The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of ...

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 Fab Four made hay in the relatively short time they were together. Between 1963 and 1970, there wasn’t a year where they didn’t release at least one album. Add in hundreds of live shows, scores of ...

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 ...

Despite this, there are a few who did the unthinkable by creating covers so great that the originals seem obsolete. As a result, here are six covered songs that were more successful than the original.

Country music has been more popular than ever over the last few years — it's easy to see just by looking at sales and streams of country songs in the past 10 years. In music, being certified Diamond ...

The lyrics of more than 6,000 songs were analyzed. This is an Inside Science story. "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth," sings Pharrell Williams in "Happy," but the joyful sentiments ...

Days into August, the competition for “song of summer” is at its peak. The title goes to the most popular song between Memorial Day and Labor Day, according to data from radio stations, streaming ...