Pop
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
From ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ to Today’s Charts: Why Jazz Still Shapes Pop Music
Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ as a Full-on Funk Piece: How Scary Pockets Reworked the Disco Classic
From Bieber to Bruno Mars: How No. 1 Pop Hits Changed in a Decade
Sabrina Carpenter, With 6 Nominations, Will Perform at the Grammys (Again): How to Learn ‘Manchild’ for the Big Night
Bruno Mars Has Kept Classic Funk in the Mainstream: The Groove-First Approach That Still Works
BTS Is Back: Revisiting ‘I Need U,’ the Song That Changed Everything
The ‘Stranger Things’ Finale Sparked a Music Rush: How Djo’s ‘End of Beginning’ Finally Reached No. 1
How Harmony and Rhythm Express Romantic Uncertainty: Lessons from Olivia Dean’s ‘Man I Need’
How David Bowie’s Approach to Composition Still Resonates Ten Years Later
Wave to Earth’s ‘love.’ Is a Masterpiece, and It Sounds So Incredible on Violin
MuseScore’s Top Scores of 2025 (#1): Yung Kai and ‘Blue’ Capture the Year’s Most Emotional Moments
MuseScore’s Top Scores of 2025 (#3): Chezile’s “Beanie” Goes from Lo-Fi Indie to Solo Piano Standard
MuseScore’s Top Scores of 2025 (#4): Why ‘Die With a Smile’ Is the Ballad Musicians Want to Play
