In Slate’s annual Music Club, Slate critic Carl Wilson emails about the year in music with fellow critics — featuring New York Times contributor Lindsay Zoladz, freelance writer Briana Younger, NPR ...

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.] ...

Barack Obama is in the midst of unveiling his year-end lists of favorite stuff, and so far he’s shared his round-ups of movies, books, and today, songs. As is usually the case, the former POTUS’ ...

Isle of Wight, England duo Wet Leg released their debut single “Chaise Longue” via the Domino on June 15, 2021. It was written for fun in a single day by vocalist Rhian Teasdale while she was sitting ...

You could make the argument that no song reflects the world as it is now more vividly than RXK Nephew’s “American tterroristt,” a 10-minute-long, this-is-your-brain-on-Twitter rant that jumps from ...

As we emerged from the harsh year of 2020, 2021 became—while still in recovery— a year to break free. While the entertainment industry was getting back in full swing, more and more music came to us as ...

At the close of the 2010s, consumer tastes seemed to shift away from flashy pop stars and formulaic hits, embracing subdued alternative sounds instead. And then, 2020 happened. Driven by pandemic ...

The Hot 100 chart measures success across genres. Drake has the most No. 1 song debuts in history, followed by Taylor Swift ...

Songs that make you go hmmm took no holiday during the second year of the pandemic. Libs-owning country? Check. Gay-baiting hip-hop? Sure, we had that. Anti-vax rock? It’s practically become its own ...

Check out a list of the night's winners. The 2021 American Music Awards, hosted by Cardi B, had some of the biggest names in music perform at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday night. Silk ...

This year, the pop-music world felt more wide open than ever. Our list of 2021’s best songs includes a beautiful indie-pop celebration of queer love, a reggaeton star tucking into some sweet Eighties ...