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With its new album certified gold in just four weeks, Casting Crowns isn’t just one of the most popular Christian …
On the surface, this teen’s sugary pop seems almost Disney-esque. But a closer listen suggests that the 15-year-old Web sensation …
American Idol’s Season 8 champ debuts with a mostly positive (but a little underwhelming) collection of love songs that more …
There was a lot to like about Leona Lewis’ first album, Spirit, in 2007. Does her second studio album, Echo, …
Bon Jovi returns (and he’s done that a lot this decade) with a set of rockin’ arena-ready anthems that mostly …
American Idol’s biggest star—the platinum-tressed crooner from Checotah, Okla.—continues to avoid hard-livin’ country clichés as she delivers upbeat songs about …
Chris Brown’s first single since being convicted of physically abusing then-girlfriend Rihanna doesn’t offer much evidence that he’s learned anything …
This Australian guitarist’s frenetic fretwork landed her the short-lived gig of a lifetime—which fortunately for her lasted just long enough …
Just as its title suggests, Lady Gaga’s latest hit perversely celebrates the demented joys of romancing the bad boys of …
Rihanna’s first single in the wake of her violent relationship with Chris Brown is a disturbing track about putting a …
This Boston pop-punk band’s latest hit is its highest charting one, thanks in no small measure to a guest performance …