Sometimes one little letter can change a word, or a world. "Paint the city pink!" Janelle Monae raps in "Django Jane," the victory lap at the center of Dirty Computer, her third album, first "emotion ...

In 2018, we as a culture had so many other things to worry about than which artists were beefing. And yet, in a year that had so many other stressors, following the various feuds between warring ...

Welcome to Slate’s annual critical roundtable to discuss the year in popular and not-so-popular musics, with all their attendant glories, miseries, and mysteries. I’m so excited to have you here. It’s ...

Listen · 1:28:03 1:28:03 Well, kids, it's been another year of holograms, headlines and big human messes here in Orbit City. At least music brought us together again and again in 2018, whether in the ...

The big night is finally here: The 2018 American Music Awards will broadcast tonight, Tuesday (October 9), from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles! For the second year in a row, Black-ish star ...

Cardi B, The Carters, Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, more stars honored with 2018 Video Music Award nominations. Read the full list here.

In 2018, it felt hard to reach consensus on anything—including music. The heavy-hitters of pop and hip-hop returned, but many disappointed; in fact, sometimes, they were just confounding (cough Kanye ...

To say 2018 was one hell of a year, if not an outright exercise in developing an unfortunate tolerance to vapidity masquerading as innovation, simply isn’t enough. Everyone really went through it last ...

The 2018 American Music Awards were handed out Tuesday night in Los Angeles. A list of winners follows. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Taylor Swift set a new American Music Awards record ...

The American Music Awards paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, the late Queen of Soul, at the closing of their show on Tuesday night. The crowd were on their feet as Gladys Knight took the stage to kick ...

Around this time of year, holiday music starts spinning nonstop, and while we love the old chestnuts, sometimes it’s good to mix in a little new material. And it’s a boon for the artists, too. If you ...