Before she wound up in Nashville and discovered country music, Kylie Minogue's 14th LP was going to be a dance-pop opus. The legendary diva sought our club-land's biggest names and cut tracks with the likes of DJ Fresh and Sigala. The latter even the jumped the gun and announced the collaboration in an interview with The Sun. "I'm influenced a lot by the Nineties so it makes sense for me to work with...

Robyn isn't playing games as she prepares to return to the forefront of music. The Swedish pop star has made a splash since announcing the imminent arrival of her new LP, Honey. Listing the likes of Prince, Donna Summer, George McCrae, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson as influences in an interview with Out magazine, the release gets more exciting by the day. Yesterday (September 24), she added to the...

Marshmello has the Midas Touch when it comes to dance-pop crossovers. After striking gold with "Silence," "Wolves" and "Friends," the bucket-headed DJ's hot streak continues with "Happier." The Bastille-assisted banger has racked up 100 million streams in less than a month and is sitting pretty in the iTunes top 10. With surging radio airplay and the arrival of an emotional video, it's destined to...

It looks like Zara Larsson's sophomore era is nearly upon us. Last month the "Ain't My Fault" siren gave a refreshingly honest update about the status of new music. “I’m really anxious about my music because I want it to be perfect for you and I want it to sound like — [smacks lips] — and the production just isn’t there 100 percent and I don’t want to release anything half-assed,” the...

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 Avril Lavigne's soaring comeback single, "Head Above Water," and possibly checked out Lana Del Rey's...

Cardi B is not going anywhere anytime soon. The hitmaker has landed hit after hit since launching her career with "Bodak Yellow" in 2017. She became the only female rapper to land two number ones on the Billboard Hot 100 when her Bad Bunny and J Balvin-assisted "I Like It" ascended the chart this summer. And today (September 24) she extends her reign even further as she tops the chart for the third...

Girl groups tend to have a short shelf life, but Japan's Perfume have been entertaining the masses for more than a decade. The trio's razor-sharp choreography and twinkly techno sound has taken them to the top of the Japanese charts and also made them one of the few J-Pop acts to break through internationally.Their latest album, Future Pop, is a tight, 12-track collection comprised of the distinctive...

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...

What delays? Despite rumors that Nicki Minaj's Queen had been pushed back one week, the rap legend's fourth LP arrived on schedule today (August 10). It may have been a race to the finish line - the "Anaconda" rapper said she finished the project last night and was still arranging the final tracklist this morning - but it was mostly worth the effort. On it, she reasserts her dominance and repeatedly,...

Ariana Grande soars to new heights on her fourth LP, Sweetener. It has been two years since the pop princess dropped her critically acclaimed Dangerous Woman. In that time, she has weathered tragedy following a terrorist attack at her Manchester concert and the heartbreak of a failed relationship. However, these moments made her stronger. The newly engaged singer rediscovered happiness, and her latest...

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...