Thanks to the 2003-2004 blockbuster successes of artists like Usher, OutKast, 50 Cent, Kanye West and Beyoncé, by 2005, it was unquestioned that hip-hop and R&B had now firmly replaced the teen pop ...

If summer is endless, as the surfers and romantics say, then summer's soundtrack only stretches on through time. No doubt, 20 summers ago, music journalists were trying to identify the season's ...

Count down the biggest hits on the 2005 year-end Hot 100, based on weekly performance on the chart. By Gary Trust This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the ...

In the ’00s, burnt CDs were the love letters of the day. Why come up with some heartfelt speech when countless musicians have already said exactly how you feel better than most of us ever could? There ...

I was positively, wholeheartedly obsessed with everything on this list at some point in the year, either for months or just for a few hours. I’ve put the entries in alphabetical order, because ...

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Written by Jeffrey Steele and Chris Wallin, "Something to Be Proud Of" tells the story of a father passing down some of his wisdom onto his son. Always full of tales of how the way things used to be, ...

Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler is back with Eco. "It's unusual for me to be so affected by such an easygoing album," music critic Sarah Bardeen says. "But there's something about ...

The Brits made their choice in the mid-2000s when Q Magazine published the top five tracks that were “the ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British,” as chosen by a panel of music ...