If you've listened to any pop music since the 1990s, you've listened to Max Martin. The Swedish songwriter and record producer has been omnipresent in the industry for decades, and he has masterminded ...

For more than half a century, the Billboard Hot 100 has been documenting the biggest, most commercially successful hits in the U.S. The chart—compiled by Billboard magazine using record sales, radio ...

7/21 Books; 191 pp. David Klein reads at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. I readily admit that I’m a numerically hyper-aware guy. In numbered lots, I’ll only park in ...

In 1985, a washed-up singer named Derek Stevens walked into a meeting with record company execs in hopes of reviving his career. The first song he played for them would become the stuff of legends. It ...

"Numbers have played a huge part in pop music for years," said Everett Gariepy, leader of the Carbondale punk band Pet Mosquito. "Just starting a song with a '1-2-3-4!' uses numbers in their most ...

The rush to put everything in easily digestible lists of 10 has finally come to a subject I know something about – abysmal songs that have captured the public fancy long enough to reach number one.

Over the years, Dolly Parton has placed much emphasis on how much she likes writing songs. While she loves to sing, she believes her true talent lies in her abilities as a songwriter. Parton writes ...

Rock and metal fans have plenty of great songs to choose from for their next road trip playlist. But just how many tunes should be on it? Is there some magic number of tracks that make the perfect ...