Country radio top 20 has zero female acts, for the first time since at least 1990
December 05, 2018
For the first time since at least 1990, when Billboard started tracking country radio airplay, there's not a single woman in the format's top 20 most-played songs. Also in the news today: guess which band are this year's most-tweeted artists, the Flaming Lips announce an album featuring a member of the Clash, Sunny Day Real Estate drummer says Dave Grohl has a lost album in his sock drawer, the Apollo Theater expands, and footage of the late George H.W. Bush rocking out surfaces. Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Lauren Alaina - "Ladies In The '90s", Sunny Day Real Estate - "In Circles", Night Train - "Live At The Apollo Theater", George Bush's 1989 inauguration concert