After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album

English artist’s second album features collaborations Little Mix and Niall Horan

Former New York Cosmos owner Steve Ross’s story a cautionary tale for Dundalk fans

Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis

A singular talent of country music whose ‘Proustian existentialism’ Bob Dylan admired

American artist sang candidly and sometimes disturbingly about his demons

In pop’s key battleground, what makes a Despacito, and who are 2019’s contenders?

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie and rock’n’ roll to magical effect

Fear is unquestionably the more interesting group of songs here

Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and LeBron James pay tribute to 33-year-old

Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions

Mick Heaney: Her impact went far beyond music – she changed the world around her

A new musical on the singer's life is at its best on the hit factory that King made her own