In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at the 10 greatest years in the history of modern ...

Justin Timberlake stepped into unquestioned solo superstardom with the best clothes, moves and songs of anyone in 2006.

Whitney Houston is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1986 for how she charmed the entire world with her voice, personality and ...

Drake was the face of hip-hop at a time when the genre was completing its takeover as the most dominant force in popular ...

Adele is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2011 for how she zoomed past an entire pop golden age with a one-of-a-kind sound ...

Riding a decade of slowly building momentum, Lil Wayne took his turn in the mainsteram spotlight in 2008 with the year's ...

This Greatest Pop Stars Sidebar looks at Phil Collins and how he became the face of mid-'80s adult corporate pop.

Pausini has charted 22 Hot Latin Songs hits, including four top 10s: “Amores Extraños” (No. 7 peak in 1995), “Las Cosas Que ...

Critics and fans alike have been raving about Ariana Grande ‘s performance as Glinda in the new film adaptation of Wicked.

This sidebar to Billboard's Greatest Pop Series looks at how dancehall's second wave made a huge and long-lasting impact on ...

This Greatest Pop Stars Sidebar looks at the greatest pop stars who were never quite great enough to be our No. 1 for a full ...

Billboard offers its picks for the greatest pop star one-year wonders -- the pop stars whose period of dominance lasted just ...