Nance wrote the song this past summer, working with co-writers Brent McCollough and Donnie Napier. "Keeps Me Sane" blends ...

There’s a certain feeling Nimino has always been looking for in the music he listened to and then eventually made. “You know when you listen to a song and there’s a moment that like, a chord strikes ...

This week, country singer-songwriter Shaboozey clears the final “Bar” on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 13) with his breakout crossover hit. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which heavily interpolates ...

Anime has its distinct feel, and if there’s anything that makes anime more special, it has to be music. Starting with action-packed intro songs to sad insert songs that play at the end of the episodes ...

The folksy backdrop of Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song” video is a far cry from San Francisco’s city streets. Even so, the country hit, which dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks this year, is set up ...

Rachel Platten captured a pop culture moment in 2015 when her emphatic and inspirational anthem “Fight Song” landed in the Billboard top 10 and became ubiquitous on commercials and at sporting events ...

For decades, the global music scene has been dominated by English. Foreign bands usually have to cast aside their native tongue to score success in the biggest markets (see: Phoenix). A glance at ...

TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit "PPAP" is astonished by the global success of his "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" song. Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with snake and leopard ...

How to account for the more than 650 million YouTube views of “Gangnam Style”? That jaunty dance surely deserves some credit, but might the faucalized voice and aspirated consonants of the Korean ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. One of the most tried and true clichés in music is there is no such thing as an ...

If you find it hard to predict which songs are destined for pop-chart success and which will flop, try asking a computer. After analyzing the attributes of more than half a million songs released over ...