Justin Bieber
“Boyfriend”
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Justin Bieber, who’s now 18, can still hit the high notes. But on the first single from his third album, …

Madonna
MDNA
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

MDNA is an odd combination of old-school Material Girl naughtiness and deeply personal peeks into the pain (and violent rage) …

Various/Soundtrack
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

Über-producer T Bone Burnett coaxes lush, lamentation-filled efforts out of a long list of familiar and obscure contributors alike, as …

One Direction
Up All Night
Pop

This reality-competition import from across the pond tears a page from the classic boy-band playbook and implements it to pop …

Carrie Underwood
“Good Girl”
Country, Pop, Rock

“Good Girl,” the feisty lead single from Carrie Underwood’s fourth album picks up exactly where “Before He Cheats” left off.

Katy Perry
“Part of Me”
Pop

Katy Perry’s latest hit was written in 2010. But a last-minute lyrics switch makes it clear that she’s repurposed it …

Madonna
“Give Me All Your Luvin'”
Pop

The Material Girl tries to wind the clock back several decades as she’s joined by Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. … …

The Fresh Beat Band
The Fresh Beat Band: Music From the Hit TV Show
Pop, Soundtracks

This compilation soundtrack from the first three seasons of Nick Jr.’s popular show majors in friendship, optimism and the love …

Gotye
Making Mirrors
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Gotye tells us, “You can be addicted to a certain kind of sadness.” And so his new album, Making Mirrors, …

Ellie Goulding
“Lights”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

British musician Ellie Goulding “Lights” up the surging electronic dance music genre.

Demi Lovato
“Give Your Heart a Break”
Pop

Demi Lovato has shown us that she knows how to stay strong. Now she shows us that she can love …

Kelly Clarkson
“What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)”
Pop

What on earth do German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and Texan pop singer Kelly Clarkson have to do with each other?

David Crowder*Band
Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock

This 34-track magnum opus swan song leaves no musical stone unturned … nor does it even once turn its attention …

Train
“Drive By”
Pop

The latest infectiously sunny-sounding single from Train gets decidedly cloudier the more you pay attention to its lyrics.

Jason Mraz
“I Won’t Give Up”
Pop

Acoustic crooner Jason Mraz’s “I Won’t Give Up” is long on heartfelt emotion and refreshingly devoid of irony, cynicism or …