MTV was no longer a novelty in 1988: It was the engine driving the music industry, shaping the Billboard charts and molding the very image of a pop star. George Michael realized the depth of this ...

On Sept. 24, 1988, Dan Seals’ “Addicted” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It became the eighth of his 11 career leaders on the list. Cheryl Wheeler wrote the song following a ...

(Gray News) – After her performance at the 66th Grammy Awards, Tracy Chapman is back on the Billboard Top 100 chart with her 1988 hit “Fast Car.” Chapman released the hit single from her self-titled ...

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as ...