Miley Cyrus

Olivia Rodrigo: Disney star's No 1 debut single beats Ed Sheeran's record

A familiar sound and rumoured real-life relationship drama created a ‘perfect storm’ for the 17-year-old’s pop breakout

Laura Snapes

15, Jan, 2021 @6:00 PM

The 20 best songs of 2020

Our writers considered hundreds of contenders – and here are their picks of the year. Listen to all 390 tracks they voted for on our playlist

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

30, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM

Miley Cyrus: Plastic Hearts review – mock rock

The punky sneer of this post-divorce album feels like an act

Kitty Empire

29, Nov, 2020 @9:00 AM

Miley Cyrus: Plastic Hearts review

From floaty synth ballads to punky 80s pop, this album’s middling material doesn’t adequately serve this unusual star

Alexis Petridis

27, Nov, 2020 @7:01 AM

All I want for Christmas is normality: festive hits chart earlier than ever

Sales and streams of Christmas classics are up by 50% on last year as listeners turn to Mariah, Wham! and Shakin’ Stevens to combat pandemic blues

Laura Snapes

18, Nov, 2020 @5:17 PM

From belly buttons to twerking hazards: this week's fashion trends

What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this week

04, Sep, 2020 @6:00 AM

From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Naomi Campbell: the best of celebrity quaran-TV

With stars holed up at home during the coronavirus crisis, web series are back on trend. Here’s our pick of the savviest and the silliest, from model hang-outs to Arnie’s reality show

Kate Hutchinson

14, Apr, 2020 @2:12 PM

The Guardian view on music and pandemics: the global prisoners’ chorus

Editorial: As the Covid-19 virus has taken hold, human beings have turned to singing and music. We are expressing an eternal need for harmony

Editorial

22, Mar, 2020 @7:10 PM

Coronavirus: Australian bushfire relief concert cancelled after Miley Cyrus pulls out

The pop star says she made the decision to ‘protect the health and safety of my band and crew’

Steph Harmon

10, Mar, 2020 @3:51 AM

New rules: the destruction of the female pop role model

Somewhere between Britney and Billie Eilish, liberated by social media and their direct relationship with fans, millennial and Gen Z women claimed the right to be complicated pop auteurs

Laura Snapes

25, Nov, 2019 @1:12 PM