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And there we go. Massive videos, really proud with how they turned out - enjoy!

I said on Twitter a few months ago that of all of my year-end lists, this one is always the most complicated - because it's by far the m...

So I've been off my game updating this here... okay, so here's the last episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN...

So we're now in our last two months of the Billboard year - it ends in November, and yes, that makes both more and less sense than you...

And there is THAT weight off my shoulder. Whew, ton of work to get that out... and yet it's not over, as I've got another special...

There have been a lot of people who have said that 2017 has not been a good year for music, on the charts or otherwise... and from a certain...

Well, this was interesting enough of a week... not exactly a great one, but still kind of fascinating how it split down the middle betwee...

In retrospect, maybe I expected way too much from the American public. Granted, I think I've been saying that for most of the past two...

So yeah, this is great - but let's be real, you all already knew that. Next up, though... something where the greatness might be qu...

So here's a hidden truth about critics: as much as there should be a certain self-awareness that the vast majority of the mainstream w...

Hey, sometimes it is actually possible for me to get this up early! Anyway, Zara Larsson next, so stay tuned!

So I was hoping this week was going to be where things started to get back to normal. Of course it wasn't all going to get there - Nic...

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...

And here's list #2. Yes, I know it's excruciatingly early, but I'm posting this from the airport, it happens. Enjoy!

And now onto our second list, and the one that doesn't give me heart palpitations whenever I think about it, the Top Ten Best Hit Songs ...

Much easier to edit this one - which was a welcome shift, these videos take forever. Okay, let's see how much I can get through bef...

For this episode of Billboard BREAKDOWN, we've actually got a bit of a slower week as the holiday season comes even closer and major ...

I'm actually pretty proud of how this came together - something that might not get a lot of hits, but some decent analysis all the sa...

At first glance, it seems to make absolutely no sense: a headline that suggests that the opening act for Katy Perry one of the biggest pop s...