Every artist who charted on the Hot 100 ranking for the first time last year, including Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, sombr and Leon Thomas.

There are a record seven holiday albums in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated Jan. 3, 2026), led by Bing Crosby ’s Ultimate Christmas, which hits a new peak with a 6-2 climb. The ...

Joel Whitburn, whose books of research on the charts were a staple of the bookshelves of anyone who cared about the history or business of pop music for decades, died Tuesday at age 82. No cause of ...