While the streaming-age unbundling of albums broke down the idea of what a single could be even further, the year’s best ...

With the release of Bruno Mars' new album 'The Romantic,' Variety takes a look back at his 10 best songs from his discography ...

A kaleidoscope of sonic innovations and bold lyrical statements, K-pop songs in 2025 have already proven to be a year where artists’ confidence in their sound and messages has an unmistakable, ...

Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 release "drivers license" ranks No. 1 on the list.

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).

Neil Sedaka -- who died on Friday at the age of 86 -- was a prolific, incredibly talented songwriter. He was one of the big names who worked in the Brill Building with others like Carole King, Burt ...

This is one of our favorite topics of discussion at NPR Music: What was the worst and best decade for pop music? We'll post a survey later asking you what you think, but I say the worst is the '80s.