When Charli XCX recorded her sixth album, Brat, she thought her prickly, abrasive dance anthems were "not going to appeal to a lot of people". In the end, the record topped the charts and became a ...

Charli XCX isn’t your typical pop star, but, damn, has she cracked the formula for crafting an earworm. Thanks to her viral smashes “Guess,” “Apple” and “360,” plus an endorsement of ...

Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé She rode in on a ...

Beyoncé's BeyGOOD foundation has donated $2.5 million contributing to fire relief efforts in Southern California. The ...

Charli XCX may have dominated this year but there were a whole load of blockbuster records following in its wake ...

Frequently mis-labelled as a country album, Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is so much more. A racial reckoning with the black roots of American folk music, its 27 tracks embrace everything from line-dancing ...

It wasn't just brat summer, babes, but a brat movement: English singer-songwriter Charli XCX's sixth album altered the language of 2024. The music oscillates between hedonism and anxiety — "the ...

Charli XCX scored her second UK number 1 album with Brat, which was released in June to rave reviews [Getty Images] When Charli XCX recorded her sixth album, Brat, she thought her prickly ...

She rode in on a white horse, in patriotic chaps and wielding an American flag. She declared, this "ain't a Country album" but "a 'Beyoncé' album" — positioning herself in opposition to the ...