We’ve reached the finale of this year’s #1 hits ranking series, and we’re ending on one of the strongest Top 5s of the whole event. It helps that I lived through all of these songs dominating radio ...

Welcome to one of the worst years in Hot 100 history. Sure, most #1 hits these days are especially crummy, but there’s something impossible about 2005’s lukewarm output. Considering how rich 2004 was, ...

"End of You," the powerhouse collaboration between Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante is Loudwire's Best Metal Song of the Year. In an internet-breaking fashion, the generation-crossing and ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

Polygon spoke with Hazbin Hotel songwriters Sam Haft and Andrew Underberg about season 2’s music, what changed from season 1, and what it was like working with the performers. This is the first in a ...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

The whole picture is right there from the start. In the first few seconds of "The Fate of Ophelia," track one on Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, a commanding drum fill sets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While at the height of their career, Deftones has doubled down ...

Ever notice how many songs follow the same patterns? Join us as we break down the most overused song structures in popular music! From classic verse-chorus arrangements to the power ballad formula ...

What if creating music wasn’t limited to the musically gifted or those with access to expensive studios? Imagine a tool that could take your ideas—no matter how unpolished—and transform them into high ...