Fridays can be overwhelming for pop fans. Every week you're bombarded with a glut of new music, which can lead to ear candy falling through the cracks. I'm hoping to avoid that tragic scenario with The Drop — a cheat sheet of sorts to get you through New Music Friday. By now, you have probably heard Jennifer Lopez and Bad Bunny's sultry "Te Guste" and hopefully checked out Ashley Tisdale's pop-saving...

Sabrina Carpenter truly earned her status as one of pop's most consistent acts. The 19-year-old has the magic touch, and her talents are on full display on her new album, Singular Act 1. Arriving today (November 9), the eight-track collection is jam-packed with bop after bop. Her Stargate-assisted lead single, "Almost Love" kicks things off. The edgy anthem is as salient as ever, but it is merely a...

Kelly Clarkson proves how much she deserves the title of America's original Idol with every move she makes. If you need any evidence, look no further than her awe-inducing cover of "Never Enough." The 36-year-old put her own spin on the soaring ballad for The Greatest Showman Reimagined. A sister album to the mega-selling soundtrack, it is comprised of fresh covers by several pop A-Listers. The Meaning...

Jennifer Lopez is really showing out of late. The reverse-aging superstar flaunted her famous curves in a stunning InStyle shoot last week and now ups the ante even further in the video for "Te Guste." It would be something of an understatement to call the Mike Ho-directed clip a visual feast. From the opening scene, which finds J.Lo stunting in a tiny bikini, this is one long, glorious thirst trap....

Bohemian Rhapsody, 21st Century Fox's long-percolating Queen biopic, finally hit theaters on Friday (November 2) and proved to be a runaway success — bringing in $51 million at the North American box office in its first three days. To put things into perspective, that's $6 million more than A Star Is Born earned in the same time period. That result stunned some commentators give the film's infamous...

Dinah Jane has a serious hit on her hands with her debut single, "Bottled Up." The Fifth Harmony member took the first step toward solo stardom with the unveiling of the bubbly track earlier this year. On it, she referenced some of 5H's biggest hits and showcased her own vibrant pop sensibilities. And it is all paying off. Since September, the Ty Dolla $ign and Marc E. Bassy-assisted bop has amassed...

A lot has changed since MØ (real name Karen Ørsted) dropped her debut LP, No Mythologies To Follow, in 2014. For starters, she landed arguably the biggest hit of 2015 as the voice of Major Lazer & DJ Snake's "Lean On" and then repeated the feat a year later with "Cold Water." The Danish pop star has also managed to drop a long, staggeringly-good list of singles including "Final Song," "Kamikaze,"...

Every so often, a song comes along that completely transcends genre and introduces an artist to a whole new audience. Lauren Daigle's "You Say" falls into that category. The powerful ballad, which conveys a timely message of hope, has been a mainstay in the iTunes top 10 for months and ranks as one of the few inspirational anthems to crack the Billboard Hot 100. Amazingly, "You Say" is only at the...

Rise up, Fighters! Christina Aguilera's highly-anticipated Liberation arrives today (June 15). With a discography jam-packed with hits, the 37-year-old's early releases rank as some of the most iconic of the last 20 years. However, her two most albums haven't resonated to the same extent. 2010's electro-kissed Bionic was ahead of its time but wildly uneven, while Lotus offered some fun pop anthems...

Iggy Azalea's comeback is in full swing. The rapper, who many wrote off after the atomic fallout that followed the success of The New Classic, recently returned to the Billboard Hot 100 with "Kream" and just dropped one of the better EPs of 2018. Not only that, but the Aussie hitmaker's new sound — a return to the aggressive, defiantly sexual anti-pop of her mixtapes, has struck a chord well outside...

Tori Kelly's Unbreakable Smile is that rare kind of debut album that stands out as an impressive achievement in its own right, but also hints at something greater. It had radio hits, quieter moments and soulful grooves, but there was always the sneaking suspicion that the 25-year-old's voice could soar even higher, that she could open her heart even wider. That promise finally comes to fruition on...

Five years have passed since the arrival of Cher's underrated Closer To The Truth, but her hold on pop culture is stronger than ever thanks to the most iconic Twitter account of all time and a scene-stealing role in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. The latter inspired the seemingly immortal diva to get back in the studio and record an album of ABBA covers. At first, I feared Dancing Queen might be more...