The country star’s hit-stuffed streaming blockbuster is just shy of one million equivalent sales. U2 opens at No. 5 with an album of acoustic rerecordings.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70
In works like “John Somebody,” he mixed the structural rigor of classical composition with the ebullient sound and attitude of rock.
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What’s Driving a Fresh Wave of Irish Music? Tradition.
As Ireland reimagines itself, musicians including the singer Lisa O’Neill and the band Lankum are reimagining the island’s music with an ever-growing sense of pride.
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Lana Del Rey Talks Back to the Songbook
Hear a companion to her sprawling new album, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.”
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Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s Love Trilogy, and 8 More New Songs
Hear tracks from Meshell Ndegeocello, the Japanese House, Hannah Jadagu and others.
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Everything but the Girl Breaks a 24-Year Silence With a Bang
Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s personal partnership has thrived since their duo’s last release. During the pandemic, they reconnected musically for “Fuse,” reclaiming the group’s modern melancholy.
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Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81
As a teenager, he joined forces with George Clinton. Their vocal group, the Parliaments, morphed into Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the wildest acts of the 1970s.
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The Exquisite Darkness of Depeche Mode
Dave Gahan and Martin Core are back with the group’s 15th album. But after losing the bandmate Andy Fletcher last year, their return was anything but certain.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour: Pop’s Maestro of Memory Returns to the Stage
The opening night of the star’s Eras Tour traversed her 10-album career, revisiting crossover hits, rowdier experiments and more restrained singer-songwriter material.
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Jim Gordon, Top Rock Drummer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 77
He was an elite studio musician who played with A-list artists and helped write the Eric Clapton hit “Layla.” But his life was shattered by mental illness and a murder conviction.
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The Cure Says Ticketmaster Will Issue Refunds After Fee Complaints
The band said it wanted to make its North American tour “affordable for all,” but after tickets went on sale this week, fans said that fees had ratcheted up the price.
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Jerry Samuels, Creator of a Novelty Hit, Is Dead at 84
Under the name Napoleon XIV, he recorded “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” and, to almost everyone’s surprise, it stormed the charts in 1966.