A new analysis of popular music from the last half-century reveals that while the lyrics of chart-topping American songs have ...

Avril Lavigne was not yet an adult the first time she topped the Adult Top 40 chart with “Complicated,” her debut single. The song’s soaring melodies and country contours may have given it broad ...

Noname had originally intended for her third album, Factory Baby, to come out in 2020, but the pandemic and last summer’s protests for racial justice set the stage for a higher-stakes mission. Already ...