Flip through the gallery below for a look back at the past decade’s best (and biggest!) country tunes, from Carrie Underwood ...

The 2010s were rich with unlikely music stars. Everywhere you turned new names were popping up on marquees. Whether they were big-voiced singers, clever lyricists, or genre benders, the decade gave ...

When hip-hop was in its infancy decades ago, many people thought the genre would be a fad that wouldn't last longer than a few years. But over time, not only has hip-hop continued to grow, it's become ...

We love Kesha unapologetically in this house, and “Blah Blah Blah” is a great pop song from her “unhinged yet overly controlled” era. At the time Animal came out—and for years after, until very ...

It can take a while for a classic to develop. It takes years (even decades, sometimes) for a song to age in just the right way. You need enough time to have passed to obscure anything time-stamped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Grand Ole Opry has officially named the top 100 songs in country music of all time. Oklahomans have continued to decorate the ...

You can enjoy movies, and you can enjoy music, but what about when you get to enjoy them together? How often has a song emerged as a hit from a film? Or has it become indelibly tied to that movie? The ...

Music always seems to elevate with each new decade and the 2010s was no different. During that time, streaming platforms like Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Tidal truly changed the way music is ...

The lights were low at a crowded University party when the DJ switched songs. As soon as the opening notes of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” came on, students shouted the lyrics, phones lit up and for a ...

Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “The 2010s” looks at a turbulent era marked by political and social upheaval. Social media transformed society and streaming upended music and entertainment. It ...

From KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox: Arguably the greatest cover song ever done was Aretha Franklin’s version of “Respect”. She took Otis Redding’s lover’s quarrel and transformed it into a women’s movement ...