At the end of every year, we are able to look back at some of the larger events and news stories, and see how they paint a picture of what that year was like. Sometimes exact events stand out, and ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nielsen, the music industry's leading data information provider today released the 2014 U.S. Music year-end report for the 12-month period of December 30, 2013 through ...

Was the music of 2014 heavier than usual, or is it just us? When the staff of NPR Music and our member station partners gather to collect our favorite albums of the year, we don't start out with a ...

Every year, when I put together this list, I see the same question arise: What is world music? (A better, and even less answerable question: What isn't world music?) So, so much stunningly beautiful ...

While many music videos are merely slick, soulless promos for potential hit singles, occasionally a video comes out that transcends crass commercialism and actually stands alone as a work of visual ...

In 2014, music videos became increasingly prominent, not just on YouTube (where the most popular entry on our list has nearly 400 million views) and television (where a handful of networks keep them ...