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Music covers the people, performances and recordings that shape what we hear, from classic rock and pop to newer artists and regional industries. It also includes the stories behind songs, albums, tours and the creative choices that give them lasting appeal.

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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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3 Pop Breakup Anthems From the 90s That Everyone Loves (Even if You’re Happily Taken)

  • Three 90s breakup songs highlighted as timeless pop anthems
  • Featured: LeAnn Rimes, Alanis Morissette and Lauryn Hill tracks
  • Songs span tender ballads to sharp, confrontational lyrics

American Songwriter has rounded up three pop breakup anthems from the 1990s that remain enduringly popular, regardless of listeners' current relationship status. The list highlights ballads and tracks that captured heartbreak, betrayal and lingering attachment, songs that have since become staples at weddings, funerals and other emotional milestones.…

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Kid Cudi Launches Contest to Find the Next Group of Music Stars: Here’s How to Enter

  • Kid Cudi is running a fan contest to form a new group
  • Beat drops Friday on SoundCloud; entrants get a week
  • Winners could be signed to his Mad Solar label

Kid Cudi has launched a fan contest via social media to assemble a new hip hop-influenced pop group, inviting fans to record vocals over a beat he plans to release and offering to sign his chosen picks to his Mad Solar label. The move gives aspiring artists an…

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Tyga Admits to Using AI on New ‘$tarface’ Album: ‘It’s No Different Than When Auto-Tune Came Out’

  • Tyga confirms AI was used to make parts of his $tarface album.
  • He likens AI use to Auto-Tune's once-controversial rise in music.
  • Denies coordinating '80s sound with Fenix Flexin beforehand.

Rapper Tyga has confirmed he used artificial intelligence in the making of his new album $tarface, ending months of speculation about the record's '80s-inspired sound. He told VIBE that AI tools were used for elements such as synthesizer sounds and a guitar solo, defending the practice by comparing…

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3 Songs From 1972 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car

  • Article lists three songs popular with teens driving in 1972.
  • Featured tracks: "American Pie", "School's Out" and "Nice To Be With You".
  • Songs reflect themes of freedom, celebration and young romance.

American Songwriter has published a nostalgic list highlighting three songs that were especially popular with teenagers in 1972, a year many young people were getting behind the wheel for the first time. The piece frames car ownership as a rite of passage tied closely to music, arguing these…

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Why Is Everyone Convinced Tate McRae Is MAGA?

  • Fans speculate Tate McRae is MAGA due to vague political comments
  • Her Morgan Wallen collaboration and Jack Hughes romance fuel rumours
  • McRae points to LGBTQ+ and women's charity support as her real stance

Tate McRae has faced growing online speculation that she is a Trump supporter, fuelled by her reluctance to discuss politics directly and by her association with figures linked to Donald Trump or MAGA culture. In a recent Variety interview, the 23-year-old singer sidestepped a question about why she…

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3 Classic Country Songs That Changed Forever After One Live Performance

  • Article lists three country songs transformed by iconic live performances.
  • Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison show made "Folsom Prison Blues" legendary.
  • Alan Jackson debuted his 9/11 tribute song live at the 2001 CMAs.

American Songwriter has revisited three classic country songs whose legacies were cemented, or dramatically reshaped, by a single standout live performance. The feature highlights how live renditions, whether by the original artist or a later performer, can imbue a studio recording with new emotional weight and cultural significance,…

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On This Day in 1982, Willie Nelson Began a 22-Week Reign at No. 1 With the Year’s Biggest Country Album

  • Willie Nelson's Always On My Mind topped country charts for 22 weeks in 1982
  • Album had no original songs, yet sold over four million copies
  • Title track hit No. 1 country, No. 5 pop; Merle Haggard had rejected it

On 6 August 1982, Willie Nelson's album Always On My Mind returned to the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, beginning a run that would make it the year's most successful country record. Notably, the album contained no original Nelson compositions, instead featuring covers of adult-contemporary and…

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Nikki Sixx Admits to Mötley Crüe Using Backing Tracks During Live Shows

  • Nikki Sixx says Mötley Crüe uses backing tracks but plays fully live
  • Comments follow fresh lip-syncing claims against singer Vince Neil
  • Echoes Mick Mars's 2023 lawsuit, which the band won in January

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has defended the band's use of backing tracks during live concerts, responding to fan questions in a Q&A on X. He explained that the tracks are used to layer in elements the band cannot replicate live, such as orchestral or saxophone parts, which…

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Only 5 Classic Rock Albums Are Better Than ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’

  • Collider ranks five classic rock albums above The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's.
  • List allows only one album per artist, excludes other Beatles records.
  • Led Zeppelin IV (1971) is cited as one entry, praised for its variety.

A feature from entertainment site Collider argues that, much as The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is often hailed as one of rock's most influential records, at least five classic rock albums arguably surpass it. The piece frames Sgt. Pepper's as hugely important for…

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Listen to Madonna and Kylie Minogue’s “Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)”

  • Madonna and Kylie Minogue released 'Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)' after performing together at WorldPride Amsterdam
  • The track remixes Madonna's Confessions II song in both full and radio-edit versions
  • The collaboration follows their previous cover of 'I Will Survive' during Madonna's 2024 Celebration Tour

The duo debuted their rework of the Confessions II track at WorldPride Amsterdam last week

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