Top Artists

Eros Ramazzotti

Artist, Contributor

An Italian who’s found success on the Latin Pop circuit, Ramazzotti’s been leaning towards rock in recent years.

Antonio Vivaldi

Artist, Contributor

Vivaldi was most influential for his development of the concerto, a work for orchestra that features a solo instrument.

Imagine Dragons

Artist, Contributor

This Vegas quartet pulls from ’80s New Wave and anthemic ’00s alternative, kind of like fellow Sin City group The Killers.

Tiësto

Artist, Contributor

Dutch artist Tiësto used trance music as a springboard to become one of the most popular DJs in the world.

Paulina Rubio

Artist, Contributor

Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio is one of the Latin world’s most successful artists, with nine albums to her credit.

Hans Zimmer

Artist, Contributor

Zimmer is a composer who went from collaborating with the Buggles to scoring successful Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks.

Top Works

From King To A GOD

Conway The Machine

Conway added From King to a God to his ever-expanding discography months after LULU and No One Mourns the Wicked, EPs respectively co-credited to Alchemist and Big Ghost Ltd. Those affairs prove to be appetizers for this, a consistently striking and highly collaborative full-length that, despite its hospitable quality, is the Griselda member’s most exemplary solo release yet — his most considered display of grim street bulletins and snarling admonitions. Boom bap curriculum designers and scholars mix it up throughout, though DJ Premier turns in one of his heady and elegant productions for the finale, and the …

Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor Swift

This release includes content in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. In 2019, Taylor Swift announced plans to rerecord her entire catalog to that point, an ambitious move sparked by the sale of her original label, Big Machine Label Group, along with all of her masters. Swift’s first entry into this reimagined canon is a new take on her landmark 2008 sophomore LP Fearless, which, among many other accolades, took home the coveted Album of the Year trophy at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Swift first teased the “Taylor’s Version” of Fearless with the release of a new recording of …

Control

Janet Jackson

Although Janet Jackson had released two records in the early ’80s, they were quickly forgotten, and notably shaped by her father’s considerable influence. Janet’s landmark third album, 1986’s Control, changed all that. On the opening title track, Jackson, with passion and grace, declares her independence, moving out of the gargantuan shadow of her brother Michael and on to the business of making her own classic pop album. The true genius of Control lies in the marriage of her extremely self-assured vocals with the emphatic beats of R&B production wizards Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The …

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