K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture but it has long been under-celebrated at institutions like the Grammys ...
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How K-pop hit the music mainstream

Will K-pop earn its first Grammy in 2026? Experts explain how the genre has hit the mainstream - K-pop is an inextricable ...
On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and ...
Major artists including BTS, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Beyoncé, and BLACKPINK are set to release new music in 2026, making it one of the most anticipated years for global pop, hip-hop, and K-pop ...
This post was updated April 3 at 8:28 p.m. Now more than ever, male pop stars are hard to come by. Female artists are taking the reins and defining the current pop landscape. Pop stars such as Taylor ...
I don’t want AI-generated music taking a moment of it away from me. Because it isn’t music. The utopian sales pitch that tech ...
This year brought us new albums from some of the biggest artists in the world: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift all put out music that thrilled fans. And yet some of the most ...
BLACKPINK's JENNIE won Best Female Artist at the 2025 APMAs with multi-winners including G-Dragon, Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, ...
A study of the top five Billboard songs every year from 1950 to 2023—a list that includes hits like “Hey Jude” by the Beatles, “Vogue” by Madonna and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga—found that popular ...
Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it ...
Modern pop music emerged in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. In its true form, pop music is a combination of musical types or genres. There are influences from the jazz era ...
Blending haunting visuals with undeniable pop soundscapes, horror-inspired music videos have become a staple of the Halloween season. From unsettling imagery to gothic aesthetics, these videos use the ...