Listen up! Spotify releases 100 Greatest Pop Songs of Streaming Era list

Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 release "drivers license" ranks No. 1 on the list.
American Songwriter

3 Pop Songs From 1983 Through 1988 That Perfected the Key Change Finale

A key change can make a big difference in a pop song's success. These three tunes from the 1980s mastered the art of the key ...
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Staff Picks: 20 Pop Songs From 2024 That Deserved to Be Smashes

In 2024, pop music was defined by a combination of A-list releases - from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, among many others - and breakthrough moments for newly minted ...
American Songwriter

3 of the Best Pop Songs To Close Albums From the 1990s

Somehow this is one of the lost pop songs of the 1990s. But listen to it for a few seconds and you can hear its power. Many music fans poo-poo the pop movement of the mid-to-late 1990s. They say it ...
NPR

Pop music from the late 2000s is back — as 'recession pop'

You may have heard of recession meals and wardrobes. Now, we have "recession pop" - bangers from 2008-2010 gaining popularity with a younger audience. Let me take you back to the fall of 2008. The ...
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A new wave of pop songs are drawing on music you might hear at church

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...