Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran's contrasting 2017 pop stardom showed just how diffuse pop culture had gotten and how the ...

The all-time pop legend made her official solo break in world-stopping fashion.

Drake has launched a second legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” accusing the music giant of defamation.

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest Pop Star of every year, going back to 1981. Read our entry below on why Jennifer Lopez was ou ...

Taylor Swift is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2015 for how the former country hitmaker fulfilled her globe-conquering pop superstar dynasty.

Kanye West is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2005 for how he owned the year both on the charts and in the headlines.

Rihanna is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2012 for how she pivoted to a new sound and style and helped bring pop into the future.

Justin Bieber is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2016 for how he returned from a low point to scrape some of the 2010s' greatest pop heights.

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest Pop Star of every year, going back to 1981. Read our entry below on why Prince was our Greate ...

Miley Cyrus is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 2013 for how she reinvented herself for adult superstardom at the dawn of the streaming age.

Blondie is Billboard's Greatest Pop Star of 1981 for how the band defined pop cool at the outset of the MTV age.

In this sidebar to our Greatest Pop Stars by Year article series, we look at the 10 greatest years in the history of modern ...