Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by ...

2025 was a thrilling, wide-ranging year for pop music, from the big-budget triumphs of superstars like Lady Gaga and Taylor ...

Ten Billie Eilish songs that reshaped the sound and emotional core of modern pop. In a pop landscape long defined by polish ...

Donna Summer's empathy for a hard worker paid off in a major way. It led to her 1983 smash "She Works Hard For The Money".

Over the past 50 years, U.S. pop music lyrics have become simpler, more repetitive, and increasingly focused on stress and negative emotions.

Debating the merits of today’s popular music versus the hits of the past is largely a matter of taste. But regardless of your opinion on the subject, one thing is clear: pop music is objectively ...

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 — ...

You may have heard of recession meals and wardrobes. Now, we have "recession pop" - bangers from 2008-2010 gaining popularity with a younger audience. Let me take you back to the fall of 2008. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. Netflix’s animated smash film KPop Demon Hunters has taken ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

K-pop didn’t just dominate playlists in 2025 — it conquered the global stage. From record-breaking chart runs and sold-out ...