Selling an album now means selling your story directly to the fans—every detail of heartbreak and intrigue included

The "Last Dance" singer passed away after a battle with cancer

Steven Tyler wants to join Lance Bass in space; Patricia Arquette goes public with pubics; Andie MacDowell talks nude scenes, sex life.

Salon talks to Baz Luhrmann and Nelson George about their new Netflix series, a colorful hip hop origin story

"Now That's What I Call Music!" used to collect forgettable, irrelevant pop songs—now it's a random rock jumble

Gavin McNett reviews the VH-1 Flashback compliation

The mega-store's employees are battling for fair pay, real benefits and respect -- and not to harm the company

"Slowly but surely, I’m healing. But I’ll never be the same. His crime warrants the full weight of the law"

Just a week before a deadly Jerusalem pizzeria bombing, the spiritual leader for Hamas told Salon how, by "protecting the dignity of his people," a suicide bomber "becomes a martyr."

For Generation Y, music is just what you listen to. For Xers, it defines who we are

Her new single storms the charts -- but does her image make sense in a post-Gaga world?

Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror

Andrea Constand says the comic didn't know she was gay "until the police told him"

Quite contrary: Mary J. Blige transforms herself into the first diva with both feet on the ground.

The party's over. That cloud of white smoke announces that the Vatican has chosen our new leader