Top Artists

Hans Zimmer

Artist, Contributor

Zimmer is a composer who went from collaborating with the Buggles to scoring successful Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks.

Eros Ramazzotti

Artist, Contributor

An Italian who’s found success on the Latin Pop circuit, Ramazzotti’s been leaning towards rock in recent years.

George Harrison

Artist, Contributor

George Harrison was the youngest member of the Beatles, and John Lennon, and Paul McCartney often upstaged him.

Gustavo Cerati

Artist, Contributor

Gustavo Cerati was best known as the front man of the legendary Argentine pop-rock trio Soda Stereo, formed in 1982.

Paulina Rubio

Artist, Contributor

Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio is one of the Latin world’s most successful artists, with nine albums to her credit.

Little Mix

Artist, Contributor

This sassy UK quartet is an r&b-lovin’ pop band with a deep debt to classic girl group sounds.

Top Works

good to know

Jojo

JoJo’s fourth full-length album, and first on her own Clover Music imprint with Warner Records, 2020’s Good to Know, finds the singer digging into a sensual R&B sound that’s marked by a hard-won maturity and creative freedom. The album arrives four years after Mad Love, during which time JoJo parted ways with Atlantic Records and worked to take control of her career, launching Clover Music and releasing re-recorded versions of her first two albums. Here, working with producers Doc McKinney, Dylan Wiggins, Lido, and others, JoJo frames her warm vocals in hypnotic downtempo …

Control

Janet Jackson

Although Janet Jackson had released two records in the early ’80s, they were quickly forgotten, and notably shaped by her father’s considerable influence. Janet’s landmark third album, 1986’s Control, changed all that. On the opening title track, Jackson, with passion and grace, declares her independence, moving out of the gargantuan shadow of her brother Michael and on to the business of making her own classic pop album. The true genius of Control lies in the marriage of her extremely self-assured vocals with the emphatic beats of R&B production wizards Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The …

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

With its stylish, sonically detailed production, Dr. Dre’s 1992 solo debut, The Chronic, transformed the entire sound of West Coast rap. Here Dre established his patented G-funk sound: fat, blunted Parliament-Funkadelic beats, soulful backing vocals, and live instruments in the rolling basslines and whiny synths. What’s impressive is that Dre crafts tighter singles than his inspiration, George Clinton — he’s just as effortlessly funky, and he has a better feel for a hook, a knack that improbably landed gangsta rap on the pop charts. But none of The Chronic’s legions of imitators were as rich …

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