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Pop stars can rise quickly from nobodies to A-listers. Regardless of whether someone is new on the scene or has only been relevant for a few years, pop success often comes with unseen work over many ...

Back in 2015, this hit from Justin Bieber was all over the airwaves. Surprisingly enough, this huge pop song was actually written by singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran. This is one of those rare examples of ...

When it comes to the last line of a song, writers of pop songs have an opportunity to do something significant, beautiful, devastating, or downright crazy. When it comes to the following tunes, the ...

Justin Lewis has set out to tell a history of pop music not chronologically, but day by day from 1 January to 31 December, uncovering important – or sometimes delightfully unimportant – things that ...

Although it took a long time for it to become established in the mainstream of the music industry, many albums define the early years of pop-punk. They stand out in the same way that some vital 10/10 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...