Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones maintained global popularity in the '70s, thanks to several hit songs, including "Wild Horses" (1971), "Tumbling Dice" (1972) and "Angie" (1973).

Remember the ’90s? If you do, here’s some news that might make you feel old: We’ve been in the 2000s for a quarter century now. That’s a long time, and over these past 25 years, the world has changed a lot. So, too, has the music that helps give it ...

20 different Beatles songs hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. And yet, that isn’t the end of the Beatles’ quality output.

Surprisingly, the average length of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 rose by more than 20 seconds last year. By Elias Leight For several years, the consensus has been clear: Hit singles are getting shorter. Blame for this has fallen on shrinking ...

Popular music experienced a massive upheaval during the ‘00s, when the high record sales of the Nineties crash-landed, record-store chains closed en masse, and tech companies started beckoning listeners away from their Walkmen and toward digital-music ...

Country music has seen plenty of famous artists with decades-long careers. But not all musical artists are long-standing; some seem to step into the spotlight just long enough to release one unforgettable hit. The chart-topper defines the artist's career ...