The most interesting song on Billboard's Hot 100 right now is one that, in some ways, should have never even been on the chart in the first place. Ylvis’s "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", this week's No. 6, was quite literally recorded as a joke. Brotherly comedy duo Bard and Vegard Ylvisaker conceived of [...] Read more

Katy or Miley? As I awaited Billboard’s release of the new Hot 100 chart this week, that’s where my head was at, especially given the recent YouTube-fueled tussle between the two über-pop stars. I figured Miley Cyrus would either go a third week at No. 1 with her video-fueled nudity-n-sledgehammers-fest "Wrecking Ball", or Katy Perry would [...] Read more