Beyoncé, at the premiere of Disney's The Lion King on July 09, 2019 in LA. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
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Kate Davis plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Maria Sherman's new book gives critical consideration to a too-often maligned phenomenon within pop music: the boy band. Alex Fine/Courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption
A New Book Traces The History Of Boy Bands, The Pop Phenomenon 'Larger Than Life'
Taylor Swift's new album, Folklore, is out now. Beth Garrabrant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
One Direction didn't win The X Factor in 2010, but filled stadiums, broke records and our hearts. Alex Fine/Courtesy of Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption
Annie Ross, photographed on March 1, 1956 backstage at St. Martins Theatre in West London. Mirrorpix/Getty Images hide caption
On her first album, Rina Sawayama blends metal and pop and tackles serious issues."It was such a risk to be a musician that I didn't want to do fluffy pop songs and hope it cut through," she says. Hendrik Schneider /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rina Sawayama Wants Her Success To Make Space For Asian Women In Pop Music
Lianne La Havas. Hollie Fernando/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Benny Sings plays a Tiny Desk (Home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
K-pop has become with synonymous with pop from Korea — you may not be surprised to hear that there's far more to it than that. bulentgultek/Getty Images hide caption
"I think it's important to talk about all chapters of history and from all perspectives — meaning not just from the perspective of the victors," Angelica Garcia says. Caitlyn Krone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On Her New Song 'Horsemen,' Angelica Garcia Imagines The Apocalypse
Dirty Projectors plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Wilco performs at the 2017 XPoNential Music Festival. Jeremy Zimmerman/WXPN hide caption
A fan of K-pop band BTS poses for photos against a backdrop featuring an image of the group's members in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 29, 2019. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture" is a conscious trap anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement. Matthew Geovany /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Christine and the Queens Gilles Laurent/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Christine and the Queens on World Cafe
Hadestown plays a Tiny Desk concert (Kisha Ravi/NPR). Kisha Ravi/NPR hide caption
Rufus Wainwright Tony Hauser/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lady Gaga performs in Miami in February. Following a turn to traditional pop and roots rock on recent projects, the singles from her forthcoming sixth album, Chromatica, have indicated a return to the maximalist dance pop that first made her famous. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Stephanie Quayle. John Shearer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption