The last line is fairly important when it comes to penning good pop songs. For these three tunes, though, their final words ...

Madonna is the best dance-pop singer ever. However, Madonna still produced some of the best pop ballads to grace the Billboard Hot 100. Here’s a look at her five best slow songs. “Live to Tell” has a ...

Ballads have returned. The slow, emotional sensibilities of ballads, which had been overshadowed by the dominance of K-pop ...

With Christmas week just around the corner, it’s time to add some heartwarming and enthralling songs to the playlist to get the festive mood on. The K-Pop industry has been making waves all across the ...

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

Felix Contreras is on vacation, so Anamaria decided to throw her own kind of summer bash in his absence. With NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento along for the ride, today's Alt.Latino sails ...

Welcome to “Remember This Banger?” — a series in which we’ll periodically revisit some of Latin music’s most enduring and beloved songs. Thalía’s ‘90s hit “Gracias a Dios” is a Juan Gabriel-penned, ...

As the clock resets on New Year’s Day, many K-pop listeners follow a small but familiar ritual: choosing the first song they ...

There are some things that are undeniably American: baseball, fireworks on the Fourth of July, and Miley Cyrus. From America’s Sweetheart to America’s Nightmare to the latest mastering of subverting ...

Teresa Teng, who died in 1995, still has legions of fans around the world. Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette ...