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Given music featured so heavily in William Shakespeare's plays, it’s no surprise that it has long been a source of inspiration in pop music – whether it’s direct quotes, borrowing the themes of his work or even a mention of The Bard himself.  

The Weeknd is opening up about his music.

As The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" ascends to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 4), the song marks his fifth leader as both an artist and songwriter, and his third as a producer. For co-writer and co-producer Max Martin, the pop luminary ups his to

The Weeknd has ended Roddy Ricch’s 11-week reign at the top of the U.S. pop charts.

Following our Billboard staff-picked list of the 100 greatest songs of 2000, we're writing this week about some of the stories and trends that defined the year for us. Here, we look back at 10 producers who aren't as well-remembered as the year's most biggest behind-the-decks names -- Timbaland, The Neptunes, Max Martin -- but who were still integral in crafting the year's sonic identity. 

Justin Timberlake was barely 16 when he walked into Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Sweden in 1996. The aspiring star was recording *NSYNC’s breakout single, “Tearin’ Up My Heart,” in the same room where songwriting legend Max Martin and the late Denniz Pop created some of pop music’s biggest hits.

With After Hours officially out in the universe, The Weeknd is keeping his foot on the gas with the release of a new video for “In Your Eyes.” The track is produced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter, and The Weeknd himself, and will be promoted as the next single from the singer’s new project.

With After Hours officially out in the universe, The Weeknd is keeping his foot on the gas with the release of a new video for “In Your Eyes.” The track is produced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter, and The Weeknd himself, and will be promoted as the next single from the singer’s new project.

On Friday (March 20), the Weeknd dropped his new studio album After Hours. Now, he’s shared a deluxe edition of the LP, which offers four remixes and one live recording from his recent Saturday Night Live performance. Find the new versions, which feature Lil Uzi Vert, OPN, Chromatics, and more, below.

The Weeknd’s new album After Hours has arrived. It’s his follow-up to My Dear Melancholy, and Starboy. The record was led by “Blinding Lights,” “Heartless,” and “After Hours,” as well as “Scared to Live,” which the Weeknd debuted with Daniel Lopatin on SNL. Revisit the Weeknd’s “After Hours” short film, and hear the whole new album, below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Nearly four years after Starboy catapulted The Weeknd into the pop stratosphere, the XO singer is back with his fourth full-length album, After Hours. The 14-track project includes a trio of recent singles: “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights” and “After Hours.”

It's been a strange week, hasn't it? Just like the show goes for the charts, so does New Music Friday - and there's lots to get stuck into this week.

Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Max Martin, Ely Rise and Tchami all tie at No. 1 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songwriters chart (dated March 21), as Gaga's single "Stupid Love," which the quintet co-wrote, tallies its second week atop the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ranking.The single drew 32.1 million airplay audience impressions and 11.3 million U.S.

It was previously ruled that Perry's track copied Christian rap song 'Joyful Noise'.

Lady Gaga is back in a big way with her new single “Stupid Love,” which, one the basis of a few listens is arguably her best song since “Edge of Glory” — a collaboration between her, hitmakers BloodPop, Max Martin, Tchami, Martin Joseph and Eli Rise — and it’s got a suitably eye-popping video to go with it that was directed by Daniel Askill and apparently shot entirely on an iPhone 11 Pro.

Justin Timberlake and SZA have dropped a funky new collaboration. "The Other Side" is produced and written by iconic pop producer Max Martin and regular Childish Gambino colaborator Ludwig Göransson. Check it out above.

Backstreet Boys stopped by the Bravo Clubhouse on Tuesday night (Feb.

Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker just landed on the cover of Billboard, where the psych-rock behemoth discussed his ambitions in the pop world “to be a Max Martin.”

"It’s the yin to the yang of psychedelic rock"

At the conclusion of Selena Gomez’s new album, “Rare,” Spotify autoplayed a song from her previous full-length, 2015’s “Revival,” that sounded almost sophomoric by comparison.

Can Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s sexy collaboration, “Señorita,” take out Lil Nas X’s hit, “Old Town Road”? Or, will the Jonas Brothers sweep in with their comeback single, “Sucker”?