It took five albums and a hiatus from performing before Sia’s jarringly profound voice and style took off with American fans. Her songwriting and features on David Guetta’s “Titanium” and Flo Rida’s “Wild Ones” elevated the songs to the level of success they enjoyed. However, it wasn’t until 2014’s…

Korean superstars BTS released their hotly anticipated seventh studio album, Map of the Soul: 7, and the record number of fans who preordered it won’t be disappointed. Map of the Soul: 7 BTS Big Hit/Columbia, Feb. 21 While billed as a sequel to their 2019, EP Map of the…

Since the ’80s, Canadian artist Celine Dion has sold more than 250 million albums worldwide, making her the best-selling female artist of all time. The five-time Grammy winner (and 20-time Juno Award winner) is still best known, however, for the melodramatic “Titanic” ballad “My Heart Will Go On.” But as…

Shawn Mendes performs at Poptopia at SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 1, 2018. He’s nominated for Song of the Year for “In My Blood” at the Grammys, held Feb. 10. Photo: Alessio Neri. Tomorrow night is the 61st annual Grammy Awards. The music world is supposedly buzzing,…

Meet Hozier. That’s “Ho-zee-ehr” to you. Probably. Photo: Abby Williamson. You know how they say time goes faster and blurs together as you get older? Apparently, they’re right, because that was absolutely the case here. There are a few songs from this list that I could’ve sworn came out…

Let’s admit that 2016 was a rough year. But one of the bright spots was great music. Here’s our top 5 music moments of 2016. 1. Hip-hop artists dropped surprise albums The year was full of surprise, especially politically, socially and globally. Music, on the other hand, had some of the best surprises, particularly in…