Michael's Top 40

DATE WEEKS October 26, 2002 4 I don't remember where I was when I learned Kurt Cobain had died. Actually, I don't even remember being aware of the news when it happened. I was in second grade at the time, and was just beginning to dip my toes in the pop music world. Artists like Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows, and the Cranberries were who I was starting to obsess over. I don't think I had heard Nirvana's music when it was current, and I'm not sure what 7-year-old me would'v

I don't need to tell you how polarizing Coldplay have become in the 20-plus years they've been in the public eye. It wasn't always this...

DATE WEEKS October 5, 2002 2 Eurodance enjoyed a serious moment with me in the early 2000s. It was starting to break through overall in...

Why was this year so fucking weird? Of course, it wasn't all bad by any stretch. I checked off new locations in my travelogue, and...

If you looked at the music charts at the beginning of the 21st century, it was a rather apolitical landscape. Then came the September 11...