A playlist of 124 songs from our three critics’ lists to experience however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz In the spirit of holiday excess and end-of-the-year summation, we’re about to make Amplifier ...

December is always a bit of a dead zone for big pop albums, unless it's 2013 and your name is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. So for this month's column... Some notes: The boundaries of "pop" grow wider and ...

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 ...

It's no secret TikTok has become a major hub for sharing and discovering new music. According to the video-sharing app's annual end-of-year report, 2023 saw the resurgence of some older songs as well ...

For the first time in seven years, Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" hit was bumped from the No. 1 spot Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

Listen to Pitchfork’s favorite songs of 2023 and you’re bound to be blown back by the full spectrum of human emotion: the dizzying high of new love (“Rush,” “Padam Padam,” “Super Shy”), the vengeful ...