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 ...

This year's American Music Awards honored familiar musical favorites Katy Perry, Beyonce and Luke Bryan. But the 2014 ceremony really put a major spotlight on newer and international artists One ...

From Beyonce and Nicki Minaj's remix track to MJ and JT's cross-generational duet, THR highlights the most memorable musical duos of the year By Meena Jang The year 2013 may have introduced infectious ...

How will we remember the music of 2014? All Songs Considered starts off NPR Music's year-end coverage by discussing themes that surfaced again and again: new discoveries, best live shows, saddest ...

We’re almost to the end of the year and it’s always instructive to take a look back at the biggest stories that occurred in the music business. The ones that happened in the first two quarters seem so ...

Music videos took a bonkers turn in 2014: “Weird Al” Yankovic reveled in all things tasteless, Pee-Wee Herman played a loony race-car driver, butts hit peak ubiquity, and cats morphed into superheroes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 10 years old. At the end of every year, ...

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 ...

The consensus says Run the Jewels killed the game when they dropped their sophomore album, 'Run the Jewels 2,' in October. But like a Marvel character, the hip-hop game doesn't stay dead. New heat is ...

The new faces of this year's Portland blues fest: Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival 2014 When the blues say goodbye -- Janice Scroggins, Jim Miller and Portland's tough losses: Safeway Waterfront ...