On the Shelf. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. By Tom Breihan 352 pages $24.66 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book ...

With its trippy video and full orchestra accompaniment, their January 1998 number one hit All Around the World owes more than ...

While plucking the 20 most momentous Billboard No. 1 hits over six-plus decades, music critic Tom Breihan skipped over no shortage of notable Georgia artists, from Gladys Knight and Ray Charles ...

US singer Alex Warren's smash hit Ordinary has notched up its 12th week at number one in the UK - the longest chart reign since Ed Sheeran's Shape of You in 2017. Ordinary, which the 24-year-old wrote ...