Buzz words and fads aside, 2025 was an underwhelming year in popular music. Albums that morphed into cultural movements like ...

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In the late 1980s, there were four movie soundtracks that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. These are those four albums.

Billboard Korea compiled the ranking in partnership with Billboard based on each artist's achievements from October 2024 to ...

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