Pop is a term that has become as insipid as that other vile word the tech world uses: content. That vapidity has an effect on ...

In C major, the notes F, B, E and A form the foundation of what Danish musicologist Carl Emil Martin calls the “Gen Alpha ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

There is no shortage of great pop music in the world, but great pop albums, ones that have no skips from end to end, are a rarer breed. Achieving such a feat is something that’s reserved for the genre ...

South African star Tyla releases sophomore album APOP*, a 14-track project asserting that amapiano sound belongs at the very centre of global pop music.

You can do a Google search of what the definition of pop-punk is. That would be one person's (or AI's) idea of what the rock subgenre is about. The issue is that it would not be completely true.

Tyla has made it clear that she likes to party, but her latest album, “A*POP,” doesn’t feature the kind of music you would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. 2026 is poised to be a monumental year for K-pop, marked by ...

Feel there’s a chance of I’m In Trouble by Alessia Cara and Norah Jones ending up in traditional pop performance. Her improvised version of her own tiny desk made a bit of noise online and she has a ...