The song that has most influenced pop music of the past decade might be one released in 1984: Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire.” With a rhythm that was twitchy but not quite danceable, with desperate ...

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at the 10 greatest years in the history of modern pop stardom. By Andrew Unterberger (In 2018, the Billboard staff released a ...

With her explosive emergence in the late '00s, Gaga raised the bar for all facets of pop superstardom, while her continued evolution has kept her vital into the 2020s. By Jason Lipshutz Co-Chief ...

Sounds from the 1980s appear in modern pop songs all the time. Everyone from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift has made hits with the vintage synths and drum machines that defined the neon decade. Chasing ...

Avenged Sevenfold lead vocalist M. Shadows — the rock singer presumably deep in the final stages of completing his metal band's expected eighth studio album — recently opined that "pop" production has ...

Lana Del Rey is the blueprint for modern pop. Not just for mood, but an entire musical language we continue to hear today. When ‘Born to Die’ came out in 2012, it wasn’t just another pop album. It was ...

Modern pop music emerged in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. In its true form, pop music is a combination of musical types or genres. There are influences from the jazz era ...