Bruno Mars, Jill Scott and Mandy, Indiana have new albums on the way, and a frantic tune from an anime film is No. 1 in Japan ...

The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. At the ...

Reports of MTV’s death may have been premature, but it’s still a far cry from the Music Television of yore. Some of our elder ...

Every December, a small group of songs returns to dominate charts, playlists, and pop culture. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has sold around 15.7 million units worldwide. Written by George Michael in his ...

This week, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" takes the record outright, as it posts an unprecedented 20th week on top of the Hot 100. And, given the likelihood of it returning to No. 1 — not just next ...

Of course, Sung-Mun Song had big-league aspirations. But he was realistic, too. He’d lost one season to the pandemic and had gone five years without an OPS above .700 heading into the 2024 season in ...

When this song was released in 1961, it was a pivotal time not only for Christmas music, but for America itself—culture was colliding with mid-century modern sensibilities and Christmas was becoming ...

“White Christmas” might be the best-selling Christmas song ever, but the song’s backstory has less to do with tidings of comfort and joy than it does with the tragedy of loss and war. Written by ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Known for its ‘80s nostalgia and supernatural goings-on thanks to one warped villain, Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), Netflix’s Stranger Things established very strong connections to music from its very ...

Some search for battle, others are born into it ...

Listen to the music played by DJ mOma's tracks selected for welcome music at the swearing-in of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.