In addition to his latest album, Paul McCartney delivered three new songs this week. Are the new tracks worth listening to?

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Variety is proud to announce the 2026 edition of its annual 10 Broadway Stars to Watch. These actors, composers, librettists, ...

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Motown Records produced many iconic hits during its heyday but, in this list, we shine a light on some of the worst songs released by Berry Gordy's label.

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The foundations of funk were laid in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began emphasizing the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested, frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, other ...

Stacker dug into the rich history of one-hit wonders (bands that had only one song reach the top of the charts in the U.S.) of the 1980s.

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