Rap shut out from Billboard's Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

While this could’ve opened up the playing field for other rap songs to rise, there are other factors at play. For instance, all 12 songs from Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl have stuck in the ...

Rap Is Back in Hot 100 Top 40 After Two-Week Absence, Thanks to Megan Thee Stallion

For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...

For the first time in 35 years, the Billboard Top 40 has no hip-hop or rap songs. Here’s why

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these ...
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No rap songs are on the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

For the first time since 1990, there are no rap songs in the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's hit "luther," which spent 13 weeks at No. 1, left this week's most recent ...

The Midweek Chart: Who are dominating streaming services ahead of the UK Top 40 Chart?

Could HUNTR/X extend their reign at the top of the UK Top 40 this week, or will there be a new contender to top the single ...