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Project X Is Just About To Lose Its Mind

mmatos | October 17, 2007 1:15 am
mmatos | October 17, 2007 1:15 am

grapevine.jpgAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he counts down the best and worst charts of the 1960s:

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Project X Has Been Downhearted, Baby

mmatos | October 1, 2007 3:45 am
mmatos | October 1, 2007 3:45 am


As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he travels back to his least favorite year of the ’90s, and said year’s attendant Modern Rock Top 10:

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Project X Goes Bridge And Tunnel

mmatos | September 19, 2007 1:00 am
mmatos | September 19, 2007 1:00 am

ministryofsound.jpgAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he tackles the Sept. 22 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Top 10 and finds himself stranded in a very cheesy 1997:

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Project X Misses The Summer Like A Child Misses His Blan-ket

mmatos | September 5, 2007 1:40 am
mmatos | September 5, 2007 1:40 am

fergiecandies.gifAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he tackles the Sept. 8 Billboard Top 10 and catches its No. 1 up close and impersonal:

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Project X Fires Up The DeLorean

mmatos | August 27, 2007 11:00 am
mmatos | August 27, 2007 11:00 am

As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he tackles the best top 10 of 1957:

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Project X Goes Hollywood

mmatos | August 6, 2007 2:50 am
mmatos | August 6, 2007 2:50 am

Bye-Bye-Birdie-Poster-C10126145.jpgAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he cracks open the classic Marshall Crenshaw-edited book Hollywood Rock: A Guide to Rock’n’Roll in the Movies and looks at the book’s 10 highest-ranking movies released between 1959 and 1964:

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Living Large In The Superclubs Of 1999

mmatos | July 23, 2007 1:00 am
mmatos | July 23, 2007 1:00 am

rendez.jpgAs part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he breaks down the departed British dance magazine Muzik‘s Top 10 Singles of 1999:

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Bringing The Family Along

mmatos | July 9, 2007 4:30 am
mmatos | July 9, 2007 4:30 am

As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he sits down with his family and a recent Billboard Hot 100:

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The Happy, Sad, And Corny Sides Of The Country Top 10

mmatos | June 28, 2007 3:20 am
mmatos | June 28, 2007 3:20 am

As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he sorts through the June 30 issue of Billboard‘s country chart:

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Project X: The Nineties Were Both Better <em>And</em> Worse Than You Remember

Brian Raftery | June 11, 2007 3:51 am
Brian Raftery | June 11, 2007 3:51 am

As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he sorts through the best and worst Billboard singles lists from the ’90s:

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