Pitchfork

Radio-Friendly Unit Shifters

From the Cure, to Nirvana, to Limp Bizkit, to Phoenix-- a look at the history of Billboard's Modern Rock chart and the ever-shifting definition of "alternative." In an issue dated September 10, 1988, Billboard quietly launched a 30-position chart toward the back of the magazine. Arriving near the end of a decade that had seen [...] Read more