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The Music Club, 2018

December 24, 2018February 20, 2019

Entry 6: Will Drake’s reign ever end? Happy Festivus, my Kikis who will never, ever leave me: As part of its year-in-review package, Billboard published a calendar of everything Drake did every day of 2018. When I saw this a few days ago, I plaintively—desperately?—asked my social media feed: This is it, right? This means [...] Read more

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Hit Parade: The Christmas Is All Around Edition

December 21, 2018February 10, 2019

Listen to Episode 19 of Slate’s Hit Parade: Get More Hit Parade Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. Sign up today and try it free for two weeks. Join Slate Plus Subscribe to Hit Parade Copy this link and add it in your podcast app. copy link copied! For [...] Read more

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Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

December 14, 2018April 25, 2019

Slate’s music-history podcast is here to quiz you on holiday hits. Get More Hit Parade Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. Sign up today and try it free for two weeks. Join Slate Plus Subscribe to Hit Parade Copy this link and add it in your podcast app. copy [...] Read more

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Does Travis Scott Deserve His First No. 1, or Is He Just a Master of Chart Gimmicks?

December 6, 2018February 2, 2019

Why “Sicko Mode” sits atop the Hot 100. In early 1984—as Michael Jackson’s Thriller was nearing the end of its epic run at No. 1, about 15 months after its release—a non-album single appeared on the radio that sounded like a Jackson bonus track. It was clearly Michael’s voice, singing the chorus, sounding paranoid about [...] Read more

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Hit Parade: The Give Me a Sign Edition

November 30, 2018February 10, 2019

How an introverted Swedish producer and a showbiz kid from Louisiana made the late 1990s’ most influential No. 1 hit. Listen to Episode 18 of Slate’s Hit Parade: Get More Hit Parade Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. Sign up today and try it free for two weeks. Join [...] Read more

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Music Trivia: The ’90s Pop Edition

November 16, 2018February 2, 2019

From Ace of Base to Britney Spears, Slate’s music history podcast is here to quiz you on pop icons. Get More Hit Parade Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. Sign up today and try it free for two weeks. Join Slate Plus Subscribe to Hit Parade Copy this link [...] Read more

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Why Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” Is Her First No. 1 Song

November 15, 2018February 2, 2019

The single’s chart-topping success is the culmination of years of resilience in the face of tragedy and heartbreak. As if Saturday Night Live hadn’t already been sucking up enough oxygen since President Donald Trump took office, 2018 may go down as the year the NBC institution set the agenda for the pop charts, too. For [...] Read more

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Hit Parade: The Oh. My. God. Becky Edition

October 26, 2018February 2, 2019

What finally got hip-hop to the top of the Billboard charts? Listen to Episode 17 of Slate’s Hit Parade: Get More Hit Parade Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our podcasts—and much more. Sign up today and try it free for two weeks. Join Slate Plus Subscribe to Hit Parade Copy this link [...] Read more

Images of the late rapper the Notorious B.I.G. are shown during a performance by recording artist Sean Combs at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 19, 2015 in Las Vegas.

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Music Trivia: The ’90s Hip-Hop Edition

October 12, 2018February 2, 2019

From the Notorious B.I.G. to the Fresh Prince and LL Cool J, Slate’s music-history podcast is here to quiz you. Listen to Hit Parade via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Think you know music? Hit Parade, the music-history podcast from Slate, is back with a new episode of the Bridge. Advertisement In [...] Read more

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Hit Parade: The Nights on Broadway Edition

September 28, 2018February 11, 2019

How did the Bee Gees survive the fall of disco? The falsettos? The white suits? It was the songs. Listen to Episode 16 of Slate’s Hit Parade: Listen to Hit Parade via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. Those falsettos, those white suits, those toothy [...] Read more