Reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 often is considered a crowning achievement for recording artists and songwriters. A song popular enough to take over the top of the U.S. singles chart has to be ...

On March 1, 1975, a classic rock song became a No. 1 hit, marking a significant moment in music history because of what it ...

With her second No. 1 hit off The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift joins a club of just over 20 members with two or more ...

Originally released in 1971, “Imagine” was written by Lennon and wife Yoko Ono and produced by Ono alongside Phil Spector.

Here are four classic rock artists who scored No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, including The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

Taylor Swift fans kept “hope-alite” alive that “Opalite” would become her 14th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, even ...

When all the numbers were added up, thousands of songs made the Top 3000. But only one appeared three times: “The Loco-Motion ...

In his book "99 Red Balloons and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders," author Brent Mann placed “Walking in Memphis” at ...

Here are three one-hit wonders from the early 1970s who topped the Billboard Hot 100 with songs that told dark or sad stories, including tunes by Vicki Lawrence and Stories.

Fifty-five years ago today, on Feb. 27, 1971, five months after her death, Janis Joplin’s final studio album began a nine-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was Pearl. Released on Jan.

Neil Sedaka, who wrote and sang on nine Top 10 hits including chart-toppers “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Laughter in the ...