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 circumvent that tragic scenario with The Drop — a cheat sheet (of sorts) to get you through New Music Friday. By now, you have probably heard Kesha and Macklemore's nostalgic "Good Old Days" and possibly checked out Gwen Stefani and...

Christmas sure is coming early for Gwen Stefani and her fans this year. Just yesterday, the 47-year-old confirmed rumors that she was readying a holiday album called You Make It Feel Like Christmas for release later this year. Today (September 22), she shares the title track as a first taste of the project, and it is a rollicking duet with her boyfriend Blake Shelton.The pair trade off lines on the...

After dropping a pair of soulful ballads, Demi Lovato ups the tempo on new Tell Me You Love Me buzz track "Sexy Dirty Love." The pop star was obviously listening to a lot of Justin Timberlake while recording the album because this wouldn't sound out of place on FutureSex/LoveSounds with its blend of old-school R&B and electro. "You're my new obsession, let go of any hesitation," she coos over Oak's...

Niall Horan unveiled the tracklist of his much-anticipated debut LP, Flicker, on social media last night (September 21). The 10-track album includes the Irishman's three hit singles — "This Town," "Slow Hands" and "Too Much To Ask" — as well as his previously-announced collaboration with country superstar Maren Morris. (She is also the support act on his upcoming North American Tour). The 24-year-old...

In this franchise, we look back on songs that deserved a little more love and attention.Before we begin, let’s get our facts straight: Kylie Minogue's entire career should have been bigger. America continuously snubbed the one true queen of dance-pop and now we have to live in a world where the wrong Kylie reigns supreme in the media. For the purposes of this column, however, we'll focus on the banger...

I could write an essay about the way Fergie's Double Dutchess rollout has been botched (these are my preliminary thoughts), but the project has suddenly gained momentum over the last couple of weeks with the release of '90s-house anthem "You Already Know" and the full "Hungry" video. It looks like she saved the best for last with "Like It Ain't Nuttin'." Produced by Black Eyed Peas collaborator Will.i.am,...

It can be hard to get your bearings in K-Pop, so we’re helping out with intros to some of the biggest acts.Within the highly-saturated South Korean music market, K-Pop groups are a dime a dozen. Largely dominated by male acts, the sitting queens, Girls' Generation, have reigned K-Pop for almost a decade and the odds just don’t stack up in general for other girl groups, of whom very few are able...

Katy Perry kicked off Witness: The Tour in Montreal, Canada last night (September 19) and it looks like a pop concert from another dimension. The hitmaker rocks a variety of crazy costumes — my favorite is the chain-metal dress and hood combo — while straddling cosmic props like a giant replica of saturn and what or may not be God's hand. There's also a giant basketball hoop, a futuristic motorcycle,...

Few pop acts have managed to captivate the world in the way that Lady Gaga has since debuting in 2008. She paired electro-pop anthems with outrageous costumes and a larger-than-life message of self-acceptance, brashly defying industry expectations of how female pop stars are supposed to behave. Her brand was all about excess and self-indulgence, and it worked without fail until 2013's ARTPOP. Instead...

Pink is rolling out a new album called Beautiful Trauma on October 13 and it's shaping up to be another tour de force if lead single "What About Us" and the cavalcade of A-List collaborators (Max Martin, Shellback, Greg Kurstin, Steve Mac, Julia Michaels and Jack Antonoff) are any indication. While we wait for the opus to arrive, now is as good a time as any to submit her discography to the revisited...

2017 has seen something of a resurgence in boy bands with newcomers like PrettyMuch, Why Don't We and Forever In Your Mind making waves. You can now add In Real Life to that list. Comprised of the final five contestants on ABC's pragmatically-titled Boy Band, the quintet has already been signed to Hollywood Records and released their debut single. "Eyes Closed" soared straight into the top 10 on iTunes,...

The Queen of Pop turns 59 today (August 16). It seems impossible that the evergreen diva is nearing 60, but age is but a number when you're as #unapologetic and young at heart as Madonna. To celebrate the hitmaker's birthday, I've whipped up a list of her most underrated singles. The focus isn't entirely on chart position (although that is a major factor), but also fan recognition and impact. As such,...