On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even hit their peak on the listing for the first time in 2024. So cluttered was ...

Last week, we unveiled our 100 Best Albums of 2024 list, which was topped by the likes of Jessica Pratt, Sturgill Simpson, Waxahatchee, Beyoncé, Fontaines D.C. and numerous other acts we still can’t ...

Following their list of the Top 100 Albums of 2025, Rolling Stone have unveiled their Top Songs of the Year. Many of the picks carry over from the album list, but there are also a bunch of artists who ...

Thanksgiving is over, December has begun, and year-end list season is upon us in earnest. Pitchfork has unveiled their 100 best songs of 2024, which, as usual, has huge hits side-by-side with more ...

In many ways, country music tells the story of America. There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes ...

’Tis the season to see which artists, songs and albums were among the year’s most-streamed. Spotify on Wednesday unveiled Wrapped, its annual year-end campaign that ranks which songs, albums and ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...