My 2025 10-best list is heavy on storytelling songwriters of all stripes, from country to rock to hip-hop to dance-pop. The Brooklyn band that is hyped as the future of rock is on it, as is the ...

Female artists took over the charts in 2024, and in 2025 they continued their winning ways — and added a new star to their ...

Midnight Sun by Zara Larsson is 2025’s overlooked pop gem, full of irresistible singles that deserved way more attention.

We’re back with another topic that is taking over the internet and tonight we’re talking about the top pop performers of the 21st Century. Over the next few months, Billboard will be slowly revealing ...

Music critics—myself included—have spent much of the past several years bemoaning the decline of capital-“E” Events in music: no new superstars to crown, no more tentpole albums to unify us, no more ...

The year is almost over, and pop music fans have received some of the best pop albums ever in 2024. These albums have defined 2024 and opened up entirely new soundscapes for listeners. Meanwhile, in ...

BLACKPINK's JENNIE won Best Female Artist at the 2025 APMAs with multi-winners including G-Dragon, Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, ...

Sabrina Carpenter is competing in country, Megan Thee Stallion is competing in rock, and Jelly Roll is competing against himself. THR’s music editor Mesfin Fekadu looks behind this year’s ballot ...

The 2010s were an interesting time for pop music. This decade had shed the sexy outer layer, the anything goes attitude of the 2000s. It was a time for easily consumable radio hits and, in some cases, ...

Pop music continues to be one of the most dominant genres across Billboard charts, radio airwaves, award shows, and live performances. Since we're just over five years into the 2020s, this new decade ...

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was ...