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

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