Today, January 6th, the maverick composer AR Rahman, the repository of raga renown, turns 59. Interestingly, Rahman’s son ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

Tamil Nadu’s ‘Deepam’ controversy escalates sharply as top sources reveal explosive claims: a Madras High Court judge allegedly on the DMK’s “hit list”, discussions on a possible impeachment route, a ...

We say something like this every year, but now more than ever, a hit song is more than just a song. They’re always the soundtrack for years or moments in our lives, but now they’re also the soundtrack ...

True longevity in hip-hop is rare, and in recent years, Nas has been showing the culture how it’s done. When the world shut down at the start of this decade, he opened up. COVID and pandemic be damned ...

The producer has reached the top of the charts and won Grammys. As he embarks on the next phase of his career, he’s looking back on what he’s learned. Credit... Supported by By Jonathan Abrams Hit-Boy ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Have you ever wondered about the time and energy that go into songwriting? Some masterpieces take months to create, while others are finished within a few hours. Whether just the lyrics, the melody, ...

Benny Blanco has been behind some of the biggest tracks of the past 20 years, including Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and Rihanna's "Diamonds" Julien Hekimian/Getty ; Jerod Harris/Getty ; Unique ...

Dancing With the Stars is about to have its first double elimination in season 34 on One Hit Wonder Night — but what performances can viewers look forward to before the shakeup? ABC released details ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...