A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London analysed over six decades of music—with the help of AI—and ...

A study of the top five Billboard songs every year from 1950 to 2023—a list that includes hits like “Hey Jude” by the Beatles, “Vogue” by Madonna and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga—found that popular ...

Doja Cat confirmed that her next album, Vie, will return to pop, embracing synths and vocal growth. Doja Cat is shifting back into pop territory with her upcoming album, Vie, despite previously ...

This study examines diachronic trends in stress-related language, sentiment, and lyrical complexity in popular music’s lyrics from 1973 to 2023, exploring how major societal shocks influenced people’s ...

Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Center for Digital Music at ...

In the past century, the history of popular music has been analyzed from many different perspectives, with sociologists, musicologists and philosophers all offering distinct narratives characterizing ...