Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

In December 2024, Gene Simmons opined, quite matter-of-factly, that rock was dead. The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back ...

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 ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The defining songs of 2024 ran the gamut in every conceivable way: from vicious diss tracks to sapphic ...