Big comebacks, creative leaps and multiplatinum records dominated the year’s greatest music, as you’ll see in the below list ...

Madonna’s Like a Virgin, Prince’s Purple Rain, and Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. raced up the charts. Also, future legends were emerging: Metallica released Ride the Lightning, The ...

Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch. By Xander Zellner Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for over a century.