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Bit of a slow episode, but it happens. Hope you all enjoy it, regardless!

The prediction I made last week was that this week would be relatively quiet - I was not expecting it to be this  quiet. Sure, next week c...

Honestly, it was a tumultuous last evening, but I'm happy to be highlighting it all the same. Next up... still not sure what I'...

...am I the only one feeling a bit of anticlimax this week? Yeah, we'll be getting to the biggest story in a second - and make no mist...

Alright, this actually came together a fair bit better than I was expecting - go figure.  Next up... well, the poll says Bastille, so s...

You know, one of the most frustrating things as a music critic is that sometimes you can find yourself in a bubble of your own biases - yo...

Another pretty lightweight week overall (thank GOD for that), but now it'll be fascinating to see how Tyler hits next week. And per...

So I'll be honest, I'm so happy this week is a slower one: I just got back from Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio - I'll have a r...

Hmm, so here we go - not a great week, but this is alright enough. Next up, let's finally handle P!nk - stay tuned!

I think the best way to describe this week would be a deflation of expectations - yeah, I knew this week wouldn't quite have the same ...

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 ...

Okay, I think I'm pleased with how I landed things here with regards to album bombs going forward, and the episode turned alright alo...

Well, I was half right with this. I knew there'd be some form of album bomb with Lil Wayne - the sales and streaming numbers made it p...

So this was a tricky week to put together, but overall it turned out okay. Next up... man, I'm excited to talk about Noname, so sta...

I've said before that certain weeks can seem deceptive on the Hot 100, and this is one of those weeks, where both more and less than y...

And here we are, Billboard BREAKDOWN back on regular schedule - enjoy!

...you couldn't have saved the cooldown week for when I was on vacation? Seriously? Not that i'm complaining much - there wasn...

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...

...well, we all knew this was coming. There were two pretty disruptive events on the Hot 100 this week and we all had a rough idea of the ...