Lil Nas X's all-conquering "Old Town Road" rocked the status quo when it blocked Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care" for reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It's only fitting then that Justin could be the (not-so) secret weapon that helps dethrone him. The pop star, who has been hinting at a relaunch for some time, jumps on the remix of Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy." The track is already...

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....

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...

In this franchise, we look back on singles that deserved a little more love and attention.Things are coming together for Iggy Azalea as she readies the release In My Defense. Her sophomore album arrives July 19, and it is shaping up to be one of the strongest projects of 2019 based on viral singles "Sally Walker," "Started" and "Just Wanna." However, as we prepare to be slayed by the Aussie rapper's...

After dropping a trio of sublime EPs, Hayley Kiyoko's debut album finally arrived last year and made her one of the breakout pop stars of 2018. Expectations was a commercial success, debuting at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and spawning the hits "Curious" and "What I Need." It was also critically adored, making several year-end lists. As such, anticipation for the 28-year-old's sophomore LP is huge....

Update: It's here! Check out Mark Ronson and Camila Cabello's "Find U Again" video below.Back in May, Camila Cabello promised fans that they were in the midst of the calm before a storm set in. And she was not playing games. Since then, the 22-year-old has unleashed a deluge of new material. She started by collaborating with Mark Ronson on the emo-pop confection "Find U Again." After that, the pop...

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...

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...

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...

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...