Female artists took over the charts in 2024, and in 2025 they continued their winning ways — and added a new star to their ...
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How K-pop hit the music mainstream

Will K-pop earn its first Grammy in 2026? Experts explain how the genre has hit the mainstream - K-pop is an inextricable ...
A large number of international musicians make it big in the U.S. However, there are a handful that, for one reason or ...
Movies and pop music belong together. Both media understand the power of spectacle, the ability to turn intimate moments into mass media. By that same token, both media struggle with the outsized ...
BLACKPINK's JENNIE won Best Female Artist at the 2025 APMAs with multi-winners including G-Dragon, Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, ...
The 22-year-old pop phenom’s father is John Herndon of the post-rock band Tortoise. They chatted about songwriting, nepotism ...
On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and ...
When the realities of life get hard, does music get ... happy? “Recession pop” is currently trending as people reach for the music of the mid-2000s for a mood boost. And you know what? It worked.
Overall, musicians made their strongest statements outside the recording studio, reflecting the growing mass opposition ...