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Star Wars rules, Disco digs in, and Pop turns inward amid ’70s malaise, with whispery ballads and crossover hits as TV trades realism for nostalgia and fantasy. Learn more on Chartcrush 1977!

Grownups begin embracing youth culture and The Beatles and Supremes are back on top as the Tet Offensive, assassinations and mayhem at the DNC fill TV screens. Learn more on Chartcrush 1968!

Viral hits dethrone EDM-Pop after the Hot100 adds on-demand streams while Maroon 5 cracks the code on radio and Billboard proclaims “The Year of the Newcomer.” Learn more on Chartcrush 2012!

Country and Folk crash the charts as Nostalgia digs in, the 1950s’ two top Females score their first big hits, and two versions of a film noir theme get to #1. Learn more on Chartcrush 1950!

Hip-Hop provides fist-pumping escape and Rock a shoulder to cry on as the Iraq War amps up tensions and Apple begins selling legal 99¢ mp3s on its iTunes Store. Learn more on Chartcrush 2003!

TV arrives and the second Petrillo ban bars musicians from cutting records, again! But new tech, leftfield hits, overseas recording and UK imports fill the gap. Learn more on Chartcrush 1948!

Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, MTV’s Total Request Live debuts, the iMac ships and Drudge breaks the Monica Lewinski story. Learn more on Chartcrush 1998!

Madonna becomes an icon, George Michael goes solo and video fuels a surge of melodrama on the charts as Pop’s top stars raise millions for the poor in Africa. Learn more on Chartcrush 1985!