For The First Time in 35 Years, There Are No Rap Songs in the Hot 100 Top 40

For the first time, Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40 doesn't feature a single rap song. Is this due to changing listener ...
NPR

Pop music from the late 2000s is back — as 'recession pop'

You may have heard of recession meals and wardrobes. Now, we have "recession pop" - bangers from 2008-2010 gaining popularity with a younger audience. Let me take you back to the fall of 2008. The ...
American Songwriter

3 Pop Songs From 2001 That Prove Passion Was of the Era

The late 90s and 00s produced a lot of teen pop music. But in 2001, pop music got a bit more mature. These are three pop songs from 2000.
loudwire

20 Best God-Tier Rock Songs From the 1990s + 2000s

What an exciting 20 years it was for rock music between the 1990s and 2000s, filled with plenty of "god-tier" tracks that left their mark on music and culture. You can only hope that enough innovation ...
Los Angeles Times

Britney, Taylor and Beyoncé defined the 2000s. How they changed pop culture forever

Growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, Nora Princiotti lived two hours away from the nearest mall, so the Scholastic Book Fair was her lifeline to pop culture purchases. In fall 2003, the then-9 ...