Variety looks toward 2026's most anticipated albums, from early releases by Zach Bryan and A$AP Rocky to BTS, Bruno Mars, ...

“‘Help Me, Rhonda’ is my 16-month-old’s favorite song. A passing memory from our childhoods but it came to mind when my ...

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Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of Ophelia” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week, besting “Anti-Hero” as the sole ...

We hold our breath, but not for long. The cheer from the seats is loud, piercing and immediate, as the band stride on, waving ...

We found four of the best country hits that came out in 2022, even though few people remember them anymore. Let's change that ...

Jon Anderson fans are already looking forward to his next album with the Band Geeks, which will be released in the second ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...