Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to the 2003-2004 blockbuster successes of artists like Usher, OutKast, 50 Cent, Kanye West and Beyoncé, by 2005, it was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If summer is endless, as the surfers and romantics say, then summer's soundtrack only stretches on through time. No doubt, 20 ...

Count down the biggest hits on the 2005 year-end Hot 100, based on weekly performance on the chart. By Gary Trust This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the ...

In the ’00s, burnt CDs were the love letters of the day. Why come up with some heartfelt speech when countless musicians have already said exactly how you feel better than most of us ever could? There ...

Welcome to one of the worst years in Hot 100 history. Sure, most #1 hits these days are especially crummy, but there’s something impossible about 2005’s lukewarm output. Considering how rich 2004 was, ...

TikTok has given musicians more opportunities for exposure than ever before. Though the traditional framework for the music industry hasn’t been completely broken down, content creation has shifted ...

“I’m ahead of my time, sometimes years out…” Kanye West raps on his 2005 single “Gone.” But before you chalk the line up to the rapper's well-documented ego, consider this: the song debuted at #18 on ...

The songs heard in new Hulu series "Looking for Alaska" match what high school students listened to in 2005. Hits by the White Stripes, Killers and Gorillaz populate an eight-episode adaptation of ...

If summer is endless, as the surfers and romantics say, then summer's soundtrack only stretches on through time. No doubt, 20 summers ago, music journalists were trying to identify the season's ...