In 2024, some songs stood out for their bold experimentation, infectious melodies, pulsating productions, and the star power behind them. As the industry grappled to find a successor to the ...

For the most part, year-end music lists don’t really wait until the end of the year, instead dropping at some point usually around early December. Tyler The Creator, though, decided to wait until the ...

The music in 2024 saw industry heavyweights moving with breakout stars, expanding the music scene in ways we hadn’t seen since the COVID-19 pandemic. Stabilized in a booming concert economy, streaming ...

*It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. If you’re Ice Spice, Kanye West, or Nicki Minaj, those worst times included pretty bad music spotlighted on Variety’s “Worst Songs of 2024” list.

How many ways can you praise the music of 2024? Well, as the late great Quincy Jones would say, find 100 ways, because it was a year of surprises all over the music map. It was an abundant year to go ...

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.

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 ...

In an unexpected turn of events that has sent shockwaves through the music industry, Variety magazine has released its annual “Worst Songs of 2024” list, featuring some of rap’s biggest names. The ...

The MTV Video Music Awards will take place Sept. 10 in New York. The 2024 MTV Video Music Award nominations are here. Taylor Swift leads this year's nominations with 10 nods. Once again, "The Tortured ...

Billionaire pop star Taylor Swift, who ended a record-breaking tour, released a 31-song album and became the wealthiest female musician this year, dominated major streaming platforms in 2024—though a ...