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 ...

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 ...

Tracy Chapman’s 1988 self-titled debut album comes charging back onto Billboard’s album charts (dated April 19), following its vinyl reissue on April 4. The Billboard 200 chart-topper and Grammy Award ...

“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 ...

Looking at some of the Billboard chart milestones The Beatles set in the ’60s, you can’t imagine a recording artist will ever top them. That list begins with the group’s 20 No. 1 singles released ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988.

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 ...

Thirty-one years ago sports talk radio show host Duncan Stewart climbed onto a billboard in downtown Nashville next to the interstate and vowed not to come down until the Tennessee Vols won a football ...

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the October 23, 1988, edition of The Tennessean. Tennessee's 38-25 victory at Memphis State yesterday elated thousands of Vols fans, but brought WSIX-AM ...