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“Overcompensating” taps into 2010s nostalgic hits like “Ribs” by Lorde and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” as well as songs from Charli XCX herself, including “party 4 u,” “I Love ...
Willie Nelson songs are essential to the fabric of American music. Whether the Abbott, Texas, native wrote them himself or interpreted the tunes of others with his idiosyncratic singing style, ...
So does Billboard — and as a matter of fact, so have countless musicians dating back centuries, with the season spawning a litany of beautiful song tributes over the years. And it’s easy to ...
Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. This week ...
Netflix’s “Pulse” just landed on the streamer, and along with it comes a jammin’ soundtrack and official songs list. With songs titled after characters and others that characterize the ...
Your favorite song sounds better in the car. Nevertheless, there’s an art to making the perfect mix for a road trip: You want some songs that are all about forward motion, propelling you down ...
Steely Dan fans love to debate every last detail in the band’s music, every song, every drum break or sax solo, from the caves of Altamira to the oleanders of Annandale. So let’s bring on the ...
As selected by the UCR staff, the Top 40 Songs of 1985 were both from the past and looking forward in their sound. The old wave made room for the new, and artists who dominated the charts and ...
She specialized in hypnotic ballads like “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” all Number One hits. She grew up a ...
They exist for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes the lead singer felt obligated to give the drummer one song on Side Two to maintain group harmony. Other times, they took ludicrous amounts of drugs ...
When you have to live in solitary for a year, with next to no contact with the outside world, how do you pass the time? Well, music is probably going to play a big part. And indeed it does in ...
In celebration of Valentine's Day and Black History Month, Billboard looks back at the genre's rich romantic legacy. When it comes to making love songs, arguably no other genre has mastered that ...