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Fred Bronson has been called "America's foremost chart journalist" by the editor of Billboard magazine. He is best known for his appearances on American Idol, the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard magazine, and as the author of books related to #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Articles by Fred Bronson
214 articles
May 23, 2022
Looking Back on 30 Years of Sweden’s Polar Music Prize
By FRED BRONSON
May 15, 2022
In Record-Setting Fashion, Ukraine Rides Popular Sentiment to 2022 Eurovision Win
By FRED BRONSON
May 12, 2022
Eurovision Has Long Struggled, With Varying Success, to Hold a Politics-Free Song Contest
By FRED BRONSON
May 12, 2022
Heavily Favored Sweden and Poland, and Eight More Countries, Advance to Eurovision Grand Final
By FRED BRONSON
May 11, 2022
Ukraine and Nine Other Nations Advance to Eurovision Final
By FRED BRONSON
May 10, 2022
AleXa Wins Inaugural American Song Contest
By FRED BRONSON
May 9, 2022
Five Years In, What Do Judges Katy, Lionel and Luke Know That They Didn’t Realize When They Began Their ‘Idol’ Jobs?
By FRED BRONSON
Apr 25, 2022
Meet 2022’s ‘American Idol’ Top 10
By FRED BRONSON
Mar 22, 2022
How Atlantic Records Plans to Promote 56 Songs From ‘American Song Contest’
By FRED BRONSON
Mar 21, 2022
AleXa Is Repping for K-Pop and Oklahoma In ‘American Song Contest’
By FRED BRONSON
Mar 19, 2022
How Swedish Producers Helped Transform Eurovision Into ‘American Song Contest’
By FRED BRONSON
Mar 15, 2022
Why Kelly Clarkson Thinks ‘American Song Contest’ Is the Right Show for a ‘Divided’ Country
By FRED BRONSON
Feb 8, 2022
Iggy Pop And Ensemble Intercontemporain Named 2022 Polar Music Prize Laureates
By FRED BRONSON
May 24, 2021
'American Idol' Crowns 2021 Champion
By FRED BRONSON
May 2, 2021
Meet 2021's 'American Idol' Top 10 (Including a Comeback Contestant)
By FRED BRONSON
Apr 15, 2021
10 'Comeback' Contestants Talk Second Chance to Win 'American Idol
By FRED BRONSON
Apr 14, 2021
Harry Connick Jr. & Lauren Daigle Returning to 'American Idol' for Comeback Show
By FRED BRONSON
Apr 12, 2021
10 'American Idol' Finalists From 2020 Will Compete for a Slot on This Season
By FRED BRONSON
Mar 3, 2021
Mike Stock Looks Back on 36 Years of Stock-Aitken-Waterman Smashes
By FRED BRONSON
Feb 11, 2021
Mary Wilson Looks Back at the Supremes’ History and Legacy in 2009 Interview
By FRED BRONSON
Feb 4, 2021
Top 50 Love Songs of All Time
By FRED BRONSON
Jan 16, 2021
Before TikTok Inspired a Rising Tide for Sea Shanties, the Beach Boys Charted One of Their Own
By FRED BRONSON
Jun 16, 2020
15 Overlooked Gems From 'American Idol' Singers
By FRED BRONSON
May 15, 2020
Petula Clark Looks Back on 'One of the Pinnacles' of Her Career
By FRED BRONSON