On July 18th 1980, Billy Joel held the top position of both the US albums and singles charts. His album Glass Houses contained his first and biggest No.1 hit, ‘It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me.’ The song conveys Joel’s criticisms of the music industry and press, commenting on new musical styles of the time such as new wave being mere rehashes of older musical styles. It also addresses changing trends and attitudes of the era. The single eventually reached Platinum status from the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies in the United States.

On April 27 1985, USA For Africa started a three-week run at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Are The World’. The US artists’ answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer’s of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

Some two months after announcing it at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift released her new album. The singer’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department arrived at midnight on April 19. And it was swiftly followed up two hours later with a drop of 15 additional songs. Swift previously shared the tracklist for her album in an Instagram post. In addition to The Manuscript bonus track, Swift later revealed an additional three bonus tracks, which will be available in different versions of the album. The singer-songwriter’s follow-up to Midnights opens with the Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” and features another star act, Florence and the Machine, on mid-album cut “Florida” Swift also worked on the album with her two go-to producers, Bleachers Jack Antonoff and the National`s Aaron Dessner.