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Chris Molanphy
Chris Molanphy
is a feature writer and critic who writes widely about music and the pop charts.
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How CBGB Punk Reshaped Pop.
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How Instrumentals Become Novelties
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Instrumental Hits Are Earworms.
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A Singer Topped the Charts Bashing Welfare. Then He Denounced Republicans. What Is Going On Here?
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Bruno Mars Is a Hit Machine
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It Was Voted the Worst Song of the ’90s. Now It’s Barbie Canon.
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Lenny Kravitz and Bruno Mars Were Style Chameleons.
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The Pointer Sisters Could Sing Anything.
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June 30, 2023
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The Pointer Sisters Defied Genre
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Britpop Was More Rock Than Pop.
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Britpop Was Very British ’90s Music.
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MTV Spawned a Second British Invasion.
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April 28, 2023
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America’s Charts Were Invaded by the British Twice.
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April 14, 2023
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P!nk Bonds with Her Fans.
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Why a “Canceled” Country Star Has America’s No. 1 Song
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P!nk Remade Herself into a Millennial Pop-Rocker.
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March 10, 2023
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Hootie Were Descendants of R.E.M.
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Feb 24, 2023
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Hootie and Solo, Darius Rucker Defied Stereotype.
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