Billy Joel introduced himself to the Billboard Hot 100 with the eventual classic, and one of his signature songs, “Piano Man,” which hit No. 25 in April 1974. He landed his first No. 1 in July 1980 ...

Pop music was everything in the 1980s, but some of the singles we came to associate with the decade never charted on mainstream charts. The decade of decadence was saturated with the fads of the times ...

One-hit wonders are amazing. Somehow, against all odds, a songwriter is able to compose a track that, seemingly out of nowhere, rockets up toward or to the tip-top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And ...

These tracks didn’t just top the Billboard Hot 100—they stayed there, breaking records and setting new standards for success.