The list, unveiled on Wednesday, features 250 songs that the music magazine described as capturing "the full chaotic glory of 21st-century music, one song at a time" and shedding light on the ...

A single person, playing the guitar alone on stage in the middle of a stadium. It’s a fantasy — being an artist whose music and lyrics are simply so undeniable, so unifying, that they leap from the ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

Max Martin, a Swedish producer and songwriter, is the mastermind behind numerous mega-hit pop songs. He's won five Grammys for songs including "Since U Been Gone" and "Can't Stop The Feeling." Taylor ...

Madonna delivered her self-titled debut album in the middle of the summer of 1983. Ever since that July day 40 years ago, the undisputed Queen of Pop has been near the epicenter of pop culture, ...

Pop-punk music is still going strong, and look no further than Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits tour for proof. The Canadian singer, who broke out as a teenager in 2002 with songs like “Complicated” and ...

Earlier this year, a Billboard article described the failure of music industry executives to break new pop artists. A senior executive remarked on labels: “I think they’re all lost.” Pop stars—and pop ...