Britney Spears‘ debut single “…Baby One More Time” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 the week of Jan. 30, 1999, kicking off a year that radically transformed modern pop. “Baby” spent a mere two weeks on top, ...

“For us, this is the launch of a signature artist,” then-RCA Records marketing vp Nick Cucci mused in the July 24, 1999, Billboard issue of Christina Aguilera, whose eponymous debut album arrived a ...

Underneath that headline, Fred Bronson wrote in the Chart Beat column in the March 13, 1999, Billboard, “The big question this issue is whether you looked here first or at the Billboard Hot 100 to ...

“I’m a singer who acts,” Jennifer Love Hewitt told Billboard in 2002. “It’s my spirit. I feel alive when I do it. I love acting, but it came unexpected in my life. Singing has always been a part of me ...

Taylor Swift is breaking records with her latest album, Life of a Showgirl, but it may surprise some to learn that there's someone else breaking records right along with her. Martin has also worked ...