The cost of subscribing to music services will have to drop below $10 (£5.50) per month to attract a significant number of MP3 player owners. According to research house Parks Associates, 62 per cent ...

WSJ's Lee Hotz has the results of a study indicating brain activity can predict the success of popular music. Photo: Emory University Marketwatch, Moneyish and Barron's ...

This week, country singer-songwriter Shaboozey clears the final “Bar” on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 13) with his breakout crossover hit. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which heavily interpolates ...

Earlier this year, Tinashe was driving alone, her laptop open to Photo Booth in the passenger seat, when the idea for her viral single “Nasty” struck. She was playing the beat she’d just confected ...

TOKYO (CBS SF/AP) – The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit "PPAP" is astonished by the global success of his "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" song. His responses had the packed audience of journalists ...

If you find it hard to predict which songs are destined for pop-chart success and which will flop, try asking a computer. After analyzing the attributes of more than half a million songs released over ...