Parents have long treated piano recitals and violin lessons as a kind of academic insurance policy, a cultural bet that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Stray Kids debut "Do It" on the Hot 100, earning a fifth career hit ...

Taylor Swift released an album so bad we won’t even talk about it. FKA twigs fucked around with EUSEXUA and found out… it got even better? Rosalía let her hair down from the Tower of Babel. Addison ...

“Who wanna rock with Jennie?” After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year’s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her ...

K-pop boy band Stray Kids has a huge fan following on social media, and each and every one of their new announcements makes the internet go gaga. On Monday, Forbes released the top K-pop artists, ...

‘Tis the season to put on some brand-new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered. In ...

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has chosen three new songs that sound nothing like the pop music currently dominating the charts. The first belongs to Neko Case, who has released her first ...

At what age should a kid ideally get a smartwatch? In China, parents are buying them for children as young as 5. Adults want to be able to call their kids and track their location down to a specific ...

Eleven people have been detained in connection with the deaths of four members of the same family from suspected poisoning in Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Monday. A Turkish-German ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

Holiday shopping season is in full swing, which means people are rolling out wish lists and stores are rolling out gifts. Unsure of what to shop for? Google released its Holiday 100 list, detailing ...

Local parents and families have a unique way to preserve their children’s homemade artwork thanks to Pop Goes the Doodle, writes Anne E. Hill for Main Line Today. The Wayne business, owned and ...