2025 was a thrilling, wide-ranging year for pop music, from the big-budget triumphs of superstars like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift to the mainstream arrivals of artists like Addison Rae and Olivia Dean (both Best New Artist nominees at the upcoming Grammys) to all things KPop Demon Hunters.

With its stripped back beat, whispery vocals, and deliberately offbeat attitude, “bad guy” flipped pop villainy into something playful and unsettling. The song’s massive success showed that unconventional structure and tone could still fuel a number one hit.

This year brought us new albums from some of the biggest artists in the world: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift all put out music that thrilled fans. And yet some of the most impactful pop music of 2024 came not from Tay or Bey, but from ...

Data firm Luminate’s music streaming data shows where the industry is headed in 2025—from 2024’s big year for pop to growth in international subscribers. [Photo: Unique Nicole/WireImage/Getty Images; pentortorpong/Adobe Stock; Emma McIntyre/TAS24 ...

What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are all game-changing moments in popular music. But the greatest single year in pop music history? We think that award goes to ...

Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it sounds like, a giddy retelling of some lightly ...

Modern pop music emerged in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. In its true form, pop music is a combination of musical types or genres. There are influences from the jazz era of the 1920s and 30s, ragtime of the early 1900s, and the ...

In 2025, girl group TWICE marked their 10th anniversary since debuting with “ Like Ooh-Ahh ” under JYP Entertainment. To celebrate, the girls released their fifth studio album, Ten: The Story Goes On, featuring the soft R&B/pop track “ME+YOU” and a video that beautifully encapsulates the unbreakable bond the members have built over a decade.

On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and meet-and-greet events for new groups who don’t yet have ...

Rob Reiner began and ended his career with the 'Spinal Tap' films, making the funniest, most emotionally honest movies about pop music in the process.