Mikael Wood

La India, a la izquierda, y Víctor Manuelle cantan en la ceremonia del Premio Lo Nuestro el jueves 18 de febrero de 2021 en el AmericanAirlines Arena en Miami.

¿Por qué Olivia Rodrigo domina los Billboard con ‘Drivers License’?

February 25, 2021 at 4:57 p.m.

Antes incluso de haber interpretado una letra, Olivia Rodrigo, con el corazón roto y ansiosa por revolcarse en ella, ha llamado al oyente a lo profundo de su espacio personal....

Olivia Rodrigo poses at the Disney + launch event promoting "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" at the London West Hollywood hotel on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 in West Hollywood, Calif.

How did ‘Drivers License’ become the song of 2021? By exalting in the power of teen-girl melodrama

February 25, 2021 at 12:57 p.m.

Before she's even sung a word, Olivia Rodrigo — newly heartbroken and eager to wallow in it — has beckoned the listener deep into her personal space. "Drivers License," the...

Review: Taylor Swift’s remade ‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’ is still a classic, just now all hers

February 12, 2021 at 12:42 p.m.

Thirteen years ago, Taylor Swift opened her song "Love Story" with a memory: "We were both young when I first saw you," the precocious country star, then 18, sang in...

‘Tapestry’ at 50: How Carole King ‘bet on herself’ to record a singer-songwriter classic

February 5, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

In January 1971, Carole King — a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles — entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of...

Morgan Wallen accepts and award onstage during the The 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville's Music City Center on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Review: On 30 (!)-song album, good ol’ dude Morgan Wallen stakes claim as country’s new superstar

January 8, 2021 at 3:13 p.m.

Given all the trouble Morgan Wallen got himself into while drinking last year, you might be surprised to discover how many of the songs on his new double album, "Dangerous,"...

In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Megan Thee Stallion attends Variety's Hitmakers Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif.

The traumatic, transformative year of Megan Thee Stallion

December 17, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

Megan Thee Stallion didn't realize she had a thick Texas accent until she left her hometown of Houston. "Words that I can understand and that the people around me can...

Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry on September 16, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Review: Taylor Swift’s surprise LP ‘Evermore’ is more — and less — ‘Folklore’

December 11, 2020 at 9:40 p.m.

Call it "Use Your Seclusion II." Less than five months after Taylor Swift dropped "Folklore" — the blockbuster made-in-quarantine album that reintroduced this country-turned-pop star as an introspective indie balladeer...

The 50 best songs of 2020

December 10, 2020 at 4:17 p.m.

Looking back years from now, we may or may not remember how we encountered the songs that defined 2020 — on the radio, on a streaming service, on TikTok as...

US musician Benny Blanco attends the 2019 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 13, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Benny Blanco on his new song with Juice Wrld: ‘It’s hard to listen to now’

December 3, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Benny Blanco says he's not the type to seek out opportunities to appear onstage in front of tens of thousands of people. But that's exactly what the producer and songwriter...

This cover image released by 300 Entertainment shows "Good News" a debut album by Megan Thee Stallion releasing on Friday. (300 Entertainment via AP)

Megan Thee Stallion addresses shooting, and more, on new album ‘Good News’

November 20, 2020 at 6:12 p.m.

"Good News" is here. Near the end of a year in which she's dominated pop culture — yet also faced trouble she likely couldn't have imagined just a few months...

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