In a year of conspicuous, big-budget samples and career-spanning concert extravaganzas, pop music kept pulling us back to the past. But we also got some glimpses into a fresher future, whether in the ...

Admit it, you love a list as much as we do. Because, really, isn’t it less stressful to argue over the best movie or song of the year than to bicker over politics? Perhaps that depends on your ...

WATCH: For concertgoers, a full return to live shows answered a need to connect. Correspondent Maura Johnston explains. A couple of weeks ago, what’s become an annual ritual took hold of social media ...

It's no secret TikTok has become a major hub for sharing and discovering new music. According to the video-sharing app's annual end-of-year report, 2023 saw the resurgence of some older songs as well ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

A study of the top five Billboard songs every year from 1950 to 2023—a list that includes hits like “Hey Jude” by the Beatles, “Vogue” by Madonna and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga—found that popular ...

Is the sun finally setting on Anglo music’s global hegemony? The question has been timely for the last few years, but 2023 felt like a more permanent breakthrough for Spanish-language pop. Consider, ...

K-pop hasn’t been this exciting in a long time and we’re not just saying that because this is our very first year-end roundup of the best K-pop albums here at Paste. Neither BTS nor BLACKPINK recorded ...

Business Insider ranked the 10 best K-pop songs of 2023, weighing factors like critical acclaim and listenability. The list includes rookie artists like tripleS as well as industry giants like ...

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Changbin, I.N., Han, Felix, Lee Know, Seungmin, Hyunjin and Bang Chan of Stray Kids attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12 ...