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Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Author of book #OldTownRoad. Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronounsâhe/him/his.)
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Published: September 10, 2026 16:11
Hey @tombreihan.bsky.social, happy mutual birthday to my fellow chart-chronicler. Here's a thematically appropriate bangerâif Billboard had launched the Modern Rock chart just 6 months sooner in '88, I'll bet you would've gotten to write about it forâŠ
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Published: August 31, 2026 21:26
UPDATE: I called itââJoleneâ reenters@ No16, âI Will Always Love Youâ debuts@ No27. (First #Hot100 appearance ever for the latter!) Iâm esp.proud I called which returning hit would be biggestââIWALYâ is more apropos to the moment but I just knewâŠfolks loveâŠ
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Published: August 30, 2026 14:47
A âfunâ read from @totcharts.bsky.social+a must-read for bellow chart junkiesâeven as it will not restore your faith in either the music biz or artist fandoms. I learned a few thingsâI missed that 6ix9ine leaked the #Hot100 formula & forgot DuaâsâŠ
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Published: August 25, 2026 19:15
Looking for silver linings on this sad, sad dayâwant to put this prediction out there nowâŠ
On next weekâs #Hot100 I look forward to this immortal No1 country, No60 pop songâalready her top Spotify trackâfinally becoming the Top 40 pop hit it has longâŠ
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Published: August 22, 2026 16:36
Doesn't take a crystal ball to see: my #WhyIsThisSongNo1? series on @slate.com takes another look at âChoosinâ Texasâ now that itâs about to tie an all-time #Hot100 record. Already #SongOfTheSummer, itâs pulling other country songs into the pop Top5.âŠ
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Published: August 21, 2026 22:58
And I sayâŠitâs all right. My latest #HitParadePod ânow live on @slate.comâchronicles the hit the Beatles left on the table: âHere Comes the Sun,â Georgeâs Abbey Road deep cut. Itâs now their most-played digital song, over any LennonâMcCartney jointâŠhow didâŠ
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Published: August 8, 2026 22:21
Itâs all coming back: my latest #HitParadePod ânow live on @slate.comâis about Canadian chanteuse CĂ©line Dion, training like an Olympian for her stage comeback. We go deep on her imperial â90s when she turned flops into smashes & supercharged theâŠ
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Published: August 2, 2026 21:44
I enjoyed talking w/Lawrence Peryer for his cultural conversation podcast @thetonearm.com. We had a wide-ranging chatâfrom Taylor Swift to James TaylorâŠwhy I loved Bruce Hornsby & couldn't abide Bon JoviâŠwhy Billy Idol + Pointer Sisters are greatâŠ
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Published: August 2, 2026 18:50
In @newyorker.com, the great @luxante.bsky.social on Daft Punkâs master single: âWe need âGet Luckyâ too, because we need romance, or at least hope. The struggle we face is not just political but existentialâŠwe need to dance and to love, so that we donâtâŠ
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Published: July 31, 2026 22:32
Anybody playing Catalogues, the new pattern-recognition game from @newyorker.com?
Todayâs installment (Fri 31 Jul) wasâyou might sayâup my alley. I got it in 1âif youâre a fellow #Hot100 chart nerd you will too.
P.S.One of the names in the stack willâŠ