Miranda Currie wants Indigenous kids to see themselves represented authentically in media.

A data-driven look at the niche genres next poised for world domination.

Swifties have encouraged listeners to stream ‘Taylor’s Version’ to support Taylor’s battle for artist’s rights. So how are the two versions stacking up two months later?

Even in the streaming era, the long-running hits compilation series maintains a passionate fanbase.

Regional Mexican music, Afrobeats and K-pop were some of the subgenres that saw the biggest lifts in U.S. streams in 2020.

Rolling Stone staffers share their favorite albums released in 2020 - from pop blockbusters to weird sounds and personal favorites of all kinds.

Highlights from a hard year -- featuring a disco revival, K-pop kings and queens, new hip-hop rockstars, and some country wisdom.

From Taylor’s folk surprise to Bob Dylan’s best album in 20 years to cathartic country, indie-rock and pop releases, these great albums helped us power through a lonely year.

Streaming data can shed light on the albums we listen to most completely.

Streaming hasn’t just upheld the gap between music’s haves and have-nots; it’s widened it.

Streaming data shows that bluegrass, country, and singer-songwriter classics have spiked during the pandemic, even as streams fell overall.

As album sales tank, music streams drop too, down nearly 8 percent last week.

While streaming reached new highs, sales reached new lows.

From saxes to whispers to glitchy vocals, here are the sonic ticks that kept popping up across genres throughout the decade..

New report shows that North American artists account for as much as 73 percent of the top editorial playlists on streaming services.

What can Pandora’s Music Genome tell us about the year in music?

In our Anatomy of a Sound series, where we delve into data from Pandora’s Music Genome Project to dissect an artist’s sound on a totally data-driven, totally-nerdy level

Since its inception in the South Bronx, hip-hop has always been a genre very closely tied to location. But in the streaming era, when hip-hop reigns as the most popular genre for the first time, many have asked if the regional aspects of hip-hop may become a thing of the past.

Seattle-born, LA-based pop singer Shelita Burke has years of data science experience that she uses in her music career as well.

Whether it's taken seriously or not, the power of young fans is formidable -- even more so now, as social and streaming data start to play a larger role in A&R and streaming stands on top as the go-to way to consume music. 

While late night television has always been the go-to place for managers to showcase emerging talent, there's a much tinier alternative that can drive just as much growth on social media.

Based on data from Pandora’s Music Genome, what is the recipe for a successful Song of the Summer?

Six or seven months ago, soul singer Michael Kiwanuka got an email from his manager about a request to use his song “Cold Little Heart” on a HBO miniseries called "Big Little Lies," starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarskård.

Katy Perry recently surpassed 90 million followers on Twitter, making her the person with the most followers in the social media platform's 10-year history. And she knows exactly what that means.

Apple, which recently launched a music streaming service, will continue to offer music downloads -- an industry it helped legitimize -- for a long time. The question now is how long is long? A report surfaced on Wednesday saying plans to terminate iTunes music downloads in two years is "actively being considered and gaining favor" within the company.

"We believe long-term exclusives are bad for artists and they’re bad for fans," Spotify spokesman Jonathan Prince said. "Of course, we understand that short promotional exclusives are common, we don’t have a total policy against them, and we certainly respect the choice of artists to decide what’s right for them."

Further cementing the fact that no one will ever let the '90s die, members of four of the decade's biggest boy bands have come together to make a new song -- right now, in 2016.

When news spread on Wednesday that A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawghad died suddenly after a long battle with diabetes, artists like Kendrick Lamar, Questlove, Chuck D and Chance the Rapper remembered the Five Foot Assassin as "one of the pioneers of hip-hop" and "a true fire Social Narrator."

Lady Gaga sent a powerful message, while The Weeknd brought some S&M.

Plus, reflections from Brooke Axtell, Neil Portnow and more.