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Did Pop Music Used to Be Better?

August 13, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

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Digging through this week's top ten from the last five decades— the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, and today— Louie and Russ try to figure if pop music, at least the songs that reach the summit of the Billboard Hot 100, used to be better.

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