This is a transcript of a special episode of Hit Parade. To hear the whole episode, join Slate Plus. Chris Molanphy: Hey, everybody—this is Chris Molanphy, host of Hit Parade, Slate’s podcast of pop ...

The River City is nothing if not consistent. The world could be on fire, and that cool hip-hop collective you’ve heard of would still release four albums in a single year. Half the city could be ...

Houston fans may be disappointed in the lack of H-town love on Drake's latest albums.

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Country has been dominating the charts and pop culture at large, drawing in artists like Beyoncé, Post Malone, and Jelly Roll as the genre goes completely mainstream. Beyoncé picked up two Grammys for ...

With winter coming to an end, singers and songwriters are ramping up their spring season to release new albums. Catch some new tunes with a selection of upcoming LPs. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco ...

Bruce Springsteen will open his vault in late June and debut 83 previously unreleased songs, in possible anticipation of a biopic about the rock legend, he announced Thursday. Subscribe to read this ...