25 Year Rift Between The Rolling Stones and This '90s Artist Is Finally Resolved

On June 8, 1998, Fatboy Slim released the lead single from his second studio album, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby. “The ...
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Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall: bare emotion from the voice of a generation

This is “The Rolling Stones”, the first song on Heavy Metal, the album that turned Winter within a year from a talented indie ...
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Today in Music History for Dec. 21: In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered ...

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Was The Biggest Album of the Year — And It Wasn’t Even Close

The RIAA shared their annual report, and Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' was the top album of the year by quite a ...

Kehlani’s Biggest Hit Came a Decade Into Her Career. It’s Right on Time

This year, Kehlani turned 30 after spending more than a decade flying — and at times flailing — in the public eye as one of R&B’s modern torchbearers.
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On This Day in 1966, Merle Haggard Released His First No. 1 Single—a Song With Two Titles That He Almost Never Recorded

Fifty-nine years ago today, Merle Haggard released what would later become his first single to reach the top of the country ...
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Born on This Day in 1953, the Songwriter Who Penned George Strait’s First No. 1 and Multiple Other Massive Country Hits for George Jones and Ray Charles

Seventy-two years ago today, a hall of fame songwriter who penned hits for some of country music's biggest names was born.