Will ‘Last Christmas’ Ever Pass ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ for No. 1 on the Seasonal Hot 100?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" leading the Hot 100.
Billboard

How Country Songwriters Are Combatting — and Adopting — Artificial Intelligence

Nashville wrestles with AI music after fictional artists hit the charts, raising concerns about creativity and industry standards. By Tom Roland When tracks by fictional artists Breaking Rust and Cain ...
Associated Press

AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown ...
thenationalnews

Chart-topping country song raises questions about AI's role in music

A chart-topping single featuring a gravelly voiced cowboy has added to the debate over AI use after reports that the hit was created by artificial intelligence. Walk My Walk by Breaking Rust is ranked ...
The New York Times

Why Is Taylor Swift So Polarizing? And Other Big ‘Showgirl’ Questions

Our team of Swift experts debate her blockbuster new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and take listener questions about its themes and controversies. Hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli.
Yahoo

Jason Kelce Asks Travis Kelce Everyone's Burning Question About Taylor Swift's Song 'Wood'

The next episode of New Heights is about to get juicy, thanks to Jason Kelce's top-tier interview skills. "How do you feel about 'Wood,' let me ask this," Jason, 37, says to his younger brother in the ...
Us Weekly

Travis Kelce Laughs Off Jason Kelce’s Question About Taylor Swift’s Suggestive ‘Wood’ Song

Travis Kelce is being asked the question everyone wants an answer to: How does he feel about fiancée Taylor Swift singing about his “manhood”? Travis, 36, and his brother, Jason Kelce, released a clip ...
CNN

Lingering tariff questions, song of the summer debate, rising hemorrhoid diagnoses: Catch up on the day’s stories

👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Bathroom break? We get it — it might be the only quiet moment you’ve had all day. But a new study warns that bringing your phone to the toilet could raise your risk of ...
Forbes

Summer Songs: ‘Ordinary’ Tops Charts—But Critics Question Whether There’s A Song Of The Summer This Year

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...
NPR

AI-generated music is here to stay. Will streaming services like Spotify label it?

It sounds like a joke, or a bad episode of Black Mirror. A band of four guys with shaggy hair released two albums' worth of generic psych-rock songs back-to-back. The songs ended up on Spotify users' ...
nation

Foolish Forties: Zippy Okoth’s one-woman show comes to Kisumu

This Saturday, all roads lead to Baraza Media Lab in Kisumu in what will be considered a one-of-a-kind show dubbed Foolish Forties. It is a one-woman performance by the seasoned thespian Dr Zippy ...