Meghan Trainor
“All About That Bass”
Pop

All the components of newcomer Meghan Trainor’s neo doo-wop hit add up to having a healthy body image. But a …

5 Seconds of Summer
“Good Girls”
Pop, Rock

There’s a boy band tsunami swirling out in the Pacific—and it’s about to hit American shores in the form of …

Austin Mahone
The Secret
Pop

As Justin Bieber’s career veers erratically into Michael Jackson eccentricity and rock star debauchery, the Internet has graciously served up …

OMI
“Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)”
Pop, Reggae

The couple is on their way to marriage, but, as the song suggests, as things start heating up, it gets …

Various/Soundtrack
The Fault in Our Stars: Music From the Motion Picture
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

The Fault in Our Stars is one of the most tragic romantic stories about love and death in recent memory. …

OneRepublic
“Love Runs Out”
Pop, Rock

Music fans have certainly not run out of love for OneRepublic as the Ryan Tedder-led band re-releases its 2013 album …

Ariana Grande
“Problem”
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Sam & Cat star Ariana Grande teams up with emerging Australian rapper Iggy Azalea to take on the big problem …

Sam Smith
“Stay With Me”
Pop, R&B

Earnest, melancholy, romantic tragedy is in these days. And British newcomer Sam Smith’s earnest, melancholy, fragile falsetto delivers in that …

MercyMe
Welcome to the New
Christian/Gospel, Pop, Rock

MercyMe’s New effort brims with spiritual vitality and theological potency as it repeatedly reminds us that the Good News of …

Nico & Vinz
“Am I Wrong”
Pop, Reggae

The first Stateside hit from this Norway-based duo majors in out of the box thinking mixed with positivity and perseverance.

Shakira
Shakira
Pop

Shakira’s prominent spot on The Voice’s judging panel has surely broadened her musical audience. So what kind of dance steps …

Foster the People
Supermodel
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The guys behind 2011’s dreamily disturbing hit “Pumped Up Kicks” are back with a second album, one that’s significantly more …

Calvin Harris
“Summer”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Love, as previously reported, is a many-splendored thing when it’s true. When it’s a lie, though, well, not so much. …

Lea Michele
Louder
Pop

This Glee star’s debut solo album comes less than a year after boyfriend Cory Monteith’s tragic drug overdose.

Iggy Azalea
“Fancy”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Australia-born rapper Iggy Azalea fuses rap clichés with a fancy video send-up of the movie Clueless in a No. 1 …