Pop
Lover Girl: Laufey's "Elegant Fusion" Earns ASCAP Recognition and a Deluxe Encore
Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' Was a French Pop Song First: Now Paul Anka Is Getting the BMI Icon Award for What He Did to It
Billy Joel Opens 'My Life' With Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' in New MSG Concert Film. Here's How It Works.
Execs Tried to Cut 'Moon River' From Breakfast at Tiffany's: Audrey Hepburn Said 'Over My Dead Body'
Arpeggios in BTS' 'Swim' Make It Feel Like Water: Dmaj7 Is Doing Heavy Lifting in the New No. 1 Hit
Why Elton John Went Minor on the Most Defiant Line in 'I'm Still Standing'
John Legend Wrote 'All of Me' for One Person. It Became the Wedding Song of a Decade.
How Carole King Used Suspended Chords to Write One of Music's Greatest Comfort Songs
Bruno Mars Broke Down the Three Genres Behind ‘Risk It All’: Bolero Rhythm, Mariachi Strings, and R&B Soul
‘MacArthur Park’ on Ice: How Alysa Liu’s Olympic Gold Sent Donna Summer’s Disco Epic Back to No. 1
How Sienna Spiro Turned a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Mistake Into Her First Billboard Hit
Lou Reed Would Be 84 Today, and ‘Perfect Day’ Still Holds His Greatest Contradiction
Why the Sax Line in George Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’ Feels Like a Vocal Line
Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Returns to No. 1 — and Its Classic Harmony Helps Explain Its Staying Power
Imagine Dragons’ ‘Believer’ Proves You Don’t Need Chord Changes to Build Intensity
Christina Aguilera Whispered ‘Don’t Look at Me’ While Recording ‘Beautiful’ — and Linda Perry Kept the Take
Smokey Robinson Wrote ‘My Girl’ for The Temptations, and It Became His ‘International Anthem’
Bad Bunny’s ‘DtMF’ Hits No. 1 After Super Bowl Performance, Driven by 43 Million Streams
‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ Started as an 18th-Century French Heartbreak Song
Alan Walker’s ‘Faded’: Why Four Chords and a Simple Melody Conquered the World
100 Weeks on the Adult Contemporary Chart: Why Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Still Connects
A New Song So Good She Opened Glastonbury With It: Why RAYE’s ‘Where Is My Husband!’ Works
