Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, ...

Lata Mangeshkar, the Nightingale of India, dedicated her life to music and never married, attributing it to her work and faith. Despite this, she found love in the 1960s with Raj Singh Dungarpur.

BeforeBob Dylan became a music legend, he was a smitten teenager with a crush — and her name wasBrigitte Bardot. Long before his name was synonymous with folk rock, a young Dylan found inspiration in ...

This essay first appeared in the NPR Music newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this one, listening recommendations and more. I love the word "heartthrob." It stops you whether you ...

Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra, following her publicized divorce in 2024, is now engaged to Moroccan-American rapper French Montana. Montana reportedly proposed during Paris Fashion Week in June 2025.

The story begins not in 1957, but in the 19th century. The melody of Negaraku has a surprisingly global heritage. It was originally the Perak state anthem, Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan, which itself ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Every August a familiar rhythm pulses through Malaysians. You hear it at school assemblies, on the radio, in supermarkets, and again in viral clips on TikTok. It is the ...

If you tried to explain all the romantic combinations, misdirections and plot twists that make up the comedy “Don’t Dress for Dinner” without giving too much away, your head might explode from ...

A new generation of music lovers got turned on to mid-century pop star Connie Francis’ oeuvre in recent months when her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby” went viral on TikTok. Now, Francis’ death on ...

Songs about boyfriends can help us better communicate our feelings to those we love. Underrated pop star Sara Bareilles once said, “I’m not going to write you a love song ’cause you asked for it,” but ...