Whitney Houston entered the pop world as a singularly talented phenomenon and quickly charmed the entire globe.

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at how Phil Collins showed how a different sort of ...

In the middle of the decade, Madonna claimed the '80s as her own, with a year that cemented her as the final third of early ...

After becoming one of the defining stars of the mid-'80s as the more visible half of Wham!, George Michael went solo -- with ...

Justin Timberlake stepped into unquestioned solo superstardom with the best clothes, moves and songs of anyone in 2006.

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at the greatest pop stars to never be officially ...

John Cougar Mellencamp is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1982 for how he exemplified rock stardom while it was still at top 40's center.

Blondie is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1981 for how the band defined pop cool at the outset of the MTV age.

Nonetheless, people loved it, as it peaked at No. 1 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. Furthermore, Billboard ...

Billboard has officially released the list of artists who made it on the Best Pop Star of the Century ranking. Hailey Bieber expressed disappointment over her husband Justin’s position. Deets!

Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording ...

Though the practice of loudly and proudly singing your favorite songs has probably ... song went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Guns N’ Roses’ only track to top the chart.