2021 is in the rearview, and we’ve already made a list of our our favorite albums of the year, as well as separate lists focused on punk/hardcore/emo/etc, screamo, ska, jazz, rap, the Indie Basement ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” leads Billboard’s 100-position Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century retrospective.

As the world moved into its second consecutive year of a pandemic, people continued to turn to music for a little bit of solace. Whether listeners needed songs about relationships, getaways, mental ...

Ten years after its initial release, The Weeknd’s hit single “The Hills” has made a surprising comeback on Billboard’s R&B ...

It’s brutal out there, and that’s why, more than ever, we needed the consoling and prodding pleasures of popular music to help everything make sense in here. [Stage direction: taps chest, knowingly.] ...

A pair of rappers pulling off the best Tom Tom Club sample since Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” (G Perico & Rucci), an iconic New Wave band trafficking in tongue-in-cheek nostalgia (Duran Duran), a ...

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a candle, and dramatically stare out a window all at once. While Vandross is ...