Carly Simon summed up the musical subgenre of tunes about famous lovers with her 1972 riddle of a chorus: “You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you.” When singers of breakup songs ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Ariana Grande is wasting no time when it comes to her fifth studio album. The pop star, who has been dropping AG5 sneak peeks and hints for weeks, smack dab in the middle of promotion for her current ...

Just before midnight on Saturday, November 3rd, the pop auteur Ariana Grande unexpectedly released a new single, the twinkling “thank u, next.” Unannounced song drops are less surprising than ...

Ariana Grande delivers a sleek sendoff to her exes on the singer’s surprise new single “Thank U, Next,” which arrived without notice just moments before the latest episode of Saturday Night Live aired ...

Earlier this week, Ariana Grande hinted at the release date for Thank U, Next, her follow-up album to Sweetner. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, Grande revealed the Thank U, Next track list on her Instagram ...

This twist on a breakup song mentions quite a few exes, but Davidson's name really stuck out, as Grande crooned the lyric, "And for Pete I'm so thankful." That's a pretty classy way to speak about an ...

To see all the Easter eggs Ariana planted in her latest and greatest music video, check out the gallery below! Pete Davidson even got his name written in the Burn Book! Rather than writing evil ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. While she may already be one of the most famous musicians in the ...

TVXQ's Yunho is experiencing a resurgence in popularity as his 2021 song, 'Thank U,' goes viral across social media platforms. The renewed interest was sparked by a YouTuber's enthusiastic reaction to ...

As a pop-chart analyst, what interests me about “Thank U, Next,” now that it goes down in Hot 100 history as a No. 1 single, is that it is—amazingly—Ariana Grande’s first, which is rather bizarre.