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News Articles: Genre: Pop

Benson Boone does a flip off the piano while performing his hit "Beautiful Things" at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. Boone was one of several rising artists who made their Grammy debuts this year with far more adeptness than most rookies.

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Gen Z conquers the Grammys

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar won the night's biggest awards, but the real takeaway from the Grammys is that a wave of younger stars has arrived on the pop scene, fully prepared to own the spotlight.

February 03, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
With <em>Cowboy Carter</em>, which also won best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she'd most coveted.

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  • Music

Grammys 2025: 10 takeaways from Beyoncé's biggest night

A rundown of all the surprises and snubs of the 67th Grammy awards, from a historic win for Beyoncé to show-stopping moments from Chappell Roan and Doechii.

February 03, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
English singer Marianne Faithfull in her Kensington flat in 1965.

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Marianne Faithfull, '60s icon and evolving pop star, has died at 78

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

January 31, 2025
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  • Annie Zaleski
British singer Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the U.S. billboard charts in 1965. At 92, she's planning a concert in London.

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  • Music

Petula Clark teases London show 60 years after 'Downtown' made her a star in the U.S.

Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the US billboard charts 60 years ago, on January 23, 1965, and stayed there for two weeks. At 92, she's planning a concert in London.

January 23, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
The duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in November before being swept out of the top 10 by the annual rush of holiday songs. This week, it finally rises to the top of the chart.

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  • Music

With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts

Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.

January 11, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
On the albums chart, the K-pop group Stray Kids debuts at No. 1 with <em>HOP</em>; the group has debuted atop the <em>Billboard</em> 200 with its first six charting albums, which is a new record to kick off a career.

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  • Music

Mariah Carey and K-pop group Stray Kids rule this week's charts

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.

December 27, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
A single Black Friday title — Taylor Swift's Target-exclusive physical editions of <em>The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology</em> — has sent <em>TTPD</em> soaring back to the top of the <em>Billboard</em> 200.

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  • Music

Black Friday sends Taylor Swift back to the top of the charts

Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

December 13, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson

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  • Music

The 50 Best Albums Of 2024

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.

December 02, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
A Brooklyn priest allowed Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video inside his church last year. The ensuing controversy kicked off an investigation that uncovered what the diocese calls a "pattern of serious violations" of its policies.

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  • National

How a Sabrina Carpenter song led to a priest's demotion for mishandling church funds

Officials say Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was disciplined for mishandling $1.9 million in parish funds. He faced scrutiny last year for letting Carpenter film a music video at his Brooklyn church.

November 20, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Juan Luis Guerra won both record and album of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards Thursday in Miami.

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  • Music

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins big at the 25th Latin Grammys

On Thursday, Miami hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. Artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4.40, who won for record of the year and album of the year, plus producer Edgar Barrera, gathered the most awards of the night.

November 16, 2024
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  • Felix Contreras
Chappell Roan, seen here performing earlier this year in Tennessee, received six Grammy nominations Friday.

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  • Music

2025 Grammy nominations: The complete list

Read the list of nominees for each of the 94 Grammy categories.

November 08, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/834546599/quincy-jones-pop-mastermind-thriller-producer-dies"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Quincy Jones' obituary</strong></a>

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Quincy Jones, pop mastermind and 'Thriller' producer, dies At 91

The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive.

November 04, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Tyler, the Creator's seventh album, <em>CHROMAKOPIA</em>, finds the artist deeply reconsidering his own definitions of maturity.

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  • Music Features

Bless this mess: Tyler, the Creator and the chaos of adulting

Musically, CHROMAKOPIA is the rap auteur's most confident album. Emotionally, it might be his most self-effacing, as it stares down a new set of responsibilities.

November 02, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Liam Payne, seen here at the 2023 premiere of the film <em>All of These Voices</em>, a documentary about his One Direction band mate Louis Tomlinson.

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  • Obituaries

Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, dies at 31

Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to a statement by local officials.

October 17, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Following her death, SOPHIE's family says she left behind a collection of hundreds of unreleased songs, as well as a follow-up album to her debut. But the album wasn’t finished.

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  • Music News

How do you finish a visionary artist’s final album?

The electronic music producer’s family and collaborators spent three years completing the album SOPHIE with the pieces she left behind after her death.

September 28, 2024
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  • Hazel Cills
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