If you were hoping for the pop madness of 2024 to slow down and start making sense: good luck, babe! Because there has never, ever, been a pop year like the hot-not-pretty mess that was 2024. Week to ...

Mark Cuban, Jesse Itzler, and CEOs of companies including Olipop and Solidcore shared the songs that get them energized.

Sad country Christmas songs make me happy. But there's one in particular that I can't hardly listen to without crying, and that would be Kacey Musgraves' original song, "Christmas Makes Me Cry," which ...

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

Even in his earliest songs with The Beatles, George Harrison came at his writing from a different angle than John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He was more interested in telling it like it was than in ...

These two reconvened on Zoom with Variety to talk through the background and making of the song, their first real collaboration after a two-decade mutual fandom and friendship. Naturally, “Never Too ...

British singer-songwriter Griff’s newest single “Miss Me Too” is a powerful reflection on finding yourself after heartbreak. With poignant lyrics set to her signature electro-pop sound, the track is ...

The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today. Matt Farley has released thousands of songs with the goal of producing a result to match ...

Each week, we use this column to break down major takeaways from the latest Billboard albums and singles charts. But it seems like a good week to break down a larger question about the charts circa ...

Only a few rare songs ever turn into pop classics. But this one turned into a classic twice. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” has one of the longest, weirdest stories in pop history. In the 1970s, it ...

The beauty of writing a song is that you can take inspiration from literally anywhere. You can also, if the mood strikes you, write about one specific person. Often, songs end up a mixture of both of ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...