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 ...

See what Billboard wrote about "Monster Mash," "Thriller" and more when they first dropped.

In 1988, a band already riding high on a string of successes released their fourth album, which went on to shatter Billboard records by producing more Top 10 hits than any rock album before it. Bon ...

On this day (October 8) in 1988, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon left the Billboard 200 albums chart after 741 weeks. The album’s 15-year run on the tally set a record. Then, more than two decades ...

(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 ...

“Many Nashville publishers sold their firms, then cried swampfulls of crocodile tears all the way to the bank when they suddenly became multimillionaires.” That’s a 1988 hot take on country’s ...

Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car” and her self-titled debut album just got another bump up the charts thanks to her Sunday drive-through at the Grammy Awards. The original “Fast Car” singer had the ...