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You haven’t seen the last of Justin Bieber’s Swag era just yet. Nearly two months after the singer ended his four year-long musical hiatus and dropped his seventh studio album, he surprised fans once ...

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Mehldau also likes to focus on his particular fascinations, and has several good reasons to make Ride into the Sun (Nonesuch), an album in tribute to singer/songwriter Elliott Smith (1969-2003).

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Blackpink is back. The group just wrapped up a run of North American concerts, and they shared a new song, “Jump,” last month. It seems like this might all be ramping up to a new album, and now, YG ...

This is a work of art.....While perhaps that displays my ignorance of the Asian music scene(I'm sure that there's plenty of great hiphop-meets-bhangra flavas going on if you mix in the right circles), ...

Taylor Swift is known for dropping Easter eggs in her songs and leading up to new album releases — but which of her album announcements has been the most elaborate? Swift made her music debut in 2006 ...

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Taylor Swift’s new era has officially been unlocked. After shocking fans with the announcement of “The Life of a Showgirl” earlier this week, the pop star shared all the details on what fans can ...