Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. ROSÉ performs "APT." live with Bruno Mars at the 2024 MAMA ...

2024 was a great year for pop, and that’s reflected in the results for the Uproxx Music Critics Poll for 2024. Charli XCX, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Ariana Grande ...

We spent the second half of this year rebuilding our music section here at The A.V. Club, a project that will continue into 2025. Because it was such a transitional year for us, the process of putting ...

What a year for music 2024 was! From Brat Summer to the Kendrick/Drake beef to the rise of Chappell Roan, pop culture was packed with alluring musical moments, and there were countless great things ...

Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. Whereas competitors are in a hurry to get their list up before anyone else, in late ...

This is a transcript of a special episode of Hit Parade. To hear the whole episode, join Slate Plus. Chris Molanphy: Hey, everybody—this is Chris Molanphy, host of Hit Parade, Slate’s podcast of pop ...

(NEXSTAR) — The year is quickly coming to a close and with that comes a cascade of year-end lists. While 2024 was a great year both in amount of music releases and their quality, some albums stuck ...

One of the things that makes loving music the ultimate lifelong romance: every year, crazy things happen that have never happened before. Charli XCX, after years of well-meaning radio-pandering pop, ...

Once again, K-pop enjoyed a strong sales year in the United States! American music data tracking firm Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), which supplies the data for the Billboard charts, has released ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carpenter was already a viral sensation going into this year: her 2023 made her one of the most promising breakthrough pop acts, ...

K-pop companies have turned to concerts to shore up their balance sheets as traditional revenue streams like album sales dry up. K-pop concerts have pulled in a whopping 79% more from October 2024 to ...