For the first time this decade, three rap albums are nominated for Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys. Here’s why hip-hop ...

But today, as the nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, one thing became clear: You just can’t count ...

The exit of “luther” reignites the contentious debate of rap’s commercial decline in 2025. While this theory is supported by ...

The infectious new single made its debut at No. 8 for the November 8 Hot 100 chart, ending the 2-week period where no Hip-Hop singles appeared on the Top 40, the first time since February 3, 1990.

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 more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America.

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener preferences or recent rule changes?

A change made effective last week by Billboard tweaked the threshold for song removal based on list placement and weeks charted The 35-year streak of rap songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100 has ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR RAP SONGS RANKED BY MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP-HOP AND RHYTHMIC RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...