© Alex Mellon/Culture Trip From the rise and fall of disco to hip hop’s ascent over rock, U.S. pop music has undergone seismic genre...

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Pop music is a lot like television: The good stuff is gripping and expressive, but also beholden to rules of structure and format. A good...

While some artists view their careers with a sort of “If you build it, they will come” mentality, pop singer-songwriter Shelita Burke...