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Okay, here we go, lot of Taylor Swift this week - and for a change, it actually made this pretty easy to handle, go figure. Anyway... y...

So here we go: album bomb from Taylor Swift, where all eighteen songs from Lover  has broken onto the Hot 100... and honestly, it just fee...

So this is one of those weeks on Billboard BREAKDOWN that can be draining to talk about, mostly because it's easy but time-consuming t...

Not gonna lie, I've had more fun engaging with folks in the comments and my random chicanery around this whole endeavor than I did ma...

...no, I'm not happy about this. Really, if you consider the long term, nobody  should be happy about this week, where every single so...

Yep, I know it's late - stupid Warner forcing me to re-edit a chunk on a song that I apparently didn't call out immediately as be...

...am I the only one who thinks something strange is happening with the Hot 100 right now? I wouldn't say it was anything that felt to...

Well, this was a rough week. But eh, I got through it. Next up... well, it's Dua Lipa, but after that, I need to tackle some old busi...

So I was predicting that this week would actually be a little slower going in - after all, it didn't look like the top ten was shiftin...

Pretty short week here - actually skipped World Hit altogether mostly because there was so little to talk about (and you couldn't pay...

So after this week we're now in the final seven weeks of the Billboard year - which yes, ends in November - the last chances for songs...

As I said, better late than never. Next up, Dream Theater - stay tuned!

So you know how I've been predicting things were going to get seriously unstable on the Hot 100 for a while now? Well, we've got ...

Man, this one actually turned out pretty well - with the exception of whatever the hell is up with my hair. God, that swoop on the right ...

Yes, I'm going up a Tuesday - no, not like that. What sort of rampant insanity is this?