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

Holiday songs and albums have finally been mothballed for another year, leaving us with a fresh baseline to begin 2025. SZA's ...

Lady Gaga shared her excitement with 'Die With a Smile' with Bruno Mars kicking off the year at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100.

The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.

These one-hit wonders defined summer playlists when they were first released. We think they'll bring you out of your winter ...

From epic orchestral themes to catchy pop hits, movie soundtracks have given us some of the most iconic songs in music ...

From Taylor Swift bringing Travis Kelce on the stage of the Eras Tour to Justin Timberlake declaring his DWI will "ruin the ...

Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are some of the biggest breakout stars of the year, gaining popularity ...

Kelly Clarkson's “Underneath the Tree” reaches the Hot 100's top 10 for the first time, 11 years after it was first released.

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and ...

However you listened to music this year — streaming on an app or the old-fashioned way on a radio — 2024 saw breakthrough artists, chart-topping hits and a return of some top-tier legacy performers.

6: Outlaw Music. Lead single “Hitty”, featuring Thaiboy ... an eccentric but brilliant pop record. Exactly a year later, she dropped an expanded edition of the album. “Spring Is Coming ...