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How K-pop hit the music mainstream

Will K-pop earn its first Grammy in 2026? Experts explain how the genre has hit the mainstream - K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture but it has long been under-celebrated at instituti ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: ...
Faith-based rapper Miles Minnick has quickly become one of the most talked-about young voices in Christian music. He fuses Bay Area hyphy energy and swagger with unapologetic faith and testimony, ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- For almost half a century now, awards given out by the Country Music Association (CMA) have stood for excellence. When the CMAs got started, some people were fond of putting ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Before Rosalía became an international pop powerhouse, she was Rosalía Vila Tobella, a student of flamenco at the hypercompetitive Catalonia College of Music. There, she learned ...
This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. What a strange time in music! This week, the Top-3 selling albums from Billboard Magazine are children's records. These kind of records rarely ...
Rising star Fido and Gospel act Lawrence Oyor have both crafted records that cater to the yearning for hope and reprieve by millions of Nigerians. A common denominator between these songs aside from ...
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BROOKE ALEXANDER, HOST: Hi I'm Brooke Alexander, in New York city, and this week on WORLDBEAT we are going to go ...
But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...
As the revered DJ announces his 12-week "Freaks of Nature" North American trek, he talks to THR about his dream collaboration, working with Skylar Grey and the tight-knit EDM community. By Portia ...