Clipse and Kendrick Lamar Will Go Head-to-Head for Best Rap Album at 2026 Grammys

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...
American Songwriter

How One Unlikely Song Launched Gretchen Wilson’s Entire Career

We take a look at how one song launched Gretchen Wilson's career, making her one of the biggest succes stories in country music.

The Unlucky Carpenters Song That Became a Timeless Love Classic

“I Won’t Last A Day Without You," written by Paul Simon and Roger Nichols, was Karen and Richard Carpenter 's first single ...

Was Christmas song with lyric 'Santa came down my chimney' once banned for being too risqué?

In the lead-up to Christmas 2025, a purported risqué song in the style of 1940s or 1950s "oldies" tunes spread online. Its ...

"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer

Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into ...