Belanova’s 'Dulce Beat' captured Mexico’s 2000s synthpop moment with hits like 'Rosa Pastel' and 'Por Ti.' It still sounds ...

If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

Turn on the radio, open Spotify, or scroll through Instagram reels—Punjabi pop is everywhere. And not just in Punjab. From ...

Zoë Montana Hoetzel, better known by her stage name Zolita, is a rising star in the American music scene. Her unique blend of morbidly storied alt-pop, infused with themes of witchcraft, religion and ...

While rookie girl groups impressed like no other when it came to K-pop in 2022, they were not the only ones cementing a place in the year’s best music. Veteran performers like Girls’ Generation’s ...

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Pop Smoke wasn't the pioneer of the rising hip-hop sub-genre known as Brooklyn drill music, but he is definitely responsible for helping push the fledgling brand of rap music into the mainstream. A ...

While pop music has origins as far back as the 1920s, it didn't really take shape as a genre until the 1950s. In the decades that followed, the term was largely used to denote a specific type of ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Beat It” proved that the King of Pop could be the King of Rock when he wanted to be. While “Beat It” has an iconic music video, it isn’t Jackson’s best rock tune. It might not even ...

When Sean Kingston released his 2011 song “Beat It,” he faced an uphill battle. The title of the track, so closely tied to Michael Jackson‘s iconic 1982 hit “Beat It” from his album Thriller, was ...

The cameras are rolling from the first moments of CIX’s movie-themed love song “Cinema”—quite literally, as a voice announces, “ready” and “action!” Bright synth notes kick in as the five-member group ...

Like in any other year, K-pop in 2021 can’t be defined by a single sound or message. Soloists and groups continued pushing the bounds of genre within Korean pop music as they experimented with ...