This Top 10 list of the best albums of 2024 is actually ... Is it really a country album, or just a genre blender in a cowboy hat? With pop songs as hooky as “Bodyguard,” does it really ...

By Jason Lipshutz Editor In 2024, pop music was defined by a combination of ... compelling songs of the year could be found outside of top 40 radio or the major streaming playlists.

A final look back at some of our favorite characters, trends, lyrics and micro-moments of 2024. Plus: listener mailbag!

For at least a decade now – since Billboard started counting music streams in its chart calculations in 2013, and probably before – the sound of pop music ... so here’s our top 40 countdown ...

Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever ...

An alphabetical Top 20 of the best albums released by Philadelphia artists this year, from 2nd Grade to Immanuel Wilkins.

Here are 50 of the songs that did the trick for the Variety music staff — representing the realms of superwoman super-pop ...

Women in pop music had a historic amount of fun ... It is not an exaggeration to say this song changed the course of music history. On top of that, it’s still fun to listen to.

Even the numbers back it up. The data shows that 2024 was the year of the “pop star (re)emergence.” But the trend extended to other genres, from country to musical theater and the ’80s power ballads, ...

From the energizing dance-beats of “BRAT” to the sullen synths of Billie Eilish’s “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT,” 2024 proved it had ...

What's on your best K-pop songs of 2024 list? Maybe you followed the ongoing girl group renaissance to new music from NMIXX and aespa, with a sprinkle of ILLIT's debut. Maybe you embraced exciting ...