Sam Smith has turned heart break into an art form. The 27-year-old handles the infinitely relatable topic with a deft hand. And his voice cuts like a knife as proven repeatedly since "Stay With Me." He returns to familiar territory on his latest track "How Do You Sleep." The expertly crafted anthem boasts an impressive team with Ilya Salmanzadeh handling production and co-writing alongside Max Martin,...

UPDATE: Beyoncé expanded her "SPIRIT" video to include "BIGGER." Watch the visual masterpiece below.It's here! Today (July 19) is the day Disney's update on The Lion King races into theaters. More importantly, Beyoncé celebrated by unveiling The Lion King: The Gift. And the title is not an exaggeration. This truly is a gift, and we should be eternally grateful. The living legend (who voices Nala...

UPDATE: The "Fuck It Up" video has arrived and features a cameo from Nikita Dragun. You can check it out here.Today (July 19) should be a holy day. Why? Because Iggy Azalea blessed us with her long-awaited album In My Defense. The LP, her first since relaunching as an independent artist, is currently rocketing up US iTunes. At the time of publication, it sits at the number 5 spot and for good reason....

It really looks like Madonna intends to turn Madame X into a visual album. The chart-topping opus has only been out for a little over a month. However, the Queen of Pop is already on her sixth video. She kicked things into motion by linking up with Maluma for a blockbuster in support of “Medellín." After that came "Crave," "Dark Ballet" and "I Rise." Then she made a powerful plea for gun reform...

Carly Rae Jepsen treats pop with the reverence it deserves. The Canadian superstar spent three, long years chipping away at the followup to 2015's universally-loved Emotion. Along the way, she went through a breakup, traveled the world and fell in love again — and captured those highs (and lows) with remarkable clarity on 200 songs. Of those, 15 made the final cut of Dedicated. And each and every...

Armed with a seemingly never-ending collection of bops, Kim Petras has established herself as one of the brightest talents in a new class of pop stars. Since making her debut in 2017, every song she's released has been a gem. And this year the 26-year-old really took things to the next level. Back in April, she kicked off her second era with "Broken." What followed was an ambitious roll-out schedule...

UPDATE: "Spirit" is here, and it's a soaring ballad with a flawless vocal. Press play below.Finally! From the moment Beyoncé signed up for the live action reboot of The Lion King, fans have been holding out for new material. Those hopes were seemingly dashed when Disney revealed the tracklist of the official soundtrack. However, it turns out that Queen Bey is getting her own album. Well, kind of....

Lewis Capaldi is shaping up to be one of the breakout stars of 2019 thanks to a ballad called "Someone You Loved." The gut-wrenching breakup anthem has already topped the charts in the UK and Europe, and is a fairly safe bet to repeat the feat in America. (Streaming and download data suggests an imminent debut on the Billboard Hot 100). And there are more hits where that came from. The 22-year-old...

Madame X is a radical body of work, but perhaps not in the way Madonna intended. She rails against injustice and oppression with the fervor of a preacher, imbuing the album with a righteousness that is palpable. As brave and commendable as that is, the Queen of Pop's musical missives lack nuance. Rather, it's her complete defiance of genre that makes Madame X genuinely groundbreaking.From the promo...

New Zealand's BENEE (formerly BENE) caught lightning in a bottle when "Soaked" went viral in 2018. The fuzzy, indie-pop/R&B concoction racked up close to 20 million cumulative streams and caught the attention of Republic Record in the US. The 19-year-old didn't waste time recording her debut EP and FIRE ON MARZZ arrived on June 28 to glowing reviews. Which makes her decision to drop out of university...

Hozier joined the ranks of Ireland's musical elite (U2, Van Morrison, The Cranberries and so many others) when "Take Me To Church" stormed the charts in 2014 and 2015. The 29-year-old backed it up with a mega-selling, critically-adored debut LP and then spent the next two and half years on the road. Instead of rushing back into the studio, the breakout star found a bungalow in the Irish countryside...

One of the most exciting trends of 2019 is the increasingly blurred line between country music and other genres. At the forefront of this movement is Kane Brown. The 25-year-old recently lent his gentle twang to a remix of Khalid's "Saturday Nights" and then brushed up on his Spanish for a reggaeton remix of "Lost In The Middle Of Nowhere" with Becky G. His refusal to be confined by tradition really...