The pop songs you love might feel so catchy they’re magic, but their ability to get stuck in your head isn’t fairy dust and sparkles: it’s melodic math. Music researchers use melodic math to refer to ...

There are a lot of pop songs out there that have flopped, and even more that have gained immense popularity. Some of the ones that flop end up being cult classics, gaining traction on TikTok and ...

Selena Gomez created a pop anthem so good that even Lady Gaga called it one of her favorite songs and praised it as the pop ...

In 1983 American pop duo, The Weather Girls, released "It's Raining Men," the lead single off of their third studio album.

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...

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A great K-pop song surprises you. It doesn’t whisper its intentions; it shouts them in multiple languages with a dance break in the middle. And in Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, those songs also have ...

Gloria Estefan is a force to be reckoned with. The Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman has had, and ...

If there's a crucial message to be distilled from the collected pop songs made by young women in the last few years, it's that boys can kick rocks. On the surface, "Man I Need" fits into that growing ...

It’s hard to talk about music, about the flow of chords and melodies and arrangements, when you’re talking about a pop song, because it can all sound a little technical and abstract. But these mystic ...