Pop
MuseScore’s Top Scores of 2025 (#10): Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ Is Now a Modern Standard
Vintage Vibes Are Trendy: Strawberry Guy and His ‘Mrs. Magic’ Are Capturing TikTok
This Song’s Chorus Was Made for TikTok: Hook-First Pop Science by Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey
‘Golden’ Tops Billboard’s Top 100 Songs of 2025. A Closer Listen Explains Why
Mashup Mayhem: How a 4 Non Blondes/Nicki Minaj TikTok Remix Turned “What’s Up?” and “Beez in the Trap” into a Cross‑Generational Hit
Frank Sinatra Loathed ‘Strangers in the Night,’ Yet It Became One of the Legendary Singer’s Most Successful Tunes
You Hear It Every Christmas, but There Is a Good Musical Reason Why ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Is So Popular: From Modal Mixture to Secondary Dominants
‘No One Noticed’: The Song The Marías Couldn’t Ignore, And Neither Could Anyone Else
Memes Brought It Back to Life, but It Was an ’80s Masterpiece: The Real Greatness of Rick Astley’s Hit
Turning a Synth-Pop Classic Into a Neo-Soul Masterpiece? Yes, That Works and This Stunning Cover Proves It
As Taylor Swift Keeps Conquering the World, Another Major Name Covers Her New Song
40 Years Ago, One Song United the World, Proving That Pop Music Can Be Powerful
Tom Odell’s ‘Another Love’ Is Timeless: This 2025 Live Performance Proves It
It’s Been 10 Years and This Adele Hit Is Still as Emotional as Ever
How Billy Joel’s Early Bar-Gig Years Shaped “Piano Man” and Why the Song Still Connects Today
It Wasn’t Made to Be a Hit, and Yet It Became One: ‘I Absolutely Stopped Caring What People Think’
Everyone Knows About the Elton John and Bernie Taupin Writing Duo, But What Really Went on Behind the Scenes, and How Did They Create All Those Hits?
Everyone Knows This Dolly Parton Classic: But This Live Performance From 2007 Might Be the Most Emotional One
Rosalía Reimagines Pop: “Berghain” Unites Björk, Yves Tumor & London Symphony Orchestra in Baroque Club Drama
Halloween’s Unstoppable Graveyard Smash: This Song Refuses to Die Every October (and We Still Love It)
Two Music Theory Tools Adele Uses to Create Power and Vulnerability (and Songs That Will Stand The Test of Time)
The Minimalistic Greatness (and Edge) of Billie Eilish: A DIY Home Musician Who Reinvented Pop Music
