Two of the biggest and most talked-about albums of 2024 have come from pop artists crossing over into the realm of country music: Beyoncé’s April release, “Cowboy Carter,” and Post Malone’s August LP, “F-1 Trillion.” Beyond the most basic genre-crossing surface similarities, these two records could hardly be more dissimilar in their ambitions and how […]

Another year, another round of Grammy voting begins. Earlier today, the first batch of submissions for the 2025 Grammy Awards opened to the voting members of the Recording Academy, who will parse through the nearly 100 categories to whittle down the contenders. But before the voting truly kicked into full gear, many were already wondering […]

For much of 2024, it seemed clear enough that the contest to win the 2025 Grammy award for album of the year came down to a three-way contest between Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift. But as summer gave way to fall, an album that came out all the way back in 2023 surged forward […]

Among the glut of diss tracks lobbed between Kendrick Lamar and Drake earlier this year, one reigned truly victorious: Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which swiftly became an inescapable summer smash after it dropped in May. Since its release, the anthem has gone from a scathing shakedown to a hip-hop rallying cry, earning Lamar his first-ever […]

In 2023, Latin music revenue in the U.S. exceeded the $1 billion mark for the second consecutive year as Spanish and Portuguese-language artists like Peso Pluma, Karol G, Bad Bunny, Feid and others released pivotal albums that helped move the sales needle for their respective sub-genres. But despite this, only one Spanish-language musician was nominated […]