The pop songs you love might feel so catchy they’re magic, but their ability to get stuck in your head isn’t fairy dust and sparkles: it’s melodic math. Music researchers use melodic math to refer to ...

Not every pop song is a hit right out of the gate. An artist dreams of their tracks climbing the Billboard charts upon its release, but sometimes that doesn’t happen until years—or decades!—later.

Can you name these ’70s pop hits from a single line? The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected 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 — ...

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez just released a joint album, "I Said I Love You First." Blanco has produced and written songs for stars like Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, and Britney Spears. He also worked with ...

British pop singer Rick Astley had cause for celebration on Monday after his hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” reached a significant milestone “So who would have believed that after all these years ...

Bruno Mars, one of the most dynamic and influential artists of our generation, turns 40 years old. Born Peter Gene Hernandez in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1985, the multi-talented singer, songwriter, and ...

For every hit song that a pop-punk band releases, there are other incredible tunes of theirs that become forgotten, but they deserve to be remembered. As seen in the past with the classic rock genre, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. Beyond the U.S., the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack hit Number ...

Megadeth was on a tear in 1992. The band released their iconic 1990 record Rust In Peace two years prior, and continued that hot streak with Countdown To Extinction. The latter contained some of 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 ...