Not long ago, I was sitting in a café in midtown Manhattan with Beth Morrisson, president and creative producer of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP). BMP has been pushing the boundaries of traditional ...

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and ...

The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy is one of 2025’s most striking extreme-metal releases. Not just because it blends black metal ...

The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy is one of 2025’s most striking extreme-metal releases. Not just because it blends black metal with psychedelic tones reminiscent of David Bowie, but because it plays ...

Christmastime is unofficially "Mariah Carey Season," as the pop star's ubiquitous Christmas hit, "All I want For Christmas," is the most-streamed Christmas song of all time, according to Forbes. But ...

Shazam today announced it is rolling out a new Popular Segments feature that reveals exactly which part of a song is most popular with listeners. For example, the image above shows that the given song ...

In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Tonatiuh discusses the grassroots efforts he spearheaded to get "Kiss of the Spider Woman" in front of communities Hollywood may not always reach, ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Tonatiuh discusses the grassroots efforts he spearheaded to get “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in front of communities Hollywood may not always reach, ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

YouTube has revealed which songs were the most popular in Korea this year! On December 3, YouTube Korea wrapped up 2025 by releasing several year-end lists that looked back at trends from the past ...