Telisha “Nikki” Jones grew up steeped in gospel, blues and R&B. She sang in a choir and wrote poetry. But becoming a full-time artist was “never a dream of mine,” she said. That all changed in ...

Sudheer Babu & Sonakshi Sinha-led Jatadhara has impressed the audiences in Week 1 and has even attained hit status with it's Telugu box office collection. Zee Studios and Prerna Arora’s Jatadhara, ...

With Tamil superstar Vijay’s upcoming film Jana Nayakudu being a remake of the Telugu blockbuster Bhagavanth Kesari, noted writer Gopi Mohan has credited Telugu cinema for significantly shaping ...

KISS recorded plenty of memorable songs in the 1970s and ‘80s, but the biggest hit of their career was a happy accident. In March 1976, the glam rockers released their fourth studio album, Destroyer.

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...

Rapper Skrilla says his viral hit Doot Doot (6 7) is in Grand Theft Auto 6. The soundtrack and radio listings in GTA games have long been something of a cultural phenomenon, boosting plenty of musical ...

The producer has reached the top of the charts and won Grammys. As he embarks on the next phase of his career, he’s looking back on what he’s learned. Credit... Supported by By Jonathan Abrams Hit-Boy ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Drake, Ed Sheeran and Tyler, the Creator, are usually reliable hitmakers. But the songs they’ve put out this summer haven’t stuck around. Instead, listeners keep returning to a power ballad from 1998: ...

When most people think of Hozier, it's most likely that the first songs that come to mind are either "Take Me to Church" or, if they're new fans, "Too Sweet." The Irish singer became an international ...

Big-name artists don’t always announce when they’ve written a song about another celebrity, but fans usually pick up the clues. Breakups, personal feuds, and private relationships have a way of ending ...

Any seasoned country executive can tell you that there's a certain secret sauce that goes into making a radio hit. A catchy hook, a relatable lyric, a little twang ... and well, if you throw in a few ...