MTV was no longer a novelty in 1988: It was the engine driving the music industry, shaping the Billboard charts and ... Child O Mine" topping the Hot 100 that September. Its success helped ...

Tracy Chapman's 1988 debut album comes charging back onto Billboard’s album charts, following its vinyl reissue.

Wink Martindale, who had success as a DJ, radio personality, game show host, and TV producer, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif.