This was such an exciting year in music, and as you can see from my list, an especially exciting year for women in music yet again. They dominated the pop, country, and rap charts, just to name a few.

2024 in K-pop was a whirlwind, to say the least — unexpected collabs, discussions of artist rights, idols swapping labels or creating their own, and solo efforts from the biggest stars all dominated ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the recording ...

In a vintage year for the giants of contemporary American pop – a field now dominated by young women – 23-year-old Billie Eilish triumphed with an "artistic coming of age", said Neil McCormick in The ...

From Bowie To Zappa, 2024 Was A Good Year For Immersive Dolby Atmos Music Releases On Blu-ray Disc. 2024 was a good year for surround music. Many classic titles from the 1970s in particular have been ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

With so many constant releases in Latin music, it can sometimes feel hard to keep up — but lots of songs rose from the din and stood out this year. Some of the best ones were new inventions (take, for ...

In a year of exuberance and dread, songs came from every which way to comfort, to amuse, to haunt, to tantalize. Here, in descending order of greatness, are the 30 best of the year. 1. Chappell Roan, ...