The year is almost over, and the lists are abundant. This one is called The Top 40 Pop Songs Of 2019, which is a double entendre, see? I am including a couple rap songs that surged to the Hot 100 top ...

In a year where the major stars of hip-hop were relatively quiet, and pop stars easily snagged the top two spots on our best albums list, the roster for excellent pop releases was still bench-deep ...

The 2019 Music Club features critics Carl Wilson, Lindsay Zoladz, and Ann Powers, with additional entries from Jack Hamilton, Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd, Jewly Hight, and Chris Molanphy. It felt like ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Thousands of new songs were released this past year, ...

Over the last decade, pop’s sonic spaces grew isolated and claustrophobic. But this year the pendulum started to swing back toward solidarity, and even a glimpse of optimism. By Jon Pareles Music ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. While hip-hop may be the most dominant genre of music when it comes ...

Then she released Sweetener in 2018: the bubbly, optimistic response to both surviving a terrorist attack on her Manchester concert and getting engaged to SNL star Pete Davidson. The shift in her ...

"Is 'Burnin' Up' the greatest song of the decade?" I asked myself wildly as the Jonas Brothers performed at Jingle Ball 2019 in NYC. And like, no, of course it's not. I knew this as I came back down ...

One of the first songs I put on my running playlist of notable 2019 songs was a slick synthpop-hip-hop track with gleaming keyboards, a self-affirming cardio workout led by a Minneapolis singer-rapper ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. We’re well into the 21st century and the music industry ...