In 2023, it was harder than ever to capture the attention of the world with an individual song. With people often looking to the past — creating steaming and social sensations with old material — new ...

Here are the best rock and metal songs of 2023 so far! Wow, what a year it's been already, right? With over half a year's worth of albums already out and quite a lot announced for later summer and the ...

It seems I’ve been singing the same refrain ever since 2017, the year of our blessed “Despacito.” In 2023, Latin music continued its exponential growth in commercial value. The Recording Industry Assn ...

Two country songs topped the Billboard 100 for the first time in 40 years. It should be no surprise that they top this list of the monthly Top 40 country songs, as well. As always, this list of Top 40 ...

It's been a stunning year for heavy music, from legends of the game like Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold returning with new studio albums to rising stars like Sleep Token, Spiritbox, Svalbard and ...

Former President Barack Obama is giving us insight into the songs that made it onto his playlists this year. Obama released his favorite music of 2023 on his social media accounts on Friday and wrote, ...

Kelly Clarkson already has two “new classic” holiday songs within her catalog of festive songs, according to the Top 10 ASCAP New Classic Holiday Songs, released by the American Society of Composers, ...

Where do songs come from? For now, they come from us — from our needs, our wants, our regrets, our scorn. Next year, they might come from a box brought to near-sentience by all the songs that came ...

Peso Pluma, left, Boygenius and Shakira. (Jess Hutchinson / Los Angeles Times; photos by Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times; Christopher Polk / Penske Media; Kevin Winter / Getty Images) Where do songs ...

In a year when Taylor Swift took up an atmosphere’s worth of media oxygen (sorry), artists large and small continued the long trudge uphill, attempting to stand out in an increasingly crowded field.

Last week, we unveiled our 50 Best Albums of 2023 list, which was topped by the likes of Wednesday, Kelela, Caroline Polachek, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Young Fathers, boygenius and numerous ...