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Hip-Hop Misses Top 40 for the First Time in 35 Years -- But Every New Taylor Swift Song Made the Chart

The post Hip-Hop Misses Top 40 for the First Time in 35 Years -- But Every New Taylor Swift Song Made the Chart appeared first on TheWrap. For the first time since 1990, the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot ...

For the First Time In 35 Years, No Rap Songs Hit Top 40 On Billboard’s Hot 100

This has not occurred since 1990, when Cold Chillin’ Re cords artist Biz Markie reached No. 29 in February 1990 with “Just a ...

Kendrick Lamar's ‘Luther' Departs Hot 100, Leaving No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years

The SZA-assisted hit topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for 13 weeks, but its potential successors in the genre were ...

Rap music just vanished from the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years

"Rap music is still all over the top 40; it's just not being made by rappers," Stereogum's Tom Breihan observed in a column ...

Hip Hop and Kendrick Lamar’s Hot 100 reign end amid new rules

New rules mean no rap in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 chart for the first time in 35 years and a shakeup to Kendrick Lamar’s ...
Soap Central

"But I heard Kendrick saved hiphop": Fans divided after Billboard Hot 100's top 40 features no rap songs for the first time since 1990

The Billboard Hot 100 has been one of the most accurate depictions of music trends and listening patterns since its inception ...

Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years — here’s what’s behind the drop

For two weeks in a row, rap has been absent from the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. It's been 35 years since the genre ranked ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Hip-Hop Drops Out Of Top 40 On Billboard Hot 100 Chart

The last time Hip-Hop wasn't in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 1990, marking a significant change ...
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New Music Friday: Top 5 album drops on October 24, 2025

New Music Friday is back, and this week's new album drops are giving fans plenty to be excited about. The albums are a mix of ...
Hit Channel

For the First Time in 35 Years, No Rap Songs Appear in Billboard’s Hot 100 Top 40

For the first time in 35 years, not a single rap song cracked Billboard’s Top 40. Kendrick’s “Luther” fell off — and ...

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100

Billboard's recent change in threshold for songs to remain in the top 40 of the Hot 100 list booted Kendrick Lamar and SZA's ...

The Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 Has No Rap Songs for the First Time in 35 Years

For the first time since February 1990, the Billboard Hot 100 ’s top 40 section contained zero rap songs on the chart dated ...