Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: For all their popularity the world over, songs by Radiohead haven’t exactly set the charts alight. (Even in their homeland: they’ve never scored a U.K. No. 1.) In part that’s due to [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: So momentous was the news of Mariah Carey’s triumph on the Hot 100 with “Touch My Body” that Billboard leaked it on Wednesday, a day early. Chart freaks talk about acts beating [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: As we previewed yesterday, Leona “Limey Mariah” Lewis has fulfilled our prediction from last week and shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her debut single, “Bleeding Love.” But [...] Read more

chrism: She actually did it: No. 1: “Bleeding Love,” Leona Lewis mauraidolator: wow! chrism: I can’t believe Sony BMG pulled that shit off mauraidolator: oprah manc hrism: I know right?!! mauraidolator: haha chrism: I mean, wow — what was I saying about “military efficiency”? Scary. mauraidolator: :) Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: You thought Beyonce vs. Rihanna was an old school-new school catfight? We’ve got a better one. British belter Leona Lewis hurtles 13 spots to No. 8 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 with “Bleeding [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: When the producers of American Idol announced at the start of this season that, for the first time, they would be selling contestants’ performances on iTunes, but that iTunes had agreed not [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: Forget what I said last week: apparently there was pent-up demand for new Usher material. Even after three intervening years that saw little more than a flop vanity movie and some wedding-related [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: * OK, so one of these acts is, like, president of the United States and the other the president of American Samoa. I’ll get to the White Stripes later… Yesterday on Idolator, [...] Read more

Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: One of the top debuts on this week’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 might look a little old: Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good,” which 11 months ago marked her first appearance on any U.S. [...] Read more

Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts: You won’t find one of the biggest-selling artists of the past week on the Billboard Hot 100, because chart rules make him and his band ineligible. But one week after Tom Petty [...] Read more