Peter Gabriel is following his 2023 comeback album, i/o, with the new collection, o/i. He also announced lead single "Been ...

Kendrick Lamar ’s GNX has been crowned the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025.

The Stockholm post-hardcore band Feels Like Heaven features three members of Speedway, but their music diverges slightly from ...

A fan of Lopatin’s early ambient releases, Josh Safdie contacted him while working out the sonic and emotional landscape of ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

The Weeknd partnered with Lyric Capital Group on a catalog venture while retaining creative control and shareholder rights through 2025.

Even for the highest-grossing male solo artist in history, a $1B catalog deal is a massive shift. Here is what it means for The Weeknd’s future.

The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, just made a significant move in music industry, and he did it on his own terms. The “Can’t Feel My Face” singer has secured a first-of-its-kind partnership with Lyric ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

On December 6, 1999, just 25 days before the new millennium, the Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit against file-sharing platform Napster for copyright infringement. Now, 25 ...

More than 23,000 entries were submitted for Grammy consideration. Most won’t even get a participation trophy. Looking at you, Morgan Wallen and Kanye West, who continue to be kryptonite to the nearly ...

Global superstar The Weeknd has released the official music video for “Big Sleep” from his critically acclaimed album Hurry Up Tomorrow via XO and Republic Records. Directed by Gaspar Noé, the surreal ...