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It’s an end of year special!

On this day in 2009, Jay-Z launched his single “On to the Next One” from his album The Blueprint 3. It entered both Billboard ...

All of which is to say that if you were looking for chart-topping hits this year, you might’ve been disappointed, but if you ...

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