CBS Records was well aware that there were no black records at all in the pop Top 20 the week they sent the debut single from “Thriller” to radio in October of 1982. Faced with the very real p ...

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. But it wasn't ...

Consequence’s Annual Report continues with our most massive list of the season: the 200 Best Songs of 2024. As the year winds down, we’ve got tons of awards, lists, and interviews about the best music ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...

Last week, we unveiled our 100 Best Albums of 2024 list, which was topped by the likes of Jessica Pratt, Sturgill Simpson, Waxahatchee, Beyoncé, Fontaines D.C. and numerous other acts we still ...

Many of the best-loved Christmas songs (“White Christmas,” “The ... song in support of Israel’s pacifist movement during the 1982 Lebanon War. The lyrics, however, reference the ancient ...

Previously, I touched on the worst Christmas songs ever written, so why not try my hand at the best? The earworms, the nostalgia bringers, the tear jerkers, this list has them all, and then some!

In 2017, they by re-recorded an unplugged version their third Christmas album, American Christmas, which celebrated its 35th ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the ...

American novelist Thomas Pynchon has inspired many artists with his postmodernist literature, here we take delve and select ...

Ever wondered about the hidden meanings behind some of your favorite songs? Join us as we uncover the surprising truths and ...

But then, also like some of us, perhaps you look back on the wealth of phenomenal songs the year gave us, and suddenly it’s: Come back, ’24, all is forgiven. Whether it was an unusually great ...