popular music

Adele, one of Britain's most popular music stars, released her last album four years ago and has been largely out of the limelight since she ended a Las Vegas residency a year ago.

Or is it simply the enduring power of popular music and the icons who’ve created and performed it?

To that end, Sinatra became the first major singer to regularly perform popular music in formal concert settings backed by a full symphony orchestra.

“Most people never write any hits, let alone songs that change popular music, which certainly defines him as a player and a writer,” says Sowders.

Now, when women dominate popular music, a Lilith Fair might not seem as culturally necessary; but those were different times,