When an artist covers a song that's already popular, they always run the risk of facing criticism. But in these 10 cases, country artists were able to take successful songs from other genres and make ...

How can a song be too successful? Isn’t that the whole goal? Well it is until it’s earned, and then it can seem like more of a curse than a blessing. At least, that’s how many songwriters see it. In ...

Determining which song was Elvis’ biggest hit is a tricky thing. Over the course of a career that began with 1954’s Sun single “That’s All Right,” (which sold around 20,000 copies regionally) to his ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Beyoncé scored her first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with 'Texas Hold 'Em.' It made her the first Black female artist to top the chart. It brought her genre-specific Billboard ...

Few artists have remained relevant for as long as The Isley Brothers. No fewer than 44 years separated their first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 (“Shout-Part 1” in 1959) from their most recent (“What ...

Releasing a song involves more than just hitting "upload" and waiting for people to find it. Successful music releases require preparation, planning and effective marketing strategies to ensure that ...

Why do some cultural products become wildly popular while others fall short? Researchers Jonah Berger and Grant Packard investigate in a paper published in the journal Psychological Science, focusing ...

A look at the most skipped songs from 40 of classic rock's most famous albums makes one thing crystal clear: The music world is dominated by individual songs now. Streaming services such as Spotify ...