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Sound and Vision: The Mid-Year Pop Report–Winners and Losers of 2012 So Far

posted: June 29, 2012

Time flies, they say, when you’re having fun (probably more so when you’re having fun in fun.!), and 2012 appears to be whizzing by at a faster clip than usual. Not everyone is having such…
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Sound and Vision: Usher Vs. Justin Bieber Vs. Chris Brown– Will the Next King of Pop Please Stand Up?

posted: June 22, 2012

For ages in pop, it’s been all about the women: Adele and Katy Perry this, Rihanna and Lady Gaga that, with Britney, Beyoncé, Ke$ha, and”lately”Carly Rae Jepsen each demanding her own spotlight. But this summer,…
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Sound and Vision: Songs of the Season — 10 Great "Summer" Singles

posted: June 15, 2012

Summer and songs. They fit together like Santa and snow, like sex and the city, like Coldplay and Rihanna in the Princess of China single and video, which both acts no doubt are hoping will…
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Soundcheck: Usher Releases 'Looking 4 Myself'

posted: June 12, 2012

Usher released his long-awaited follow-up to the über successful Raymond vs. Raymond today with an unexpected new sound. Though many critics call Usher’s seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, one of his strongest ever; the project…
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Sound and Vision: Why Is the World So Obsessed with Lionel Richie Right Now?

posted: May 11, 2012

Life is full of surprises, and sometimes, so is pop music. In recent weeks, it’s recovered its long-dormant ability to shock, or at least catch us off guard with the unlikely hit, or the unexpected…
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Sound and Vision: The Fall of R&B: How Pop Is Selling Its Soul for a Dance Beat

posted: April 13, 2012

Remember the days when R&B and hip hop was the sound of pop? From the ˜90s to the mid ˜00s, music’s most dependable hitmakers”Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Usher,…
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