Benny Blanco has been behind some of the biggest tracks of the past 20 years, including Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Rihanna's "Diamonds" Julien Hekimian/Getty ; Jerod Harris/Getty ; Unique ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...

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When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...

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This spring, the Cure will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their fifth studio album, The Top. Formed in 1978 by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst, the Cure have endured as one of the ...

The only thing better than falling in love is listening to love songs while you swoon. And there’s no one better to listen to in these moments than Taylor Swift, an artist who's made a career out of ...

Every songwriter approaches his or her craft differently, and there are, ostensibly, as many ways to write a song as there are songs in existence. But one word you'll often hear songwriters use is ...