Chris Molanphy: One Chart to Rule Them All

Spotlight On by Lawrence Peryer

Aug 2, 202648:24Music

This week we're putting The Tonearm 's needle on pop-chart analyst Chris Molanphy . For almost a decade, Chris has hosted Hit Parade , Slate 's monthly show on the history behind the Billboard charts. He also writes Slat...

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