The first week I remember ever hearing American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on the radio, back in the summer of 1981, the No. 1 spot was a real cliffhanger. As Kasem explained, the week before, Kim Carnes’s synth-pop smash… Read more

A king of hip-hop, retaking the penthouse of the album chart with his latest blockbuster. A middle-of-the-road rock band, reviving a turn-of-the-’90s “alternative” sound that’s now squarely mainstream. A sexagenarian legend who debuted in the ’60s and who still captures… Read more