Music has the power to move us, uplift us, and even haunt us — but sometimes, the stories behind our favorite songs are far more unsettling than we realize. Songwriters and musicians find inspiration ...

Teddy Swims makes history on this week’s Hot 100: “Lose Control,” the singer-songwriter’s soulful pop-rock anthem, spends its 92nd week on the chart, breaking the record that it shared with Glass ...

While pop music was all the rage in the mid-80s, there were female-fronted classic rock bands who earned No. 1 hit songs in ...

Ninety years ago today, the singer/songwriter who infused humor into hits that have remained popular for generations was born in Texas.

Remember the ’90s? If you do, here’s some news that might make you feel old: We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed ...

Ever wonder what your favorite chart-topper would sound like if someone else had sung it? Many of the biggest hits in music history were actually written or recorded with completely different artists ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...

"Nothin'," the new single by Guns N’ Roses, debuts on three Billboard charts this week. The song brings the band to a new low ...

When we listen to a song on the radio or in a soundtrack, we tend to assume the voice we’re hearing is the same person who brought the song into existence. In reality, many steps need to happen before ...

There are a lot of songs that you might have no idea were written for, or at least released in conjunction with a movie. Sometimes, those songs end up being more successful than the movie itself, but ...