When Miley Cyrus previewed her new album, Something Beautiful, for people in her orbit, they gave her funny feedback: The music was too good. Or at least, they allegedly said, it was too good to be ...

Jon Pareles After the conclusion (?) of his war of words with Kendrick Lamar, Drake briefly hibernated, then re-emerged with ...

God Only Knows,” written when Wilson was just 23, is perhaps as close to a perfect pop song as there is—and certainly the most beautiful.

The pop album of the summer is here. Addison Rae’s debut, “Addison,” is full. It is stuffed with bejeweled pop songs for the ...