1s in chronological order - he started with Ricky Nelson’s inaugural Aug. While Breihan’s triweekly column will ultimately hit on all 1,143-and-counting No. The column’s following has grown along with it, and even expanded to the site’s comment section, where several regular Stereogum readers are contributing their own parallel commentaries, tracking other chart-toppers and notable releases occurring contemporaneously. Despite starting as a series of short-form song reviews, “The Number Ones” has since grown into a set of thoughtful, funny and thoroughly researched essays - zooming in on the tales behind the hits’ creation and release, and zooming out on their larger place in pop history, both in the short-term and the long-term - tracing a non-linear but ultimately fairly comprehensive history of modern pop music in the process. 1 throughout the 63-year history of the Billboard Hot 100. The Number Ones, based on his popular Stereogum column of the same name, dives into songs that have hit No. 15), it will be that kind of historical compendium. And yet, when Breihan releases his first book (on Nov.
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