EDIT: The post has been updated with Britney Spears' "Mood Ring." Listen to the Glory bonus track below. More justice for Glory! After unveiling new cover art, Britney Spears is now putting "Mood Ring" on all streaming services (it arrives on May 29). The song was originally only released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Glory, so this will be the first time that most fans can legally access...

Lady Gaga's much-anticipated Chromatica drops tomorrow (May 29), but Little Monsters can blast a new song from the album while they wait. "Sour Candy," the superstar's collaboration with BLACKPINK, is here and it's a '90s-inspired house banger. And no, you're not imagining things. It does sound a hell of lot like Katy Perry's "Swish Swish" due to both songs sampling Mary Jane Coles' "What They Say."...

After testing the waters as an independent artist, Pia Mia returns to the major label fold with "Princess." An empowering banger built around a clever sample of Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," the 23-year-old's latest single is an antidote for the doom and gloom of 2020. It's catchy, upbeat and just a little outrageous. Guam's greatest pop export already has the followup in the bag (a song called "Hot")...

Since breaking internationally with "Dye My Hair" in 2016, ALMA has carved out a reputation as one of pop's true non-conformists. At a time when bangers sound increasingly cookie-cutter, the Finn brings a punk sensibility to the dance floor — experimenting with genre, speaking her truth and generally breaking all the rules. Her no-fucks approach is on full display on Have U Seen Her?. ALMA's long-awaited...

Mariah Carey released her 14th studio album, the amazingly-titled Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, on this day in 2014. And it underperformed commercially — at least by the vocal legend's lofty standards. The absurdity of the project's fate has only become clearer with the passage of time. Few records released in the early 2010s have aged as gracefully as The Elusive Chanteuse. The album's...

The five-year wait for Ellie Goulding's new album is almost over! The Brit fired up her social media accounts overnight to reveal the cover and tracklist of Brightest Blue (due July 17). The project will be split in two halves, Brightest Blue and EG.0. Ellie explains the key difference between the two in the press release. "[The first half] reflects my vulnerability... it acknowledges a complex world...

EDIT: This post has been updated with Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion's chart-topping "Savage Remix." See how Queen Bey's latest chart-topper has shaken up our rankings below.One of the year's most pleasing chart developments was Beyonce coming out of nowhere to snatch her 10th number one single. The game-changing diva added her heavenly vocals to Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," helping propel the song to...

After releasing two albums and half a dozen stand-alone singles in 2019, Kim Petras would be forgiven taking it easy this year. But the German pop star doesn't have an off-switch. Instead, she kicked off 2020 by bidding adieu to the Clarity era with "Reminds Me" and just-released "Malibu" as the first taste of her next project. A bright and breezy pop anthem that evokes vintage Madonna and Prince,...

In this franchise, we look back on songs that deserved a little more love and attention.After releasing three mega-successful folk albums (including 1995's all-conquering Pieces Of You), Jewel decided to mix things up by dabbling in dance-pop. It's never easy to switch genres mid-career, but the "You Were Meant For Me" queen made it look effortless — such was the brilliance of "Intuition." From the...

Selena Gomez first started tinkering away at the followup up to Revival in 2016. The superstar converted a tourbus into a mobile studio and invited along a group of songwriters and producers to record demos between concerts. Unfortunately, life got in the way and they were never released (with the exception of "Feel Me"). Since then, Selena has experimented with different sounds on a steady stream...

A slow-burn hit is one thing, going viral with a song first released in 2015 is something else entirely. However, that's the situation Melanie Martinez finds herself in with "Play Date." The punchy pop anthem, which started life as a bonus track on the digital edition of Cry Baby, exploded out of the blue in April after being embraced by TikTok users. "Play Date" has now amassed more than 80 million...

JoJo is back with the best album of her career, and she made it on her own terms. Good To Know is a throwback not only to the raw emotion of her mixtapes, but also to a time when R&B was more about setting a mood and telling a story than squeezing a couple of singles between studio offcuts. Over the course of 9 songs on the standard edition (there are 11 on the physical release), the 29-year-old takes...

Dua Lipa is the hero we need in 2020. And she's doing everything right. In a time of global uncertainty, the 24-year-old brings a breath a fresh air with the release of her sophomore album Future Nostalgia. Out March 27 (one week ahead of schedule), the collection provides respite from the glut of negative energy. Suffice to say, there's no sophomore slump here. Instead, the Best New Artist Grammy...

For all its nods to 2020's minimal R&B landscape, there's something endearingly retro about JoJo's Good To Know. Maybe it's the album's lean running time (it clocks in at just under 30 minutes), which is in stark contrast to the sprawling, chart-rigging monoliths being rolled out en masse today. Or perhaps it's just the fact that Good To Know is more interested in being a cohesive, meaningful body...