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 Bonus Beat: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

For the past week, Cardi B has been involved in a nasty back-and-forth with Nicki Minaj, and now it seems like rapper JT has a little something-something for Cardi herself as she released a new diss ...

The inclusion of "Up" and "WAP" — chart-toppers that have combined for more than 2 billion streams on Spotify alone — helps Cardi B claim an unusual milestone: Because of the streams its songs had ...

Thanks to the inclusion of several gigantic hits like "WAP" and "Up" that had never appeared on an album, Cardi B's Am I the Drama? was guaranteed platinum status before it was even released. On her ...

Ice Spice's manager is denying accusations that he leaked a heated phone call between his client and Cardi B, after audio surfaced online in which the Bronx rapper could be heard threatening to ...

Cardi B called out Ice Spice and her manager after a private phone call went viral, accusing them of leaking the audio to stir up drama. Cardi B accused Ice Spice of leaking a recorded phone call that ...

It took seven years, but Cardi B’s second album is finally here and counts as “a massive comeback triumph,” said Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone. The Grammy-winning Bronx rapper, now 32 and a mother of ...

Cardi B has officially scored her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Am I the Drama? Nicki Minaj allegedly came for Cardi’s album sales in a series of since-deleted social media posts, ...

Cardi B will never be confused with Michelle Obama. When Nicki Minaj went low in her wholesale denunciation of Cardi and her new album, Cardi went even lower. The “WAP” femcee dragged Nicki Minaj’s ...

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B's beef is back on the broiler, with the two rappers trading shots over album sales and dissing each other with Barney insults and rape claims. On Monday night (Sept. 29), Nicki ...

Cardi B’s second album, Am I The Drama?, has avoided the dreaded “sophomore slump.” Like its predecessor, her 2018 debut, Invasion Of Privacy, Am I The Drama ...