LCD Soundsystem momentarily, so stay tuned...

Because this  is what I want to deal with on my first few days back from vacation, a double album bomb from records that I had no reason t...

So this week mostly sucked... but it's Meek Mill, that should not be surprising to ANYONE at this point. Fortunately, black metal t...

...okay, the last time Meek Mill had a big album splash on Billboard BREAKDOWN, it was the night of the US election in 2016, and while I...

Yes, I know this is up early. That's because it's a short week and I wanted to get this done and crash early, I need my sleep. ...