150 Inspirational Songs and Happy Music: Feel-Good Hits, Uplifting Anthems, and Positive Playlist FavoritesInspirational songs and happy music can change the whole atmosphere of a room. A bright chorus, a hopeful lyric, a danceable beat, or a familiar singalong can help lift a mood, energize a crowd, or make a tough day feel a little […]
Happy Songs and Upbeat Music Read More »
2014 Grammy Award WinnersAnnounced on January 26, 2014Staples Center was the venue of choice in Los AngelesLL Cool J hosted, adding to his Grammy hosting repertoireThe eligibility period spanned from October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013Noteworthy Moments: Daft Punk won Record of the Year for Get Lucky and Album of the Year for Random
2014 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2013 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2013 Billboard Number One Hits list was loud, weird, catchy, controversial, and very online. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis dominated the first half of the year, Baauer’s Harlem Shake showed the chart-changing power of viral video, Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines ruled the summer, and Lorde’s Royals gave
2013 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2013 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2013 music was a wild mix of pop, EDM, hip-hop, country crossover, alternative rock, viral novelty songs, and big emotional ballads. Robin Thicke, Pitbull, Kesha, Icona Pop, OneRepublic, Daft Punk, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Avicii, Lorde, and
2013 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
2013 Grammy Award Winners The winners were revealed on February 10, 2013. The ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. LL Cool J served as the host for the second consecutive year. The eligibility period for the awards was from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012. Noteworthy Moments: Mumford & Sons
2013 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2012 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2012 Billboard Number One Hits list caught pop music at a turning point. Club-pop was still loud, indie-pop broke through in a major way, Rihanna and Adele carried over from huge earlier runs, Carly Rae Jepsen turned one phone-number-adjacent hook into a cultural moment, and Bruno
2012 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2012 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2012 music was a huge year for viral hits, dance-pop, EDM, country crossover, indie-folk, hip-hop, and big emotional ballads. PSY, Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, fun., Rihanna, Adele, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Gotye, Kimbra, and David Guetta helped define a year
2012 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
2012 Grammy Award WinnersWinners for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced on February 12, 2012.The event was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.LL Cool J served as the host for the night, his first time in this role for the Grammys.Music that was released from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011, was eligible
2012 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2011 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2011 Billboard Number One Hits list was a busy mix of huge pop personalities, club anthems, emotional ballads, rap breakthroughs, and the beginning of Adele’s major U.S. chart takeover. Katy Perry kept extending her Teenage Dream era, Adele turned heartbreak into the year’s biggest song, and
2011 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2011 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2011 music was a loud, glossy mix of dance-pop, EDM, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, alternative rock, and emotional ballads. LMFAO, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Adele, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Pitbull, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, and Foster the People
2011 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
2011 Grammy Award WinnersThe 2011 Grammy Award winners were announced on February 13, 2011.The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.Unlike many other years, there was no official host for this ceremony.The eligibility year for the awards ranged from September 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010.Noteworthy Moments:The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won
2011 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2010 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2010 Billboard Number One Hits list opened the decade with club-pop, electro-pop, rap crossovers, big pop hooks, and the first signs of the streaming-era music world that would reshape the chart later in the decade. Kesha started the year with TiK ToK, Rihanna had a historic
2010 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2010 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2010 music was loud, bright, digital, and built for the party-pop era. Katy Perry, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Train, and David Guetta helped shape a year where pop radio leaned heavily into dance beats,
2010 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
Sexy Songs of the 2000s: Mainstream Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Dance, Country, and Rock Hits The 2000s were not shy. Pop radio, MTV, VH1, BET, CMT, dance clubs, ringtone charts, and early YouTube all helped turn flirtatious, suggestive, and sensual songs into massive mainstream hits. Some were smooth. Some were playful. Some were dramatic. Some were
The 100 Sexiest Songs of the 2000’s Read More »
2010 Grammy Award Winners Winners Announced: January 31, 2010 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: John Goodman Eligibility Year: October 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009 Behind-the-Beats Trivia Taylor Swift, at the age of 20, became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year for Fearless. Beyoncé broke the record for most Grammy
2010 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2009 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-Topper The 2009 Billboard Number One Hits list marked the end of the 2000s with dance-pop, digital sales explosions, rap crossovers, pop comebacks, and one of the most dominant chart runs ever by The Black Eyed Peas. Lady Gaga broke through, Kelly Clarkson made chart history, Jay-Z
2009 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2009 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2009 music was a loud, glossy mix of dance-pop, electropop, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, TV soundtrack moments, and internet-friendly novelty hits. The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Jay Sean, Pitbull, Owl City, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kanye West, and Katy Perry helped define
2009 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
Top 25 Songs of 2000-2009 1. We Belong Together- Mariah Carey 2. I Gotta Feeling- Black Eyed Peas 3. Yeah!- Usher w/ Lil Jon & Ludacris 4. Boom Boom Pow- Black Eyed Peas 5. Lose Yourself- Eminem 6. Independent Women Part I- Destiny’s Child 7. Low- Flo Rida w/ T- Pain 8. Gold Deggir- Kanye
25 Biggest Songs of 2000-2009 Read More »
2000s Pop Dance Hits: The Best Club, R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, and Dance Songs of the Decade The 2000s were a wild decade for dance music because almost every lane of pop culture found its way to the dance floor. Pop stars borrowed from hip-hop. R&B records became club anthems. Reggaeton and dancehall crossed into the
Early 2000s Popular Dance Hits Read More »
2009 Grammy Awards WinnersWinners Announced: February 8, 2009Held at: Staples Center, Los AngelesHost: No official hostEligibility Year: October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008Noteworthy Grammy 2009 TriviaRaising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss was the evening’s big winner, snagging Album of the Year and Record of the Year for Please Read the Letter.The night
2009 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2008 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2008 Billboard Number One Hits list captured the download-era Hot 100 in full swing. Flo Rida and T-Pain started the year with a digital sales monster, Leona Lewis crossed over from the U.K., Lil Wayne reached the pop summit, Katy Perry broke through, T.I. dominated the
2008 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2008 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2008 music was a packed mix of dance-pop, R&B, hip-hop, pop-rock, country crossover, emo-pop, Disney Channel favorites, and early viral dance songs. Beyoncé, Flo Rida, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, T.I., and Lady Gaga helped
2008 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
Find the Right Song Title: Famous Songs People Request by the Wrong NameEvery DJ, karaoke host, bartender with a jukebox, and music-loving friend has heard it: “Can you play that song that goes…” followed by a lyric, a hand gesture, or possibly a full interpretive dance. Finding the right song title is not always easy
Top (Requested) Wrong Song Titles Read More »
2008 Grammy Award Winners Winners Announced: February 10, 2008 Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles Host: No official host Eligibility Year: October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007 Grammy Trivia You Don’t Want to Miss The night was quite a sweep for Amy Winehouse, who nabbed five awards including Record of the Year and Song
2008 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2007 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2007 Billboard Number One Hits list captured a year when pop, R&B, hip-hop, digital sales, ringtone culture, and viral dance moves were all pushing the Hot 100 in new directions. Beyoncé opened the year with Irreplaceable, Rihanna ruled the summer with Umbrella, Soulja Boy turned a
2007 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2007 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 2007 music was a ringtone-era mix of hip-hop, pop, R&B, emo-pop, country crossover, dance songs, Disney Channel favorites, and big radio ballads. Rihanna, Fergie, Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani, Akon, Soulja Boy, Carrie Underwood, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Timbaland, Taylor Swift, and Fall Out Boy helped
2007 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
2007 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 11, 2007Held at: Staples Center, Los AngelesHost: no official hostEligibility Year: October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006Trivia:The Dixie Chicks were the big winners of the night, taking home five awards including Album of the Year for Taking the Long Way.Not Ready to Make Nice, also by the Dixie
2007 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
2006 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-TopperThe 2006 Billboard Number One Hits list captured the sound of mid-2000s pop, R&B, hip-hop, dancehall, ringtone-era rap, and digital-sales momentum all sharing the same chart. Mariah Carey carried over from 2005, Daniel Powter had the year’s biggest overall Hot 100 song, Rihanna scored her first No.
2006 Billboard Number One Hits Read More »
2006 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Top 10 Songs of 2006 Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean SexyBack – Justin Timberlake Irreplaceable – Beyoncé Everytime We Touch – Cascada Temperature – Sean Paul Get Up – Ciara featuring Chamillionaire We’re All in This Together – High School Musical Cast
2006 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Read More »
2006 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 8, 2006Held at: Staples Center, Los AngelesHost: No official hostEligibility Year: October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005Trivia:2006 was the 48th edition of the Grammy Awards, and the ceremony lacked an official host, a rare occurrence in the show’s history.U2 dominated the ceremony, winning five Grammys, including Best Rock
2006 Grammy Award Winners Read More »
{{ excerpt | truncatewords: 55 }}
{% endif %}