U2 Charts Its First Hit Song In Years Thanks To The Band’s Surprise Project

U2 is now up to 18 appearances on the Official Singles Sales chart, the most competitive of all sales rankings for individual ...

U2 Soars Back Into The Top 10 In America

U2 scores a new top 10 hit as “American Obituary” from the Days of Ash EP debuts on Billboard's Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.

“When we go into that song, everything changes. It’s like God walks through the room”: The anthem that drove U2 half mad

“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes,” said Bono in Visnja Cogan’s 2008 book U2: An Irish Phenomenon. “The audience is on its feet, ...
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How U2 First Broke Into the US Top 40 With a Song Paying Tribute to an American Icon

U2's popularity outstripped their US chart success for a while. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" helped to change all that.
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This U2 Song Became the First iTunes No. 1 — and Marked a Major Turning Point for the Band

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...
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All 11 Songs On U2's The Joshua Tree Album, Ranked From Worst To Best

One of the country of Ireland's greatest exports of music is unquestionably the internationally successful rock band U2. Fronted by lead singer Bono and accompanied by guitarist/keyboardist/backing ...
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The Alternative Number Ones: U2’s “One”

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...