Christopher Claxton
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 30, 2026
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How Big a Deal Is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Bass Persuades’ Scoring Her First No. 1 Album Since 2013? (opens the original)
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Earlier this year, Miley Cyrus joined Atlantic Records after spending most of the decade on Columbia. Now, just months later, she and her new label get to celebrate her first No. 1 album in 13 years. Cyrus’ new album Bass Persuades bows atop the Billboard 200 this week (chart dated Oct. 3) with 62,000 first-week units, marking her first visit to the chart’s penthouse since Bangerz debuted at No. 1 in October 2013. The set follows last year’s visual album Something Beautiful, which bowed at No. 4
Coco Jones’ Early Success in Music: A Blessing, a Burden, or a Little Bit of Both? ‘Am I Stuck? I Don’t Know.’ (opens the original)
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Coco Jones is all about having the freedom to express herself as an artist. Ahead of releasing “Body So Tea” in July, Jones definitely spilled some tea about her concerns with her career and her artistry. She posted a video diary where she candidly spoke about not having her sound figured out yet, despite being crazy talented. We know Coco as a Grammy winner, a powerhouse vocalist and an artist who has been working toward this moment for years. But even with all of that, she still finds herself
R&B Up-And-Comer of the Month TheARTI$t On The Moment She Realized ‘This Is My Purpose’ (opens the original)
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Before TheARTI$t knew exactly what she wanted her artist name to be, she was already practicing becoming one. Born Erica McCauley, the rising R&B artist has been a dancer, a preschool teacher and a basketball player, past lives that might seem disconnected from music at first glance, but each left lessons that she now carries onto the stage, into the studio and her everyday life. Dancing taught her precision. Teaching nurtured her creativity. Basketball taught her persistence: no matter how tire
To Understand Bad Bunny, I Had to Understand Puerto Rico: 7 Best Moments From Cerramos en Casa Night Two (opens the original)
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You can’t fully understand Bad Bunny without understanding Puerto Rico. I know that might sound obvious. Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has spent his career making Puerto Rico impossible to separate from his music. But as someone who doesn’t speak Spanish, I realized there was a gap in the way I experienced his work. I knew the songs. I knew the melodies. I knew the cultural impact. But I didn’t always understand the language behind them. So I decided to start somewhere else: th
KATSEYE’s ‘WILD’ New EP: All Six Tracks Ranked (opens the original)
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EYEKONS, EYEKONS, EYEKONS, the moment y’all have been waiting for is finally here: Grammy-nominated global girl group KATSEYE has entered its WILD era. The group’s third EP, WILD., arrives Aug. 14 through HYBE and Geffen Records, following 2025’s Beautiful Chaos, the project that took KATSEYE from one of pop’s most promising new groups to a legitimate global force. Beautiful Chaos debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, giving the group its first top 10 on the chart. And KATSEYE isn’t slowing dow
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