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Scoring a Grammy nod doesn’t necessarily make a song good, although it seems like the biggest music award of them all should help dictate which tracks will become pop classics. Alas, as it turns out, a lot of zeitgeist-y hits from the past few decades years didn’t win a statue on Grammy night, even though a few did score nominations. It might seem weird that “Umbrella” didn’t sweep all the record categories and No Doubt's "Don't Speak" wasn't lauded at all. But those, of course, aren't the only major pop hits lacking a statue. We rounded [...]

Over the past week, Elton John lashed out at Madonna (again), we caught sight of Lady Gaga on the cover of Vogue (again), we revisited Backstreet Boys debut album (again) and Drake unveiled a collaboration with late songstress Aaliyah (okay, that was a new one). Our readers chimed in with plenty of good commentary, which we've gathered up below. Go on — see [...]

The '90s are back, didn't you hear? No, we're not just talking about the fact that floral prints with denim vests and combat boots are completely acceptable to wear again; this year has brought a resurgence from our favorite musical acts from decades past. No Doubt fans will have the first studio album in 11 years , those waiting for a Ben Folds Five reunion (guilty as charged) have had their prayers answered, and the Fiona Apple fiends who hoped Extraordinary [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Jamaican music legend Wycliffe 'Steely' Johnson, half of the iconic production team of Steely and Clevie, died Wednesday morning of heart failure , which was brought on by pneumonia he contracted from kidney complications. Johnson, who was in his early '50s, played keyboards on Bob Marley and the Wailers ' 9th and final album, 'Confrontation', and produced an array of artists from Jimmy Cliff and Dennis Brown to No Doubt and Sean Paul . Johnson started his career as the original [...]