I met Nile Rodgers as we were putting the first issue of SPIN together. We were introduced by our mutual (and still) friend ...

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a candle, and dramatically stare out a window all at once. While Vandross is ...

Our ultimate streaming playlist for the summer of 2025 includes bangers, breezy pop, and low-key gems from Sabrina Carpenter, ...

Even though Beyoncé and Jay-Z still top the list for most tickets sold with 2.2M, Billboard suggests that Lamar and SZA could ...

The Tri-State’s TRUSTED news source. Click here to stay informed and subscribe to Herald-Dispatch. Click #isupportlocal for more information on supporting our local journalists.

Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Ariana Grande and Jack Black won multiple awards at the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards on June 21. Here's the full winners list.

Look, “Mutt” also arrived in 2024, but in 2025 — bolstered by a deluxe release and a recent Chris Brown remix — makes “Mutt” an easy song of the summer pick for some listeners. It’s difficult to hear ...

Expanding from 35 to 75 entries, this latest iteration kicked off Monday (June 16) with the reveal of the artists ranked ...

Perhaps. But here's the rub: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks in 2025 — over half the year so far. Popularity makes the contender.

Biggest song of the year, and therefore the default song of the summer: “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA Is a song released in November too dated to qualify for song of the summer? Perhaps.