In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Disco didn't die ...

Beneath the platinum largesse, the '90s were an ethical turning point for the pop music business. This was the decade where capital-A Authenticity became one of pop's biggest artistic crises, a ...

“Everybody dance now!” If you were alive in the ‘90s — or have been on a dance floor since then — you’ve likely heard Martha Wash screaming those three words. But when “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody ...