The 50 Best Songs of 2007
Journey back 13 years to a stellar year for Rihanna, M.I.A., Arcade Fire, and Kanye West. From hip-hop to indie rock and everywhere in between, PopMatters picks the best 50 songs of 2007.
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Kendrick Lamar – “LOYALTY.” ft. Rihanna (Singles Going Steady)
Standing on a funky foundation, the beats are intoxicating and the chemistry between Lamar and his co-star, Rihanna, take this to another level.
The Best Pop Singles of 2016
Celebrating the songs this year that operated within the constraints of "radio music", truly a genre all its own, and produced excellent results.
Artists and Audience Rally International Support Around Social Causes for Global Citizen Festival
Relive highlights of the 2016 Global Citizen Festival including songs Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Metallica and Chris Martin & Eddie Vedder.
Is Any Musical Artist Worth a $1 Million Performance Fee?
Before you rush to judge Rihanna's appearance at Sziget this year, consider how essential the model has become.
Rihanna – “Goodnight Gotham” (Singles Going Steady)
The video has Rihanna turns celebrity on its head here and makes her fans the stars.
Sziget 2016 Days 1 and 2: Rihanna and the Chemical Brothers Set the Week-Long Party Up
The age-old saying goes something like this: “If you've grown one of the largest music festivals in the world, the only goal left is to make it even bigger.”
Rihanna – “Sledgehammer” (Singles Going Steady)
Rihanna's vocal soaring provides the requisite goosebumps.
FKi 1st: First Time for Everything (Part 1)
With First Time for Everything (Part 1), FKi 1st continues to construct the supersonic bridge to the days of future past with their amalgamation of trap, drum, and bass tones that sound more relevant than tomorrow.
Rihanna – “Bitch Better Have My Money” (Singles Going Steady)
It should shock no one that "Bitch Better Have My Money", the best thing Rihanna dropped in 2015, didn’t make its way to Anti.
Spectacle of Empty Gestures: Rihanna’s “American Oxygen”
The problem isn't that Rihanna's "American Oxygen" fails as political art, it's that we might consider it a success instead of a mere gesture.
How We All Survived the Astoundingly Morose 57th Annual Grammy Awards
AC/DC opened the telecast with a song called "Rock or Bust", a prophetic ultimatum that was answered all too quickly by a cavalcade of performers who seemed to be tripping over themselves to see who could be the most uninspiring of them all.