The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...

The absolute best songs of 2025 include "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Metal" by The Beths, and "Chains of Love" by Charli ...

Rob Sheffield counts down his 25 favorite songs of 2025, including hits by Taylor Swift, Addison Rae, Kehlani, MJ Lenderman ...

Music has the power to move us, uplift us, and even haunt us — but sometimes, the stories behind our favorite songs are far more unsettling than we realize. Songwriters and musicians find inspiration ...

“Uncharted Territory” provides an entertaining and empirical look at how the Billboard chart has changed over the decades.

Teddy Swims makes history on this week’s Hot 100: “Lose Control,” the singer-songwriter’s soulful pop-rock anthem, spends its 92nd week on the chart, breaking the record that it shared with Glass ...

Remember the ’90s? If you do, here’s some news that might make you feel old: We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...

Any seasoned country executive can tell you that there's a certain secret sauce that goes into making a radio hit. A catchy hook, a relatable lyric, a little twang ... and well, if you throw in a few ...

In any artistic field, imitation is inevitable. Now, we aren’t saying it’s purposeful. Rather, we are saying that sometimes inspiration can lead to an accidental lifting or imitation of a certain hit ...

It’s wild that The Beatles would make it to this list. However, the Fab Four failed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the release of the 1966 song “Yellow Submarine”. Some have blamed it on ...