It’s going to take some time to rebuild the 35-year streak that was broken when updates to the Billboard Hot 100 rules led to the departure of Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther,” leaving the Top 40 ...

For the back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 charts this year dated Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, no rap songs appeared in the top 40 — marking the first times since the Feb. 3, 1990 chart that the genre was totally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Now an independent artist after leaving her label deal, Stallion is ...

For the past couple of weeks, there’s been a lot of chatter about a lack of rap songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since the publication changed the rules to promote more movement on ...

Everybody say, "Thank you, Meg!" After weeks of teasing her fans with a snippet of her newest song, Megan Thee Stallion finally released "Lover Girl" on streaming platforms on Friday, Oct. 23 to very ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Megan Thee Stallion. After all, nearly everyone was walking around singing “I’m a savage!” when her single, “Savage,” and an accompanying ...

Megan Thee Stallion’s new single, “Lover Girl,” debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 This marks the first rap song in two weeks to enter the chart’s Top 40 The achievement ends the first drought ...

Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 38, ending the longest rap absence from the top 40 since 1990. Megan Thee Stallion ended a historic dry spell for Hip-Hop on the ...