• 4 People Secretly Behind Most of Your Favorite Music

    What most people don't know is that there is a smaller group behind most hit songs, performing and contributing to each critically-acclaimed music. Here are four people secretly behind most of your favorite songs.

  • Max Martin, Cecilia Bartoli Win Prestigious Polar Music Prize

    One of the most influential music figures of the past three decades, Max Martin, is about to get another piece of distinguished hardware to add to his large wall of trophies and platinum records. The Swedish songwriter and producer has been awarded the 2016 Polar Music Prize, an international music award started in 1989 by the late Stig "Stikkan" Anderson of ABBA. Martin is also opera singer Cecilia Bartoli in winning the prize.

  • Sia's New Single "Alive" Originally Cut From Adele's Album '25'

    Sia collaborated with Adele this past year writing songs for the R&B singer's highly anticipated third album '25,' but one song didn't make the cut. Sia is moving ahead anyway by taking on the new single "Alive" and adding it to her own forthcoming album titled 'This is Acting.'

  • Adele's New Album '25' Drops in November

    For more than a year we've been teased about a follow-up to the massive 2011 album, '21,' from R&B singer Adele. Now, we finally have some answers. The album, with the rumored title '25,' is set for a November release and it features some big talent.

  • Avicii Teases New EP 'The Days / Night' On Instagram

    Avicii may not be touring on the road anymore due to persistent health problems, but that does not mean he has stopped working. His manager took to instagram and posted a picture that is presumably the cover art for his next EP, The Days / Night (via "Dancing Astronaut"). Both songs have already been unveiled to the public for some time, with "The Days" getting an official release on October 3 on all portals. "Night" was already previewed as part of the FIFA, the soccer video game '15 soundtrack.

  • Robyn, Avicii, Max Martin and More Get Faces on Swedish Stamps for 2015

    We're not quite sure what the regulations of stamp collecting is, whether you're supposed to focus on stamps from your homeland or what, but music fans who also enjoy harboring postage can take pleasure in knowing that a new set from Sweden highlights five of the nation's biggest names in music at the moment (via Pitchfork).

  • Max Martin Hits No. 1 on Hot 100 for 18th Time with Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

    Who are the best songwriters of all time? Beatles fans will quickly split into factions to argue for either John Lennon or Paul McCartney, and that's fine. McCartney has 32 no. 1's to his name and Lennon has 26, good for the no. 1 and 2 all time in terms of no. 1 singles. But no. 3 all time? How about Max Martin, who just got out of a tie with Mariah Carey thanks to his work on Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off." The song marks Martin's 18th time at the top of the Hot 100 according to Billboard.
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